Even then, this isn't really an Android specific question. It's more of a Java specific question, or a software engineering related question. However, it might be nice to include a bit of information about garbage collection and memory reclaiming as it relates to Android.
kris On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Efi Merdler-Kravitz <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. Working. Any chance to add a chapter on memory management in > your online book - "Tuning Android Applications" ? > > > > On Oct 31, 10:17 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Efi Merdler-Kravitz >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > The biggest problem is the single image that I'm trying to load, it's >> > a 250K gif image that gets inflated to almost 11MB. >> >> > How would you suggest lowering this number? >> >> One approach would be to use a lower-resolution image. >> >> > BTW why images get inflated so much when loaded into the memory ? >> >> GIF images use a technique known as "compression", as do JPEGs, PNGs, >> MPEG videos, MP3 and OGG audio files, etc. To render the image, it >> needs to be decompressed. "250K" is a meaningless value when it comes >> to measuring memory consumption. >> >> Heap usage is a reflection of the number of pixels (resolution) and >> the bit depth of each pixel (RGB_565 is 2 bytes/pixel; RGB_888 is 3 >> bytes/pixel). Even if we assume that you are using RGB_888, 11MB would >> still require more pixels than a 1080p display (1920x1080x3 is about >> 6MB). That suggests that you are perhaps using a much too large image. >> >> -- >> Mark Murphy (a Commons >> Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy >> >> _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 4.0 Available! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
