android MapView always causes an OutOfMemoryError in nested elements

Question

I am trying to create a MapView (currently without any overlays) inside some nested elements. It is basically something like ScrollView -> RelativeLayout -> Rela

Answer 1

steemcb is correct, but unfortunately there is also a bug in MapView that causes this to happen even if your layout is good. I got the exact same stack trace as yours. It is a fragile component and small changes in layout type will cause it to break unexpectedly, especially if it's wrapped in a ScrollLayout.

It hasn't yet been addressed by anyone from the Android project.