Setting the background of an Activity

Question

In the onCreate() method of my Activity, I grab the outermost LinearLayout of the Activity\'s layout. I then check to see what the orientation of the phone is. If it is po

Answer 1

That happens because the previous image remains in memory until the garbage collector clean it, and everytime the user open an close the keyboard, a new activity is created and a new instance of an image is done. So to prevent that crash, clean the memory on your activity. Use what Femi said, in case it is a bitmap, or force a call to the garbage collector