java.lang.OutOfMemoryError BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeAsset()

Question

Hi i am creating an app about traffic signs. traffic signs are in .png format. some of them I am showing in horizontalscrollview. But when try to open activities , I get this error from android market error reports. here is my error report:

<java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.besalti.svenskavagmarken/com.besalti.svenskavagmarken.varningsmarken}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #645: Error inflating class <unknown>
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1659)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1675)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:121)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:943)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3701)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:866)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:624)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #645: Error inflating class <unknown>
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:518)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:568)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:623)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:626)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:626)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:626)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:626)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:408)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:320)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:276)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:227)
at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1657)
at com.besalti.svenskavagmarken.varningsmarken.onCreate(varningsmarken.java:25)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1623)
... 11 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:415)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:505)
... 26 more
Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeAsset(Native Method)
at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:494)
at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeResourceStream(BitmapFactory.java:370)
at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:715)
at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1720)
at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:601)
at android.widget.ImageView.<init>(ImageView.java:122)
at android.widget.ImageView.<init>(ImageView.java:112)
... 29 more>

can anyone help me?

Answer 1

The "bitmap size exceeds VM budget" error is actually in the native graphics library (Skia). It is a tad confusing as the problem is really that Skia has run out of memory in the native heap for bitmap data. See BitmapFactory OOM driving me nuts for background. To get round this, you will have to look carefully at your bitmap usage

• making sure that you do not leave bitmap references floating
• doing a recycle / null onn bitmaps as they become free (this appears to help).