Hey i found a lot of help with this article http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/01/avoiding-memory-leaks.html
Hope it helps others too On Apr 22, 5:47 pm, quakeboy <prasna...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thnx for replying SOB.. > I found I was using all Animation objects like that and I changed it. > > Later, still I found it was crashing at one particular line.. It might > be helpful for developers so here it is.. > > ==========BEFORE=============== > > I set a different background at runtime.. like this.. (Its a 320 x 480 > image) > view.setBackgroundResource(R.id.mybgid); > > ===========NOW============== > > Now I removed that line and do this.. > Bitmap lastbg = null; (this is on top only) > > if (lastbg != null) lastbg.recycle(); > Bitmap b = BitmapFactory.DecodeResource(.....as req.....); > BitmapDrawable bd = new BitmapDrawable(b); > view.setBackgroundDrawable(bd); > > Now the final result.. > My application still crashes, but the crash frequency has reduced to > 25% > > Now I am sorry, but Some Android Engineers from Google were stubborn > telling that BitmapFactory and settings image resources never leak > memory.. > > But in my personal experience, I found When I load sprites for each > level, initially after the level is over, I did not recycle() and then > it crashed frequently.. later I did that at the end of each level and > crash frequency dropped a lottt.. > > I even tried System.gc() in lot of places... Guys have to understand.. > we use JAVA !!! not C++... we dont have delete operators.. or free > ()... how the, am I supposed clear memory... Please GC better for > images.. > > Moreover through my application I have a lot of imageview for which I > change their Image on touch event ACTION_DOWN like this... > > imgbtn.setImageResource(R.drawable.mouse_down_sprite); > > Does all this leak little amounts of memory ?? > Can someone tell me how to change this discussions subject ? > > On Apr 21, 7:21 pm, Streets Of Boston <flyingdutc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Do you statically cache objects? > > If your activity is gone/finished, that does not necessarily mean that > > your game's process has died. Static references/caches may still be > > active. > > > On Apr 21, 7:06 am, quakeboy <prasna...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I have made a game with just one activity.. I just replace the views > > > when I want to change screen. The game runs fine for a really long > > > time inspite of what ever I do within the game. > > > > But once I close the main game, by calling finish on the only activity > > > in the application, and then when I start again, within the next 30 > > > secs it crashes telling VM budget exceeded.. > > > > When I don't have a dispose() or a delete method in JAVA.. how the, am > > > I supposed to remove the objects used in memory.. > > > > moreover I have > > > android:launchMode="singleInstance" in my manifest --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
