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Asked: 2026-05-19T22:08:56+00:00

I’m getting external allocation too large for this process errors in my app. Lots

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I’m getting “external allocation too large for this process” errors in my app. Lots of these at once:

11-16 10:56:59.230: ERROR/dalvikvm-heap(2875): 1303680-byte external allocation too large for this process.
11-16 10:56:59.230: ERROR/GraphicsJNI(2875): VM won't let us allocate 1303680 bytes
11-16 10:56:59.230: ERROR/dalvikvm-heap(2875): 1536000-byte external allocation too large for this process.
11-16 10:56:59.230: ERROR/GraphicsJNI(2875): VM won't let us allocate 1536000 bytes

It appears that they are produced while the layout is being rendered, after loading large bitmaps. The errors, however, are not produced while the bitmap is being decoded.

How can I debug these errors? Any additional pointers?

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  1. Editorial Team

    adamp’s comment was the answer in my particular case:

    The framework will often capture views
    onscreen into temporary bitmaps for
    drawing performance. It looks like
    your app is pushing right up against
    its memory limit already and this
    bumps it over. Take a look at the
    other suggestions for limiting your
    app’s memory usage.

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