CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Abakiz Myth
Abakiz Myth

Reputation: 85

Several Large bitmaps within VM memory

I need to load several large bitmaps into memory (to be used on screen at the same time, alpha png's).

I've loaded the bitmaps in efficiently using tutorial: (http://developer.android.com/training/displaying-bitmaps/load-bitmap.html)

My problem is, is that my bitmaps (only 3 of them) are going over the 32MB heap limit on high resolution screens. (silly limit).

What can I do now? Is there anyway of loading bitmaps outside the app assigned memory heap or am I stuck here?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 84

Answers (1)

sherpya
sherpya

Reputation: 4936

try using these decoding options:

options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inPreferredConfig = Bitmap.Config.RGB_565;

then pass it to BitmapFactory decoder, if your images are displayed without too much artifact you can use 565 color space to save something like half of the memory

Upvotes: 1

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