Thanks for the beta on the bitmap,recycle(), it works! Before processing the next bitmap I use this code to free up memory. I have a class level Bitmap object.
Bitmap bm;// class level if (bm!=null) { bm.recycle(); try { Thread.sleep(100); } catch(Exception e){} bm=null; System.gc(); try { Thread.sleep(100); } catch(Exception e){} } // create new bitmap and start again. Thanks again, it works! On Dec 17, 5:56 am, Mike Reed <r...@google.com> wrote: > Its a little raw, but if you know you're absolutely done using a given > bitmap object, you can call bitmap.recycle(). This immediately frees > up the memory associated with the bitmap, and marks it as "dead", > meaning it cannot be referenced again (i.e. don't try to draw or get/ > set its pixels anymore). > > i.e. > > for (all of my big images) { > Bitmap b = decode(...); > canvas.drawBitmap(b, ...); > b.recycle(); > // yikes, don't reference b again) > > } > > On Dec 15, 2008, at 9:04 PM, Mark K wrote: > > Is there a work around for this problem? Something I need to do > differently perhaps? It seems like garbage collection is not occurring > between successive bitmap decoding operations. Explicitly calling gc() > does not seem to help. This is particularly a problem on the G1, > because there is no way to reduce the camera resolution, all of the > camera pictures are large. If I loop through a directory of pictures > taken by the camera and use BitmapFactory.decodeFile(), I will get an > out of memory error on the 2nd or 3rd iteration. Since I am only > displaying/decoding one bitmap at a time I would hope that garbage > collection would free up the memory between operations such that this > does not occur. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here's the code > I use: This code runs a slide show of the images in the camera > directory, it uses Handler.postDelayed() to render each picture. Is > there anyway to tweak the code to get rid of the out of memory > problem. > > public boolean slideShow() > { > String baseDir = "/sdcard/dcim/Camera/"; > long showTime = 1500; > > File dir = new File(baseDir); > File[] pics = dir.listFiles(); > for ( int i=0; i<pics.length; i++ ) > { > String pic=baseDir+pics[i].getName(); > handler.postDelayed(new ShowSlide(pic), i*showTime); > } > return true; > } > > class ShowSlide extends Thread > { > String pc=""; > public ShowSlide(String pc) > { > this.pc=pc; > } > public void run() > { > System.out.println("Showing picture: "+pc.toString()); > displayPicture(pc); > } > } > > public boolean displayPicture(String filepath) > { > File file = new File(filepath); > BitmapFactory bfac = new BitmapFactory(); > try > { > bm = bfac.decodeFile(filepath);// out of memory error occurs > here! > handler.post(new SetImage(iView, bm)); > } > catch(Exception e) > { > Log.e(TAG,"display picture failed: "+filepath+" "+e.toString > ()); > e.printStackTrace(); > return false; > } > > return true; > } > > class SetImage extends Thread > { > ImageView vv; > Bitmap bb; > public SetImage(ImageView vv, Bitmap bb) > { > this.vv=vv; > this.bb=bb; > } > public void run() > { > vv.setImageBitmap(bb); > } > } > > On Dec 15, 2:48 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> wrote: > > > > >> I've run into this exact same problem a number of times myself. Not > >> sure if its a bug or just a limitation of the jvm, can't seem to > >> process more than a few large bitmaps without this occuring, this > >> always seems to occur when decoding bitmaps from file. > > > Neither, you are just using too much memory. > > > -- > > Romain Guy > > Android framework engineer > > romain...@android.com > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them- Hide quoted text > > - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---