Why would I ever NOT use BitmapFactory's inPurgeable option?

Question

Android\'s BitmapFactory.Options.inPurgeable has been recommended in various places as a way to avoid OutOfMemory exceptions in Android 2.x and earlier (Android

Answer 1

This flag is currently completely ignored, that's the catch.

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Update by @slodge: please anyone who is reading this and seeing it as the correct answer also read the comments - 'This flag is currently completely ignored' is true in certain cases only - in other cases (e.g. when using decodeByteArray on downloaded data) then this flag is not ignored and is very, very useful