There is no such thing as "bitmap memory" really. Bitmap allocations are accounted against your app's overall memory, which is limited to 16MB.
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Streets Of Boston <flyingdutc...@gmail.com > wrote: > > Hi, > > Part of my application allows the user to color-correct images. When i > open an image for editing, i'd like to know what, more or less, the > available bitmap memory is for the device that the app is running on. > > For the G1, the limit is use is about 6MByte (about a full-size image > that can be taken by the phone (3MPixels) with 16 bit color ==> > 6MByte). If i try to open anything larger, i often get an out-of- > memory exception. Limiting it to 6MByte reduces these OOM exceptions > by a great deal. However, i can see future devices having more memory > available because (as one of the reasons) they can take larger pics > (e.g. 5MPixel or something). > > Right now, my app just uses a hard-coded limit of 6*1024*1024. Is > there a way to make this variable, to future-proof this by examing the > device my app is running on. If so, how? > > Thanks! > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
