OutOfMemoryError when try to receive large json response : Android

Question

I am facing OutofMemoryError exception, when I try to convert the json response to string

Here is the code I tried

 HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
 if(entity != null) {
    contentAsString = EntityUtils.toString(entity); // error
 }

I tried with volley and Retrofit Network libraries as well but facing the same issue. Pls suggest...

Do you have control over your backend? how big is your json response? — Louie Almeda, Feb 26 '16 at 09:41
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21245650/jsonarray-throwing-out-of-memory-exception-in-android — Amit Vaghela, Feb 26 '16 at 10:03
@AristoMichael but in general it could contain images. What does the response contain? And how big (in bytes) is the response? — PatrickMA, Feb 26 '16 at 10:17

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 26 '16 at 09:38

Try this

Set the largeHeap="true" in your AndroidManifest.xml

  <application
        android:icon="@drawable/app_icon"
        android:largeHeap="true"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

Let me know if this works for you! :)

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 26 '16 at 09:48

0

Add this to your manifest

android:largeHeap="true"

answered Feb 26 '16 at 09:48

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