External allocation too large for this process in Android

Question

I\'m getting \"external allocation too large for this process\" errors in my app. Lots of these at once:

11-16 10:56:59.230: ERROR/dalvikvm-heap(287         


        

Answer 1

adamp's comment was the answer in my particular case:

The framework will often capture views onscreen into temporary bitmaps for drawing performance. It looks like your app is pushing right up against its memory limit already and this bumps it over. Take a look at the other suggestions for limiting your app's memory usage.