Thanks for the reply. I'm trying to display 320x480 JPG images. If I set the sample size to 4 then it ends up shrinking it, which doesn't help since I want to display it full-screen.
On Dec 25, 4:18 am, arin <[email protected]> wrote: > I am sure this is not the perfect solution that you are looking for > but here's a workaround that I've used. > > BitmapFactory.Options options=newBitmapFactory.Options(); > options.inSampleSize = 4; > > bitmap =BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(data, 0, > data.length,options); > > I can sample the image to adjust the pixels of an bitmap and so the > size of the bitmap. This leads to lesser possibility of throwing an > OOM exp. > > Let us know if it helped u or not... > > On Dec 24, 2:20 am, GregAZ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I've been doing a lot of searching and I know a lot of other people > > are experiencing the same OOM memory problems withBitmapFactory. My > > app only shows a total memory available of 4MB using Runtime.getRuntime > > ().totalMemory(). If the limit is 16MB, then why doesn't the total > > memory grow to make room for the bitmap? Instead it throws an error. > > > I also don't understand that if I have 1.6MB of free memory according > > to Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory() why do I get an error saying "VM > > won't let us allocate 614400 bytes"? Seems to me I have plenty > > available memory. > > > My app is complete except for this problem, which goes away when I > > reboot the phone so that my app is the only thing running. I'm using > > an HTC Hero for device testing (Android 1.5). > > > At this point I'm thinking the only way around this is to somehow > > avoid usingBitmapFactory. > > > Anyone have any ideas on this or an explanation as to why VM won't > > allocate 614KB when there's 1.6MB of free memory? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
