Thanks a lot for the very quick replies. One last thing: Do you happen to have any remote idea about when the next SDK release is scheduled? My app is currently running out of memory a lot :)
On Dec 3, 11:13 pm, Romain Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A memory leak is actually totally expected in that case. Gallery, like > ListView, GridView, etc. uses a recycling heap. Every time a view is > unused, it is moved to the recycler. Unfortunately, if it's never > taken out of the recycler... > > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:07 PM, EboMike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thanks a lot, Romain! Question though - even if the gallery is not > > converting the views, why doesn't it release references to them as you > > move away? > > > Say, I move from view 0 to view 1, with view 0 being completely off- > > screen, the gallery should remove its reference to view 0 since it is > > no longer needed, and thus allow the gc to free up any memory it > > holds. In fact, when I go back to view 0, I can see that a new view is > > created. So what happened to the old view 0? Even with view conversion > > not working, there shouldn't be memory leaks. > > > -Mike > > > On Dec 3, 11:04 pm, Romain Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I just checked and the bug is simply that Gallery does not convert the > >> views. I'll try to fix it as soon as possible. > > >> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:45 PM, EboMike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > I've already asked this in <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/ > >> > android-developers/msg/9cdbf47be2505810?hl=en">This thread</a>: Here > >> > is a pretty simple Gallery setup. It seems to leak with every image > >> > that's loaded (see the original thread for details). > > >> > I'm tempted to file it as a bug, but I want to mention it here first > >> > to make sure I'm not just making a simple mistake in my usage of the > >> > Gallery. Also (as mentioned in another thread), convertView is always > >> > null -- the Gallery never seems to recycle any views. Why? > > >> > To make this run, you will need to put a JPG file into the data folder > >> > (see code). > > >> > package ebomike.memorytest; > > >> > import android.app.Activity; > >> > import android.content.Context; > >> > import android.graphics.Bitmap; > >> > import android.graphics.BitmapFactory; > >> > import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable; > >> > import android.os.Bundle; > >> > import android.util.Log; > >> > import android.view.View; > >> > import android.view.ViewGroup; > >> > import android.widget.BaseAdapter; > >> > import android.widget.Gallery; > >> > import android.widget.ImageView; > > >> > public class MemoryTest extends Activity { > > >> > Gallery g; > > >> > /** Called when the activity is first created. */ > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > > >> > String filePath; > > >> > // NOTE: Make this point to a JPEG file. > >> > filePath = getFilesDir().getPath(); > >> > filePath += "/TEST_IMAGE.jpg"; > > >> > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > >> > setContentView(R.layout.main); > > >> > g = (Gallery) findViewById(R.id.Gallery01); > >> > g.setAdapter(new FullImageAdapter(this, filePath)); > >> > } > > >> > class FullImageAdapter extends BaseAdapter > >> > { > >> > Context context; > >> > String path; > > >> > FullImageAdapter(Context c, String path) > >> > { > >> > context = c; > >> > this.path = path; > >> > } > > >> > public int getCount() > >> > { > >> > return 1024; > >> > } > > >> > public int getViewTypeCount() > >> > { > >> > return 1; > >> > } > > >> > public boolean hasStableIds() > >> > { > >> > return true; > >> > } > > >> > public int getItemViewType(int position) > >> > { > >> > return 0; > >> > } > > >> > public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup > >> > parent) > >> > { > >> > ImageView view; > > >> > if (convertView != null) > >> > { > >> > // Note that we never get here. Why? > >> > view = (ImageView) convertView; > >> > } > >> > else > >> > { > >> > view = new ImageView(context); > >> > } > > >> > Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path); > >> > BitmapDrawable drawable = new BitmapDrawable(bitmap); > >> > view.setImageDrawable(drawable); > > >> > return view; > >> > } > > >> > public Object getItem(int position) > >> > { > >> > return position; > >> > } > > >> > public long getItemId(int position) > >> > { > >> > return position; > >> > } > >> > } > >> > } > > >> > The layout: > > >> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > >> > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > >> > android" > >> > android:orientation="vertical" > >> > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > >> > android:layout_height="fill_parent"> > >> > <TextView > >> > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > >> > android:layout_height="wrap_content" > >> > android:text="@string/hello" > >> > /> > >> > <Gallery android:id="@+id/Gallery01" > >> > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > >> > android:layout_height="fill_parent"></Gallery> > > >> > </LinearLayout> > > >> -- > >> Romain Guywww.curious-creature.org > > -- > Romain Guywww.curious-creature.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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