Android OutOfMemoryError for large images

Question

The method throws OutOfMemoryError for large images in size( not by resolution) i have 12 MP photos, all of them are different in size(1.5MB, 2.5MB, 3.2MB, 4.1MB) etc and the re

Answer 1

Please read http://developer.android.com/training/displaying-bitmaps/load-bitmap.html how to deal with large Bitmaps.

The BitmapFactory class provides several decoding methods (decodeByteArray(), decodeFile(), decodeResource(), etc.) for creating a Bitmap from various sources. Choose the most appropriate decode method based on your image data source. These methods attempt to allocate memory for the constructed bitmap and therefore can easily result in an OutOfMemory exception