Android WebView OutOfMemory?

Question

Sometimes by starting my activity which only contains a WebView I got this strange log from LogCat:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{de.cb.pwapp/de.cb.pwapp.Artikel}: 
android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #9: Error inflating class android.webkit.WebView

at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2110)

at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2135)

at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java:140)

at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1237)

at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)

at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)

at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4921)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)

at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1027)

at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:794)
    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #9: Error inflating class android.webkit.WebView
    at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:613)

at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56)   
at android.view.LayoutInflater.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:660)

at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:685)

at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:746)

at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489)

at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396)

at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:352)

at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:313)

at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1924)

at de.cb.pwapp.Artikel.onCreate(Artikel.java:26)

at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5206)

at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1094)

at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2074)

... 11 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)

at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:417)

at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:587)

... 24 more
Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError

at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeAsset(Native Method)

at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:625)

at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeResourceStream(BitmapFactory.java:478)

at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:781)

at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1963)

at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:601)

at android.view.View.<init>(View.java:3449)

at android.view.ViewGroup.<init>(ViewGroup.java:432)

at android.widget.AbsoluteLayout.<init>(AbsoluteLayout.java:52)

at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:505)

at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:482)

at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:468)

at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:457)

Is it correct that my WebView runs out of memory ?

I load the WebView with a long string, representing an article, from my SQLite DB.

Any ideas how to fix this problem ?

Answer 1

High Res Pics as a Background was the Problem