how to download large files without memory issues in java

Question

When I am trying to download a large file which is of 260MB from server, I get this error: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space. I am sure my heap size i

Answer 1

First you can remove the (in != null) from your while statement, it's unnecessary. Second, try removing the BufferedInputStream and just do:

FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(file);