Android: Bitmaps, SoftReferences, and OOMs?

Question

I have a series of views in a vertical LinearLayout. Each view generates and draws a Bitmap, when scrolled to. For performance reasons, I would rather not generate the Bit

Answer 1

The problem is that Bitmaps use finalizers, therefore, it might take a couple of GC passes before the native memory is actually released. This is something we are working on making better.