> Those errors are caught bei the default exception handler where I then > ask > how much memory is left (see below). Very often, like in the case from > below, there is plenty of memory left though. > > I am wondering why this is?
AFAIK, Android's garbage collector is non-compacting. Hence, the issue is not whether there is total free memory sufficient to allocate your bitmap, but whether there is a single contiguous block sufficient to allocate your bitmap. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---