Memory and Activities :: OutOfMemory

Question

SETUP :

I have this app which has 4 activities in a linear path, really simple navigation : A -> B -> C -> D

All the activities share the

Answer 1

You need to explicitly recycle Bitmap used as background when you destroying your activity. Code will be like this:

@Override
protected void onDestroy () {
    Drawable drawable = getView().getBackground();
    if (drawable instanceof BitmapDrawable) {
        ((BitmapDrawable)drawable).getBitmap().recycle();
    }
    drawable.setCallback(null);
    getView().setBackgroundDrawable(null);
    super.onDestroy();
}

Maybe you need to free resources recursively for nested views, but it depends on your layout structure. This is general case