On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Greg Donald <gdon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I used this sort of code to make sure my bitmaps load:
>
> try
> {
> foo = BitmapFactory.decodeResource( resources, R.drawable.foo );
> }
> catch( Exception e )
> {
> System.gc();
> foo = BitmapFactory.decodeResource( resources, R.drawable.foo );
> }
>
> In 2.2, it's now failing sometimes and my catch block no longer
> catches anything. Why would that be?
>
> Is there a better way to avoid a java.lang.OutOfMemoryError ?
>
>
Is Dalvik such a crappy virtual machine that it can't be bothered to
run the garbage collector before spitting out an OutOfMemory
exception?
-- Stephen
Sent from my Emacs
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