Android - Bitmap and memory management?

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How can i manage the memory for the following situation?

Bitmap bitmap = myBitmapProvider.getBitmap();
myImage.setImageBitmap(bitmap);

Based on my understanding this would cause a memory leak (And yes I am getting out of memory crashes) // I tried the following code but it crasshed the app because the bitmap is in-use by my ImageView, so what is the correct solution\?

bitmap.recycle();
bitmap = null;

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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I'm guessing you are either creating a lot of those bitmaps or just one large one. If it is just one large one you should check out this post on downsampling images for displaying on the screen: https://stackoverflow.com/a/823966/317862

If your creating a lot of them maybe check out this article: http://www.senab.co.uk/2011/12/28/image-caching/

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered Jan 31 '12 at 02:29

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the link to senab.co.uk is "dead" =( – naXa stands with Ukraine Oct 02 '18 at 13:11
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It is often a good idea to summarise the important points in your answer, rather than just providing a link (because the link may break, the contents of the linked to site may change, etc.). – naXa stands with Ukraine Oct 02 '18 at 13:11
@sgarman: The link is broken. Please provide the answer if you know the content of the link. It will really help. Thanks – Muhammad Ibrahim Dec 29 '20 at 05:23

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