“Canvas: trying to draw too large bitmap” when Android N Display Size set larger than Small

Question

I have a published app that is crashing at startup on Android N when the newly introduced Display size OS setting is set to too large a value.

When I lo

Answer 1

In my case, I just changed the canvas of image which is used in the background using Paint3d(or you can use any other). Here I am sharing a screenshot just go through it.

Answer 2

it is solved by resizing the images to a lower size.

Answer 3

Try to use Bitmap.Factory class, this link will help you Loading Large Bitmaps Efficiently

Answer 4

I checked the Logcat

Process: co.coolresume, PID: 11145 java.lang.RuntimeException: Canvas: trying to draw too large(572166144bytes) bitmap. at android.view.DisplayListCanvas.throwIfCannotDraw(DisplayListCanvas.java:229) at android.view.RecordingCanvas.drawBitmap(RecordingCanvas.java:97) at android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable.draw(BitmapDrawable.java:529) at android.widget.ImageView.onDraw(ImageView.java:1367) at android.view.View.draw(View.java:19380)

I solved the error using the next manifest

 <application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
    android:hardwareAccelerated="false">
    <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>

Answer 5

I solved the problem after adding the below code into the Manifest file's application tag in between android: lines.

android:hardwareAccelerated="false"

Answer 6

There are some scenarios where Original Bitmap needs be Drawn into ImageViews, Photo Editing apps etc...,

as bay mentioned above setting

android:hardwareAccelerated="false"

will Cause bad UI experince, You can set hardwareAccelerated Only one selected Activity where high res image to be drawn

<application android:hardwareAccelerated="true">
    <activity ... />
    <activity android:hardwareAccelerated="false" />
</application>