java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget [duplicate]

Question

I m fetching photo from gallery and display in ImageView. But my issue is sometime is working fine and sometime is geting error. Error is Bitmap size exceeds VM budget..

Log Error..

04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863): java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeStream(Native Method)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:459)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at androidexperts.wp7.facebook.WP7FB.sharePhotoDialog(WP7FB.java:200)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at androidexperts.wp7.facebook.WP7FB.onActivityResult(WP7FB.java:269)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at android.app.Activity.dispatchActivityResult(Activity.java:3890)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:3511)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:3557)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2800(ActivityThread.java:125)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2063)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:858)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
04-01 10:14:57.098: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(12863):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)            

Answer 1

Use BitmapFactory.Options.inSampleSize and set it to a value >1 which will scale it down.