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Asked: 2026-06-01T08:39:34+00:00

I get this error all the time. And as I can see, there are

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I get this error all the time. And as I can see, there are a lot of questions already on stackoverflow.com, but sadly, I don’t find any answers which will suit me.

I have 60 PNG images (2,5MB all together) which I would like to put it in animation.

I tried with three different ways.

1

mAnimation = new AnimationDrawable();
mAnimation.addFrame((BitmapDrawable)getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.yawning_00001), FPS_12);  
...
mAnimation.addFrame((BitmapDrawable)getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.yawning_00063), FPS_12);
mAnimation.start();

2

XML

<animation-list android:oneshot="true">
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/yawning_00001" android:duration="83" />
    ...
    <item android:drawable="@drawable/yawning_00063" android:duration="83" />
 </animation-list>

Java

ImageView img = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.animation);
img.setBackgroundResource(R.drawable.yawning);
AnimationDrawable frameAnimation = (AnimationDrawable) img.getBackground();
frameAnimation.start();

3

With class extending ImageView (I will just show important stuff here)

public void loadAnimation(String prefix, int nframes) {
    mBitmapList.clear();
    for (int x = 0; x < nframes; x++) {
        String zeros = "000";
        if (x < 10) {
            zeros += "0";
        }
        String name = prefix + "_" + zeros + x;
        Log.d(TAG, "loading animation frame: " + name);
        int res_id = mContext.getResources().getIdentifier(name, "drawable", mContext.getPackageName());
        d = (BitmapDrawable) mContext.getResources().getDrawable(res_id);
        mBitmapList.add(d.getBitmap());
    }
}

In all cases I get the same error… All some around after 15 picture loads.

E/AndroidRuntime(1591): java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget

I am begging to wonder if this is frame animations are even possible in Android.

Does anybody maybe have a alternative to frame by frame animation? If yes, please link to any showcase.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You will need to recycle your images in some way because you won’t have enough memory ever for 60 images.

    You think your images are 2,5 meg all together but this the compressed png version of your files.

    If you want to know how much memory you are using with your files when uncompressed in bitmap format in memory just do : width*height*number of images*bytes per pixel….Then you’ll know why you crash 😀

    AnimationDrawable are not meant for that kind of heavy usage. You should start looking at SurfaceViews and then you’ll be free to implement whatever memory management method you want to use to display your animation.

    http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/SurfaceView.html

    Good luck.

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