external allocation too large for this process,Error inflating class, bitmap size exceeds VM budget

[Yan Choo]

A beginner..Im doing a school map app.

First of all I have background with 4 buttons ( level3, level4, level5, level6)
I try and click all the buttons, normally after clicking 3 of it, the next one will crash.(each level button goes into a level map, whereby clicking the room image buttons, I will enter into the gallery-imageswitcher)

I have at least 5 imageswitchers in each level maps,so that about over 20 imageswitcher galleries overall.

I did all my stuffs using DRAWABLES instead of BITMAPS.. I have tons and tons of images (because its a school map, show all the photos in my school, and all those backgrounds and imagebuttons)

I did some research, and those who have problems are those using bitmap. Some of the ways that can be solved is system.gc();, and bitmap.recycle...(not so sure how to use it though)

In my main background - starttour.java

  package android.com;


import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;



public class StartTour extends Activity {
	private SoundManager mSoundManager;
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.ttour);
        
        mSoundManager = new SoundManager();
        mSoundManager.initSounds(getBaseContext());
        mSoundManager.addSound(1, R.raw.beep);
        
        //play music
        final MediaPlayer mPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.jazz);
          mPlayer.start();
        
        final Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.back);
        
        button.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {  
        	  
            // Implement the OnClickListener callback
            public void onClick(View v) {
              // do something when the button is clicked       	 
            	startActivity(new Intent("android.com.Android")); 
            	mSoundManager.playSound(1);
            	mPlayer.stop();
            }
        });
            
            final Button button1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.level3);
            button1.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    // Perform action on click
                	 startActivity(new Intent("android.com.Lvl3"));
                	 mSoundManager.playSound(1);
                	 mPlayer.stop();
                	
                }
             });
            
            final Button button2 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.level4);
            button2.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    // Perform action on click
                	 startActivity(new Intent("android.com.Lvl4"));
                	 mSoundManager.playSound(1);
                	 mPlayer.stop();
                	
                }
             });            
     
            
            final Button button3 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.level5);
            button3.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    // Perform action on click
                	 startActivity(new Intent("android.com.Lvl5"));
                	 mSoundManager.playSound(1);
                	 mPlayer.stop();
                	
                }
             });
            
            final Button button4 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.level6);
            button4.setOnClickListener(new Button.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    // Perform action on click
                	 startActivity(new Intent("android.com.Lvl6"));
                	 mSoundManager.playSound(1);
                	 mPlayer.stop();
                	
                }
             });
            
            
    }
}  

In my level 4.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent">
      
            
 <ImageView android:id="@+id/ilevel4" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="fill_parent" android:src="@drawable/level4map"
                android:layout_gravity="center"/>
                
<Button
        android:id="@+id/m412button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="92.5px"
        android:layout_marginTop="95px"
        android:background="@drawable/m412_button" />    
        
<Button
        android:id="@+id/m411button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="92.5px"
        android:layout_marginTop="248.8px"
        android:background="@drawable/m411_button" />
        
<Button
        android:id="@+id/m410button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="92.5px"
        android:layout_marginTop="334.8px"
        android:background="@drawable/m410_button" />   
            
        
<Button
        android:id="@+id/m405button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="6px"
        android:layout_marginTop="246.5px"
        android:background="@drawable/m405_button" />
        
<Button
        android:id="@+id/m406button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="6px"
        android:layout_marginTop="335px"
        android:background="@drawable/m406_button" />  

<Button
        android:id="@+id/m419button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="260px"
        android:layout_marginTop="59.5px"
        android:background="@drawable/m419_button" />      

<Button
        android:id="@+id/m420button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="260px"
        android:layout_marginTop="168.5px"
        android:background="@drawable/m420_button" />   
        
<Button
        android:id="@+id/m421button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="260px"
        android:layout_marginTop="240.5px"
        android:background="@drawable/m421_button" />
        
<Button
        android:id="@+id/m422button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="260px"
        android:layout_marginTop="335px"
        android:background="@drawable/m422_button" />              
        
   
</RelativeLayout>   

In level4.java

public class Level4 extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.tlevel4);
        
        final Button button1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.m405button);
        button1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {
                    // Perform action on click
            	 startActivity(new Intent("android.com.M405"));
            }
        });
        
        final Button button2 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.m406button);
        button2.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {
                    // Perform action on click
            	 startActivity(new Intent("android.com.M406"));
            }
        });
        
        
     	
        }
      }
      

In logcat

11-03 12:35:55.194: ERROR/dalvikvm-heap(708): 483406-byte external allocation too large for this process.
11-03 12:35:55.194: ERROR/(708): VM won't let us allocate 483406 bytes
11-03 12:35:55.204: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(708): Shutting down VM
11-03 12:35:55.213: WARN/dalvikvm(708): threadid=3: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4000fe70)
11-03 12:35:55.213: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due to uncaught exception
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{android.com/android.com.Level3}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #7: Error inflating class java.lang.reflect.Constructor
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2268)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2284)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1800(ActivityThread.java:112)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1692)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3948)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:782)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:540)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #7: Error inflating class java.lang.reflect.Constructor
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:512)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:562)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:617)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:407)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:320)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:276)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:309)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1626)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.com.Level3.onCreate(Level3.java:19)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1123)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2231)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): ... 11 more
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.widget.ImageView.<init>(ImageView.java:103)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:446)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:499)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): ... 22 more
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeAsset(Native Method)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:363)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:212)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:663)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1637)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:548)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): at android.widget.ImageView.<init>(ImageView.java:113)
11-03 12:35:55.254: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(708): ... 26 more

If I click any of the buttons first and enter into the levelmap, it wil crash while im looking at the imageswitcher pictures.

In logcat

11-03 09:17:34.308: INFO/ActivityManager(564): Starting activity: Intent { action=android.com.M615 comp={android.com/android.com.M615_gallery} }
11-03 09:17:34.638: ERROR/dalvikvm-heap(712): 212800-byte external allocation too large for this process.
11-03 09:17:34.638: ERROR/(712): VM won't let us allocate 212800 bytes
11-03 09:17:34.638: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(712): Shutting down VM
11-03 09:17:34.648: WARN/dalvikvm(712): threadid=3: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4000fe70)
11-03 09:17:34.648: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due to uncaught exception
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeAsset(Native Method)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:363)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:212)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:663)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1637)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:535)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.widget.ImageView.resolveUri(ImageView.java:482)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.widget.ImageView.setImageResource(ImageView.java:268)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.com.M615_gallery$AddImgAdp.getView(M615_gallery.java:71)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.widget.Gallery.makeAndAddView(Gallery.java:754)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.widget.Gallery.fillToGalleryRight(Gallery.java:703)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.widget.Gallery.layout(Gallery.java:634)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.widget.Gallery.onLayout(Gallery.java:339)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.view.View.layout(View.java:6133)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1119)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:998)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:918)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.view.View.layout(View.java:6133)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:333)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.view.View.layout(View.java:6133)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.widget.LinearLayout.setChildFrame(LinearLayout.java:1119)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.widget.LinearLayout.layoutVertical(LinearLayout.java:998)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.widget.LinearLayout.onLayout(LinearLayout.java:918)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.view.View.layout(View.java:6133)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:333)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.view.View.layout(View.java:6133)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.view.ViewRoot.performTraversals(ViewRoot.java:929)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1482)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3948)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:782)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:540)
11-03 09:17:34.677: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(712): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

really really appreciate if someone can help..thanks

[Yan Choo]

oh sorry, the level in logcat doesn't tally to my level java file i posted here because I happened to use that logcat for that certain level when it crashes

But the error is the same, anyway.