Ok, so I should replace my calls to ImageView.getDrawable().getBitmap ().recycle() with ImageView.setImageBitmap(null) and let the GC do his job ? Or is the call to ImageView.setCallback(null) enough to get rid of both ImageView and Bitmap instances ?
I'll try to track all my calls to Bitmap.recycle() and better check where the references to these bitmaps are located. On 18 août, 00:51, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: > Bitmap are eventually garbage collected. From the javadoc of the > Bitmap class itself: > > "This is an advanced call, and normally need > not be called, since the normal GC process will free up this memory when > there are no more references to this bitmap." > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Nivek<[email protected]> wrote: > > > I'm sorry, I've certainly misunderstood something then, but... while > > coding an app dealing with bitmaps, this is what it looks like. > > Reading posts and blogs about memory management and use of bitmap led > > me to that conclusion, and carefully recycling bitmaps in my app > > allowed me to get rid of a lot of memory allocation exceptions. > > > Anyway, about memory leaks on orientation changes, another blog post > > from Romain Guy could be useful: > >http://www.curious-creature.org/2008/12/18/avoid-memory-leaks-on-andr... > > > You might try this Drawable.setCallback(null) trick... > > > On 17 août, 22:02, Marco Nelissen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Nivek<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > When you change the device orientation, you app is closed and then > >> > reopened. > > >> > Android handles bitmaps a "special" way, you HAVE to explicitly > >> > recycle them as soon as you don't need them anymore... or they stay > >> > allocated in memory and NEVER get freed. > > >> That is not true. > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
