Android Question java.lang.OutOfMemoryError -Binary XML file line #46: Error inflating class android.widget.ImageView

[aaronk]

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone knows what might cause the error shown in the txt file attached.?
This error come up in my Google Play developer console as a crash.

I am guessing there is some error in some XML file but can't work out which one?

 

[Erel]

It seems like the process ran out of memory in Activity_Create.

 

[aaronk]

If I was to use the following code even if the activity doesn't have any layouts already loaded cause a out of memory error?

Activity.RemoveAllViews
Activity.LoadLayout("Main")

I seem to every now and then (2-3 times a month) get the error shown in post 1 and I am trying to work out what would cause this error (out of memory error).

It seems to mostly happen on Android 4.4 on a Galaxy Note2 (t0ltevzw), Galaxy Note3 (hltetmo) & Galaxy S5 (kltevzw) devices.

 

[Erel]

Make sure that there are no large images in this layout file.

 

[aaronk]

Would you call a image that is 407KB in size being a large image ?

 

[Erel]

The file size is not relevant. Only the image size (width * height).

 

[aaronk]

The image is a 460 x 800 image. Is that too big ?

 

[Erel]

No. It will require about 1.5mb of memory which is not too much.

If there are several such images then it can be a problem. Are you using Canvas? Canvas can consume a lot of memory.

 

[aaronk]

I am loading the layout file which has the 460x800 image (407KB) set as the background which has the gravity set to fill.
I then have a ImageView which is loading a 125x125 (12.9KB) image into it.

I then have a few labels and that is all.

In my Layout I have a few images in the Image/font files list that I am not using. Does it matter that these images are loaded in that list even knowing I am not using them?

Does it still load them even knowing I am not using them in the layout ?

What do you mean by if I am using Canvas? Is Canvas when you crop images and join them together ?

 

[Erel]

Does it matter that these images are loaded in that list even knowing I am not using them?

No.

Is Canvas when you crop images and join them together ?

How are you doing it? Are you using the Canvas object?

 

[aaronk]

How are you doing it? Are you using the Canvas object?

In my activity I am using this code in Activity_Create to display the layout:

Activity.RemoveAllViews
Activity.LoadLayout("top")
Activity.LoadLayout("Main")
Activity.LoadLayout("buttom")

I am loading 3 layout files since top & button are common layouts that are used on all my activity's where Main will be different based on the activity that is shown.

I can't say I am using the Convas object since I don't really know what that is.

 

[Erel]

Can you upload your project (File - Export as zip)?

 

[aaronk]

Can you upload your project (File - Export as zip)?

I can't really do that since it's in my fully completed app that I have on Google Play.
I don't really want to release the source code to it.