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Android

Derek Derek
Derek Derek
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Posted by Derek Derek
Derek Derek
8,744 Points

java.lang.OutOfMemoryError

Hello, I am new to Android development, and after watching a couple introduction courses here, I tried making a simple tournament app. It's not finished yet, but whenever I try to run the code on the emulator, I keep getting OutOfMemoryError. My Mac has plenty of memory left, and I'm not using large image files (about 15 images, each around 10-20KB)..

This is the log I keep getting:

java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Failed to allocate a 64000012 byte allocation with 4194304 free bytes and 57MB until OOM

I'd appreciate any help! Thank you.

Aaron Arkie
Aaron Arkie
5,345 Points
Aaron Arkie
Aaron Arkie
5,345 Points

How big is your RAM?

1 Answer

Aaron Arkie
Aaron Arkie
5,345 Points
Aaron Arkie
Aaron Arkie
5,345 Points

You either may not have enough RAM storage, to many processes running in the background, or a bug in your program such as an infinite loop. If you're using an AVD youll need decent chunk of RAM to get it running.