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Khawar Raza
Khawar Raza

Reputation: 16120

Android Downloading Images from server, got the OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget exception

In my app, I am downloading images from server. I am getting the following error after downloading 40+ images:

 11-03 20:16:17.185: W/dalvikvm(12081): threadid=10: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40015560)
11-03 20:16:17.185: E/AndroidRuntime(12081): FATAL EXCEPTION: Thread-41
11-03 20:16:17.185: E/AndroidRuntime(12081): java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
11-03 20:16:17.185: E/AndroidRuntime(12081):    at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeStream(Native Method)
11-03 20:16:17.185: E/AndroidRuntime(12081):    at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:470)
11-03 20:16:17.185: E/AndroidRuntime(12081):    at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeResourceStream(BitmapFactory.java:336)
11-03 20:16:17.185: E/AndroidRuntime(12081):    at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:697)
11-03 20:16:17.185: E/AndroidRuntime(12081):    at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromStream(Drawable.java:657)
11-03 20:16:17.185: E/AndroidRuntime(12081):    at com.twintechs.bl.ImageLoader.downloadDrawable(ImageLoader.java:25)
11-03 20:16:17.185: E/AndroidRuntime(12081):    at com.twintechs.itsr.LatestActivity$10.run(LatestActivity.java:332)

Any idea?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 386

Answers (1)

Kurtis Nusbaum
Kurtis Nusbaum

Reputation: 30825

You need to download the bitmaps one at a time and then move them off to the SD card. There's simply not enough room in memory to store all those bitmaps.

Upvotes: 2

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