Not sure if this is a question or comment - but would like some feedback.
I have just successfully (I think) got running an "infinite" scrolling images application that does the "make new images in scroll direction, delete old images in trailing direction" trick.
To delete the old images I found 2 forum hits:
1. https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/how-to-unload-an-image-to-free-resources.55938/post-352064
by Erel which suggests:
This does not work - I get:
2. https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/reset-imageview-bitmap-bitmap-null-fails.69886/post-657831
by Semen Matusovskiy which suggests:
Which seems to work - but not sure how to test.
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Am I doing something wrong that stops Erel's solution (which seems much more elegant) from working?
Is there a way to test if solution 2 is actually freeing memory?
Thanks....
I have just successfully (I think) got running an "infinite" scrolling images application that does the "make new images in scroll direction, delete old images in trailing direction" trick.
To delete the old images I found 2 forum hits:
1. https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/how-to-unload-an-image-to-free-resources.55938/post-352064
by Erel which suggests:
B4X:
ImageView.Bitmap = Null-----------------------------------------
2. https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/reset-imageview-bitmap-bitmap-null-fails.69886/post-657831
by Semen Matusovskiy which suggests:
B4X:
Dim no As NativeObject
imageView1.Bitmap = no.Initialize ("UIImage").RunMethod ("new", Null)-----------------------------------------
Am I doing something wrong that stops Erel's solution (which seems much more elegant) from working?
Is there a way to test if solution 2 is actually freeing memory?
Thanks....
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