I had a similar issue, randomly getting the external allocation too
large for this process error.
For me, it started when I added android:targetSdkVersion="4" to the
manifest, and went away when I removed that bit.
On Jan 21, 3:17 pm, OldSkoolMark <m...@sublimeslime.com> wrote:
> Yes, the OOM is related to 'external allocations'. I googled
> 'dalvikvm external allocation' and there's plenty to pore over. Is
> there an update on this issue in general?
>
> Here's the relevant logcat excerpt:
>
> 01-21 13:04:49.140: INFO/WindowManager(79): onOrientationChanged,
> rotation changed to 1
> 01-21 13:04:49.140: INFO/WindowManager(79): Setting rotation to 1,
> animFlags=0
> 01-21 13:04:49.150: INFO/WindowManager(79): Config changed:
> { scale=1.0 imsi=0/0 loc=en_US touch=3 keys=1/1/2 nav=3 orien=2
> layout=18}
> 01-21 13:04:49.370: DEBUG/StatusBar(79): updateResources
> 01-21 13:04:49.680: DEBUG/dalvikvm(2630): GC freed 556 objects / 24056
> bytes in 127ms
> 01-21 13:04:49.790: ERROR/dalvikvm-heap(2630): 614400-byte external
> allocation too large for this process.
> 01-21 13:04:49.790: ERROR/(2630): VM won't let us allocate 614400
> bytes
>
> On Jan 21, 2:47 pm, fadden <fad...@android.com> wrote:
>
> > On Jan 21, 12:58 pm, OldSkoolMark <m...@sublimeslime.com> wrote:
>
> > > Is this telling me something useful? If forcing a GC with DDMS
> > > reclaims the memory used by now-defunct instances of my activity, I
> > > would have thought the VM would have garbage collected some, if not
> > > all of these defunct activities automatically. Do I need to request GC
> > > at the very beginning of my activity lifecycle to make sure?
>
> > Something doesn't sound right. What does logcat show? Are you seeing
> > GCs in the log file? Is the OOM related to "external allocations"?
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