How to solve OutOfMemory Exception when uploading image?

Question

I am able to upload to the server the image of file size less than probably 1Mb and will get the OutOfMemory error if i upload more than 1Mb. I have used the BitmapFactory to decode the file but still unable to upload large image files.

12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968): java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeStream(Native Method)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:652)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeFile(BitmapFactory.java:391)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeFile(BitmapFactory.java:451)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at sp.com.NewProductActivity.onActivityResult(NewProductActivity.java:137)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at android.app.Activity.dispatchActivityResult(Activity.java:5390)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:3201)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:3248)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1200(ActivityThread.java:140)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1285)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4921)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1027)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:794)
12-15 22:33:51.465: E/AndroidRuntime(11968):    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

NewProductActivity.java

public int uploadFile(final String sourceFileUri) {

    String fileName = sourceFileUri;

    HttpURLConnection conn = null;
    DataOutputStream dos = null;
    String lineEnd = "\r\n";
    String twoHyphens = "--";
    String boundary = "*****";
    int bytesRead, bytesAvailable, bufferSize;
    byte[] buffer;
    int maxBufferSize = 1 * 1024 * 1024;
    File sourceFile = new File(sourceFileUri);

    if (!sourceFile.isFile()) {

        dialog.dismiss();

        Log.e("uploadFile", "Source File not exist :" + imagepath);

        runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                messageText.setText("Source File not exist :" + imagepath);
            }
        });

        return 0;

    } else {
        try {

            // Edit Text
            inputName = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputName);
            inputLocation = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputLocation);
            inputDesc = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputDesc);

            //Radio Button
            reportTypeGroup = (RadioGroup) findViewById(R.id.typeOfReport);
            reportType = "";

            switch (reportTypeGroup.getCheckedRadioButtonId()) {

            case R.id.hazard:
                reportType = "Hazard";
                break;

            case R.id.incident:
                reportType = "Incident";
                break;

            default:
                reportType = "Unknown";
                break;
            }

            FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(sourceFile);
            URL url = new URL(upLoadServerUri);
            conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
            conn.setDoInput(true); // Allow Inputs
            conn.setDoOutput(true); // Allow Outputs
            conn.setUseCaches(false); // Don't use a Cached Copy
           // conn.setChunkedStreamingMode(1024);
            conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
            conn.setRequestProperty("Connection", "Keep-Alive");
        //  conn.setRequestProperty("ENCTYPE", "multipart/form-data");
            conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type","multipart/form-data;boundary=" + boundary);
            conn.setRequestProperty("uploaded_file", fileName);


            dos = new DataOutputStream(conn.getOutputStream());


            dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd);

//Adding Parameters

            dos = new DataOutputStream(conn.getOutputStream());
            dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"name\""
                    + lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes(inputName.getText().toString());
            dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);

            dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=location"
                    + lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes(inputLocation.getText().toString());
            dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);

            dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=description"
                    + lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes(inputDesc.getText().toString());
            dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);

            dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=type"
                    + lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes(reportType.toString());
            dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);

//Adding Parameter media file(audio,video and image)

            dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd);

            dos.writeBytes("Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"uploaded_file\";filename=\""+ fileName + "\"" + lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);
            // create a buffer of maximum size
            bytesAvailable = fileInputStream.available();
            bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize);
            buffer = new byte[bufferSize];
            // read file and write it into form...
            bytesRead = fileInputStream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);

            while (bytesRead > 0)
            {
                dos.write(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
                bytesAvailable = fileInputStream.available();
                bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize);
                bytesRead = fileInputStream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize);
            }

            // send multipart form data necesssary after file data...
            dos.writeBytes(lineEnd);
            dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + twoHyphens + lineEnd);


            serverResponseCode = conn.getResponseCode();
            String serverResponseMessage = conn.getResponseMessage();

            Log.i("uploadFile", "HTTP Response is : "+ serverResponseMessage + ": " + serverResponseCode);

            if (serverResponseCode == 200) {

                runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                    public void run() {
                        String msg = "File Upload Completed.\n\n See uploaded file here : \n\n"
                                + "c:/wamp/www/echo/uploads";
                        messageText.setText(msg);
                        Toast.makeText(NewProductActivity.this,
                                "File Upload Complete.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                                .show();
                    }
                });
            }

            // close the streams //
            fileInputStream.close();
            dos.flush();
            dos.close();

        } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {

            dialog.dismiss();
            ex.printStackTrace();

            runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                    messageText
                            .setText("MalformedURLException Exception : check script url.");
                    Toast.makeText(NewProductActivity.this,
                            "MalformedURLException", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                            .show();
                }
            });

            Log.e("Upload file to server", "error: " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
        } catch (final Exception e) {

            dialog.dismiss();
            e.printStackTrace();

            runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                    messageText.setText("Got Exception : "+e.toString());
                    Toast.makeText(NewProductActivity.this,
                            "Got Exception : see logcat ",
                            Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }
            });
            Log.e("Upload file to server Exception",
                    "Exception : " + e.getMessage(), e);
        }
        dialog.dismiss();
        return serverResponseCode;
    }
}
}

-------EDIT-------- After adding the below code, I do not get anymore OutOfMemory exception and it says "upload successful", but nothing was uploaded.

 final BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inSampleSize = 8;

Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(strPath,options);
imageView.setImageBitmap(bm);

Answer 1

1. for out of memory error add below line to your Manifest file inside <application> tag-

`<application
      ...
      android:largeHeap="true"
 </application>`

2. Your way of programming is totally wrong for layout initialization like

 inputName = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputName);
 inputLocation = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputLocation);
 inputDesc = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.inputDesc);

this should be in onCreate(Bundle arg0) for best practice and one more for image uploading like process you have to use AsyncTask for ex : How can I use an Async Task to upload File and Resize your bitmap file to avoid such errors

3.for large image problem you have to change setting of php server. by default http request allow to upload data upto 2 mb on a php server.if you want to increase upload limit then go to your php config file and set upload limit to what ever you want.

Answer 2

You need to resize bitmap to solve this problem but before that just try one thing, add largeHeap = true tag in Android manifest's application tag.

Answer 3

Use AsyncTask for uploading the image.. Because you cannot do upload and download task on the UI thread.