Question

I continuously get OutOfMemory exceptions trying to decode an image from camera in my Android app. There are many questions dealing with the problem, but my case is especially weird because I get the exception even when just trying to get the bounds with options.inJustDecodeBounds=true.

Here’s the code that starts the camera:

protected void takePicture() {
    Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
    File image = new File(IMAGE_PATH, "camera.jpg");
    takePictureIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, Uri.fromFile(image));
    startActivityForResult(takePictureIntent, 0);
}

Here’s the code that triggers the exception:

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if (resultCode == RESULT_OK ) { 
        String rawImageName = new String(IMAGE_PATH + "/camera.jpg");

        BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
        options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
        BitmapFactory.decodeFile(rawImageName); // The exception is thrown here
            .
            .
            .
    }
}

I tried to decode the image using a very high sampling rate, but still I get the same exception:

options.inSampleSize = 20;
options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;
options.inPreferredConfig = Bitmap.Config.RGB_565;
Bitmap photo = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(rawImageName); // Again the exception

Except for that, the application seems to run correctly and there is enough free memory. I can open correctly the image in the gallery app. Moving the image to a different directory didn’t help. Any ideas what could cause it? What could possibly cause the exception while decoding with inJustDecodeBounds = true?

Answer 1

You need to pass the options to the decode call:

BitmapFactory.decodeFile(rawImageName, options);