Getting OutOfMemory exception in android app while loading new activity

Question

12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261): android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #11: Error inflating class <unknown>
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:513)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:563)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:618)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:407)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:320)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at xxx.PickLeafCell.<init>(PickLeafCell.java:38)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at xxx.CueFileListAdapter.getView(CueFileListAdapter.java:108)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.widget.HeaderViewListAdapter.getView(HeaderViewListAdapter.java:220)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.widget.AbsListView.obtainView(AbsListView.java:1315)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.widget.ListView.makeAndAddView(ListView.java:1727)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.widget.ListView.fillSpecific(ListView.java:1272)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.widget.ListView.layoutChildren(ListView.java:1558)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.widget.AbsListView.onLayout(AbsListView.java:1147)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7035)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onLayout(RelativeLayout.java:909)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7035)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:333)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7035)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1249)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:1125)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:1042)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7035)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:333)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.view.View.layout(View.java:7035)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.view.ViewRoot.performTraversals(ViewRoot.java:1045)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1727)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:858)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261): Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.widget.ImageView.<init>(ImageView.java:108)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:446)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:500)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     ... 34 more
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261): Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.graphics.Bitmap.nativeCreate(Native Method)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.graphics.Bitmap.createBitmap(Bitmap.java:468)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.graphics.Bitmap.createBitmap(Bitmap.java:435)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.graphics.Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(Bitmap.java:340)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.finishDecode(BitmapFactory.java:488)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:462)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeResourceStream(BitmapFactory.java:323)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:697)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1709)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:601)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     at android.widget.ImageView.<init>(ImageView.java:118)
12-11 23:38:42.568: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(4261):     ... 38 more

Answer 1

Your problem is here:

java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget

Seems that you are loading a big image. For this you have multiple options: 1. use BitmapOptions to get the size, calculate the scale and then decode only with the scale that you need

1. resize the image directly on your PC in order to fit a device need.

An must read page for this topic is here: Android developers

PS. On important thing here is that you should NEVER decode an image on the UI thread. This will affect your app performance.

Answer 2

You are loading bitmaps that are too large in size. Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget. There is a solution though. You need to decode the bitmap to a lower resolution [how to do so].