How to solve Out of memory on a 8294416-byte allocation exception?

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I am making an application to display slideshow of images and videos. I am using ViewFlipper to flip videos and images. Moreover, I am using Picasso library to display image from local storage. Now, when I try to run the application at some point it is running perfectly. But once in a while, I a getting the exception Out of memory on a 8294416-byte allocation. I googled it and find one solution that using "android:largeHeap=true" I could solve the issue. But it didn't worked for me. Do anyone knows how to solve it?

Here is my logcat showing the error :

Make the image smaller (width x height px). What size is the image? — Francesco verheye, May 18 '16 at 08:23
Any specific reason why you're using a ViewFlipper in stead of a ViewPager? — the-ginger-geek, May 18 '16 at 08:31
@Neil Yes. Actually I have implemented both. But ViewFlipper fits perfectly in my case as I am flipping both images and videos. — Dhaval, May 18 '16 at 08:34
You can do the same with ViewPager using fragments. I think that may also help solve your memory issue. You can also try using Glide to load your resources. Have you ever had the error while trying ViewPager? — the-ginger-geek, May 18 '16 at 08:35
No. When I used ViewPager I have only added 15 images at a time. But now I am adding 62 images at a time and getting the exception. — Dhaval, May 18 '16 at 08:38
The ViewPager recycles the Fragments. You shouldn't get an out of memory issue if you implement it properly. I suggest you switch to ViewPager. — the-ginger-geek, May 18 '16 at 08:41
@Neil Thank you for your suggestion. Is this exception occurs because of ViewFlipper or size of image? — Dhaval, May 18 '16 at 08:43
I would say both. Mainly because of the sheer amount of images you're loading into it. ViewPager will solve your problem. Don't think the ViewFlipper recycles views. — the-ginger-geek, May 18 '16 at 08:46
@Neil Ok. I will try to implement with ViewPager. Thanks again. — Dhaval, May 18 '16 at 08:47

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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This is a good training to load large Bitmaps in Android

https://developer.android.com/training/displaying-bitmaps/load-bitmap.html

Edit This is another SO answer which is related to Picasso. Look at .resize(width, height) https://stackoverflow.com/a/23741267/1723525

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answered May 18 '16 at 08:24

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Thanks. I will go through it. But there are different images in which I am getting this exception. – Dhaval May 18 '16 at 08:26
@Dhaval I have added another SO answer which will help you – Francesco verheye May 18 '16 at 08:35
Thanks. I am reviewing that as well. – Dhaval May 18 '16 at 08:41
Thank you. It is working for now. I will test with more images and figure out what will happen. – Dhaval May 18 '16 at 09:06

How to solve Out of memory on a 8294416-byte allocation exception?

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