Android Expand JNI Local Reference Table

Question

I have a lot of objects to create on c++ and send it to java, I'm using the env->DeleteLocalRef(obj); but I'm getting the following error:

06-10 18:43:56.976: E/dalvikvm(11536): JNI ERROR (app bug): local reference table overflow (max=512)
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536): JNI local reference table (0x4d9c0b28) dump:
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):   Last 10 entries (of 512):
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):       511: 0x412bab68 java.lang.Class<la.jurema.moovebike.models.RoutePoint>
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):       510: 0x412bab68 java.lang.Class<la.jurema.moovebike.models.RoutePoint>
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):       509: 0x40e2a2a8 la.jurema.moovebike.models.RoutePoint[] (20 elements)
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):       508: 0x412bab68 java.lang.Class<la.jurema.moovebike.models.RoutePoint>
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):       507: 0x412bab68 java.lang.Class<la.jurema.moovebike.models.RoutePoint>
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):       506: 0x412de350 java.lang.Class<la.jurema.moovebike.models.BikeRoute>
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):       505: 0x412bab68 java.lang.Class<la.jurema.moovebike.models.RoutePoint>
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):       504: 0x412bab68 java.lang.Class<la.jurema.moovebike.models.RoutePoint>
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):       503: 0x412bab68 java.lang.Class<la.jurema.moovebike.models.RoutePoint>
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):       502: 0x412bab68 java.lang.Class<la.jurema.moovebike.models.RoutePoint>
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):   Summary:
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):       505 of java.lang.Class (7 unique instances)
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):         3 of java.lang.String (3 unique instances)
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):         1 of java.lang.String[] (2 elements)
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):         1 of la.jurema.moovebike.network.DataDownloadResponseAbstract
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):         1 of la.jurema.moovebike.models.BikeRoute[] (15 elements)
06-10 18:43:56.980: W/dalvikvm(11536):         1 of la.jurema.moovebike.models.RoutePoint[] (20 elements)
06-10 18:43:56.980: E/dalvikvm(11536): Failed adding to JNI local ref table (has 512 entries)

I dont know what means this java.lang.Class... how I can solve this? Increase the reference table? Or what I'm not deleting?

Answer 1

You need to delete local references to classes as well as to objects.

Answer 2

It looks like you're getting lots of instances of java.lang.Class. The most common way to get these is by calling FindClass. The name in the <> angle brackets is the name of the class that was looked up, so you should be looking for places where you do a lookup on RoutePoint or BikeRoute.

FindClass can be fairly expensive, so for frequently-used classes you want to call that during initialization and cache the result (as a global reference) for later use.

If you're running in a loop, it's a good idea to explicitly delete the local reference for any object returned. Expanding the local reference table beyond 512 entries isn't possible in Dalvik.

See also the JNI Tips document.