java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
- by Angel
Hi,
I am trying to change the layout of my application from portrait to landscape and vice-versa. 
But if i do it frequently or  more than once then at times my application crashes.. Below is the error log. Please suggest what can be done?
  < 01-06 09:52:27.787:
  ERROR/dalvikvm-heap(17473):
  1550532-byte external allocation too
  large for this process. 01-06
  09:52:27.787: ERROR/dalvikvm(17473):
  Out of memory: Heap Size=6471KB,
  Allocated=4075KB, Bitmap Size=9564KB
  01-06 09:52:27.787: ERROR/(17473): VM
  won't let us allocate 1550532 bytes
  01-06 09:52:27.798: DEBUG/skia(17473):
  --- decoder-decode returned false 01-06 09:52:27.798:
  DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(17473): Shutting
  down VM 01-06 09:52:27.798:
  WARN/dalvikvm(17473): threadid=3:
  thread exiting with uncaught exception
  (group=0x4001e390) 01-06 09:52:27.807:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473): Uncaught
  handler: thread main exiting due to
  uncaught exception 01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):
  java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to
  start activity ComponentInfo{}:
  android.view.InflateException: Binary
  XML file line #2: Error inflating
  class  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2596)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2621)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.app.ActivityThread.handleRelaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3812)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:126)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1936)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4595)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native
  Method) 01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:860)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:618)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native
  Method) 01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473): Caused
  by: android.view.InflateException:
  Binary XML file line #2: Error
  inflating class  01-06
  09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:513)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:563)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:385)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:320)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:276)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:207)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1629)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  onCreate(Game.java:98) 01-06
  09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2544)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     ...
  12 more 01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473): Caused
  by:
  java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.widget.LinearLayout.(LinearLayout.java:92)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native
  Method) 01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:446)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:500)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     ...
  22 more 01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473): Caused
  by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap
  size exceeds VM budget 01-06
  09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeAsset(Native
  Method) 01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:464)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeResourceStream(BitmapFactory.java:340)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:697)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1705)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:548)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.view.View.(View.java:1850)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.view.View.(View.java:1799)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at
  android.view.ViewGroup.(ViewGroup.java:296)
  01-06 09:52:27.857:
  ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     ...
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