How to increase heap size of an android application?

Question

I am writing an Android application which uses several 3D models. Such a model with textures can take up a lot of memory. I found out the manufacturer sets a limit on the he

Answer 1

you can't increase the heap size dynamically.

you can request to use more by using android:largeHeap="true" in the manifest.

also, you can use native memory (NDK & JNI) , so you actually bypass the heap size limitation.

here are some posts i've made about it:

• How to cache bitmaps into native memory

• JNI bitmap operations , for helping to avoid OOM when using large images

and here's a library i've made for it:

• https://github.com/AndroidDeveloperLB/AndroidJniBitmapOperations