OutOfMemory exception when loading bitmap from external storage

Question

In my application I load a couple of images from JPEG and PNG files. When I place all those files into assets directory and load it in this way, everything is ok:

Answer 1

Allows inSampleSize resize the final read image. getLength() of AssetFileDescriptor allows get size of file.

You can vary inSampleSize according to getLength() to prevent OutOfMemory like this :

private final int MAX_SIZE = 500000;

public Bitmap readBitmap(Uri selectedImage)
{
    Bitmap bm = null;
    AssetFileDescriptor fileDescriptor = null;
    try
    {
        fileDescriptor = this.getContentResolver().openAssetFileDescriptor(selectedImage,"r");
        long size = fileDescriptor.getLength();
        BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
        options.inSampleSize = (int) (size / MAX_SIZE);
        bm = BitmapFactory.decodeFileDescriptor(fileDescriptor.getFileDescriptor(), null, options);
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    finally
    {
        try {
            if(fileDescriptor != null) fileDescriptor.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {}
    }
    return bm;
}