java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget - Android

Question

I developed an application that uses lots of images on Android.

The app runs once, fills the information on the screen (Layouts, Listviews,

Answer 1

To avoid this problem you can use native method Bitmap.recycle() before null-ing Bitmap object (or setting another value). Example:

public final void setMyBitmap(Bitmap bitmap) {
  if (this.myBitmap != null) {
    this.myBitmap.recycle();
  }
  this.myBitmap = bitmap;
}

And next you can change myBitmap w/o calling System.gc() like:

setMyBitmap(null);    
setMyBitmap(anotherBitmap);