I think calling System.gc() doesn't immediately trigger the garbage collection. So, relying on this all the time might not be a good idea.
-Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com On Aug 11, 1:09 am, Streets Of Boston <flyingdutc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yep, it works for me too. But i only use it when dealing with bitmaps > just to be sure that the garbage collector will release raw binary > image data for unreferenced Bitmaps. > > Actually, i call System.gc() before creating a new bitmap. This makes > the code in your 'catch' clauses obsolete: > > 1. Call System.gc() to make sure that raw binary data is released in > case the dalvik-vm didn't realise memory gets low. > 2. Create a new bitmap. > > On Aug 10, 1:46 pm, Greg Donald <gdon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Alex Xin <xinxi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Do we need to call System.gc() to indicate that system should do a garbage > > > collection or just let system to choose when to collect garbage and free > > > it? > > > Because my app will random FCs on certain phones, but if I add some calls > > > to > > > System.gc(), then there were no FCs. > > > I do the same thing. Blocks of code like this are very common in my apps: > > > try > > { > > cards = BitmapFactory.decodeResource( resources, R.drawable.cards );} > > > catch( Error e ) > > { > > System.gc(); > > cards = BitmapFactory.decodeResource( resources, R.drawable.cards ); > > > } > > > It's not pretty, but it works great. > > > -- > > Greg Donald > > destiney.com | gregdonald.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
