Android image resize

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I have images stored on sd card(size of each ~ 4MB). I want to resize it, than set it to ImageView. But I cannot do it using

Java

BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path)

becouse Exception

Java

java.lang.OutOfMemoryError

is appeared. How can i resize image without loading it in the memory. Is it real?

Posted 6-Aug-12 5:14am

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lewax00 · Answer 1 · 2012-08-06T05:56:00

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Try adding android:largeHeap="true" to your application tag in AndroidManifest.xml and see if that helps (it should let you use more memory), and make sure you release the large version of the file when you're done so the garbage collector can reclaim the memory.

Posted 6-Aug-12 5:56am

lewax00