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OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget :- Android

Im in the process of writing a program which uses images from the gallery and then displays them in an activity (one image pr. activity). However I’ve been bumping into this error over and over again for three days straight without doing any progress of eliminating it:

07-25 11:43:36.197: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(346): java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget

My code flow is as follows:

When the user presses a button an intent is fired leading to the gallery:

 Intent galleryIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
 galleryIntent.setType("image/*");
 startActivityForResult(galleryIntent, 0);

Once the user has selected an image the image is presented in an imageview:

  <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="fill_parent"
     android:orientation="vertical">

<ImageView
    android:background="#ffffffff"
    android:id="@+id/image"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:layout_gravity="center"
    android:maxWidth="250dip"
    android:maxHeight="250dip"
    android:adjustViewBounds="true"/>

 </LinearLayout>

In the onActivityResult method i have:

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

    if(resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
        switch(requestCode) {
        case 0:             // Gallery
            String realPath = getRealPathFromURI(data.getData());
            File imgFile = new File(realPath);
            Bitmap myBitmap;
            try {
                myBitmap = decodeFile(imgFile);
                Bitmap rotatedBitmap = resolveOrientation(myBitmap);
                img.setImageBitmap(rotatedBitmap);
                OPTIONS_TYPE = 1;
            } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }

            insertImageInDB(realPath);

            break;
        case 1:             // Camera

The decodeFile method is from here and the resolveOrientation method just wraps the bitmap into a matrix and turns it 90 degrees clockwise.

I really hope someone can help me resolve this matter.

Answer 1

it is because your bitmap size is large, so reduce the image size manually, or by programmatically

BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inSampleSize = 8;
Bitmap preview_bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(mPathName, options);