[android-developers] Re: Problem with createBitmap method

2009-06-24 Thread hamlatzis
Thank you all for your reply. I've tried the above solution and it works perfectly. I was reluctant to do so, since in the documentation it says: public void recycle () Free up the memory associated with this bitmap's pixels, and mark the bitmap as dead, meaning it will throw an exception if

[android-developers] Re: Problem with createBitmap method

2009-06-23 Thread Max Salley
a 1024x1024 bitmap will be (IIRC) 4MB. Creating a few will likely cause you to run out of memory. Use Bitmap.recycle to free up the resources that a bitmap you no longer need is using On Jun 23, 9:07 am, hamlatzis i.hamlat...@gmail.com wrote: My application crashes after I try to use the

[android-developers] Re: Problem with createBitmap method

2009-06-23 Thread Streets Of Boston
Try this: Before setting it to null, call mpBitmap.recycle(). But be sure, though, that the reference held by mpBitmap is not held somewhere else in your program by another heap variable, cache or an active View. On Jun 23, 9:07 am, hamlatzis i.hamlat...@gmail.com wrote: My application crashes