Android Question Plenty of RAM, but error "outofmemory"

[Facilauto Juan]

Hello there!

I have plenty of Ram in my device, but I'm getting the error "outofmemory" very often.

What is happening here? What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for your time and responses.

 

[eps]

What is the code doing, loading lots of bitmaps? If so, how large, are you using BitmapSample?

 

[Facilauto Juan]

I'm using:

Temario.Bitmap=LoadBitmap(File.DirAssets,globales.PosicionImagen.Imagen)

There are around 5-7 images. The biggest is 1200 x 800.

 

[eps]

1200x800x4 gives : 3840000kb as usage for each image. Multiply that by 7...

Why are the images so big?

Use BitmapSample and look at recycling the memory once used.

Install the Memory Manager - check memory use in the App when it's started. Then when you display one image, then a few etc... You'll see the impact on memory as you go along.

 

[Informatix]

You should read the section "Keep an eye on memory" in my Games tutorial

 

[Facilauto Juan]

38mb for a 1200x800 image! Wow...
What is that "Memory Manager"?

Informatix: I will.

 

[Informatix]

38mb for a 1200x800 image! Wow...
What is that "Memory Manager"?

Informatix: I will.

It's an error in the unit (bytes and not Kb). 1200*800*4= 3.8 MB

You don't have plenty of RAM, you have just the memory space of the Java heap. Between 16 Mb and 64 MB on most devices.

 

[Facilauto Juan]

Thanks for the suggestion!