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How to deal with such OutOfMemoryErrors

I'm testing my android App in some devices, and I've noticed a weird behavior in a certain mobile. When I open an Activity (which shows a bitmap) the first time it crashes generating this stack trace:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{example.perifereia_hpeirou/com.epirus.MonumentProjection}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class <unknown>
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2295)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2349)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java:159)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1316)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:176)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5419)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1046)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:862)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class <unknown>
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:626)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:675)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:700)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:470)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:398)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:354)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:361)
at com.actionbarsherlock.internal.ActionBarSherlockNative.setContentView(ActionBarSherlockNative.java:133)
at com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockFragmentActivity.setContentView(SherlockFragmentActivity.java:261)
at com.epirus.MonumentProjection.onCreate(MonumentProjection.java:77)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5372)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1104)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2257)
... 11 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:417)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:600)
... 24 more
Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeAsset(Native Method)
at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:596)
at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeResourceStream(BitmapFactory.java:444)
at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:832)
at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:2988)
at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:602)
at android.view.View.<init>(View.java:3563)
at android.view.View.<init>(View.java:3492)
at android.view.ViewGroup.<init>(ViewGroup.java:469)
at android.widget.RelativeLayout.<init>(RelativeLayout.java:242)
... 27 more
However, if I try to open the activity again this doesn't happen.Also this doesn't occur in any other devices I've tested. I guess the mobile doesn't have enough ram atm and this exception helps it clean memory but this is just my guess.What can I do in order to overcome such a problem?

some ideas you can try:
a) Try with a small image to see if it is due to the size of the bitmap.
b) The first cause you have states:
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class <unknown>
I would also check if the class you are using here is supported by that particular device.
For example I remember an application I developed crashing with devices that weren't google certified because I assumed all devices would have google maps and this is not the case.
I had to add a runtime check before instanciating the object.

ActionBarView Inflate Crash

I'm getting this crash report from a few users. They are using Samsung SPH-M840 Android version 4.1. The layout I am inflating is a simple FrameLayout with a fragment tag inside it. I am using actionbar-compat.
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.customprogrammingsolutions.ShabbosAlarm\/com.cpsolutions.alarmbase.alarm.AlarmMainActivity}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #30: Error inflating class com.android.internal.widget.ActionBarView
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2062)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2087)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:133)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1198)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4777)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:998)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:765)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #30: Error inflating class com.android.internal.widget.ActionBarView
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:619)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:693)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:752)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:495)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:353)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.generateLayout(PhoneWindow.java:3298)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.installDecor(PhoneWindow.java:3358)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:314)
at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1901)
at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity.superSetContentView(ActionBarActivity.java:208)
at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivityDelegateICS.setContentView(ActionBarActivityDelegateICS.java:111)
at android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity.setContentView(ActionBarActivity.java:76)
at com.cpsolutions.alarmbase.alarm.AlarmMainActivity.onCreate(AlarmMainActivity.java:57)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5042)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1094)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2026)
... 11 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:417)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:593)
... 28 more
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #36: Error inflating class android.widget.TextView
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:619)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:666)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:691)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:752)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:760)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:495)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:397)
at com.android.internal.widget.ActionBarView.initTitle(ActionBarView.java:834)
at com.android.internal.widget.ActionBarView.setDisplayOptions(ActionBarView.java:631)
at com.android.internal.widget.ActionBarView.<init>(ActionBarView.java:265)
... 31 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:417)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:593)
... 41 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at android.server.BluetoothPanProfileHandler.createNewTetheringAddressLocked(BluetoothPanProfileHandler.java:332)
at android.text.method.SingleLineTransformationMethod.<init>(SingleLineTransformationMethod.java:33)
at android.text.method.SingleLineTransformationMethod.getInstance(SingleLineTransformationMethod.java:57)
at android.widget.TextView.applySingleLine(TextView.java:7147)
at android.widget.TextView.<init>(TextView.java:1208)
at android.widget.TextView.<init>(TextView.java:606)
... 44 more
EDIT: Here's the xml, and onCreate of AlarmMainActivity:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<fragment class="com.cpsolutions.alarmbase.alarm.AlarmListFragment"
android:id="#+id/alarm_list_frag"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
</FrameLayout>
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
alarmFrag = (AlarmListFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.alarm_list_frag);
preferenceFrag = (AlarmPreferenceFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.preference_list_frag);
if(preferenceFrag != null) {
isTwoPane = true;
}
}

You have a NullPointerException at
android.server.BluetoothPanProfileHandler.createNewTetheringAddressLocked(BluetoothPanProfileHandler.java:332)

There is an issue with the layout file used in:
com.cpsolutions.alarmbase.alarm.AlarmMainActivity.java
At line 57 there will be a setContentView with the argument R.layout.{insert name here}
Go to res/layout/{insert name here}.xml and fix the issue.
If you need help, post the XML file here.
EDIT:
The error is because it cannot inflate the ActionBarView. Please post the class declaration. (what it inherits or extends)

Class cannot be cast to android.app.Fragment on FragmentActivity

I'm getting the following error trying to start an activity with a Fragment
08-09 13:50:57.070: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(1446): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{br.com.zap.imoveis/br.com.zap.imoveis.ui.ResultadoBusca}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #8: Error inflating class fragment
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2059)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2084)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:130)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1195)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4745)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:786)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:553)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #8: Error inflating class fragment
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:704)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:746)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:352)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:256)
at com.actionbarsherlock.internal.ActionBarSherlockNative.setContentView(ActionBarSherlockNative.java:133)
at com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockFragmentActivity.setContentView(SherlockFragmentActivity.java:261)
at br.com.zap.imoveis.ui.ResultadoBusca.onCreate(ResultadoBusca.java:54)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5008)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1079)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2023)
... 11 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: br.com.zap.imoveis.ui.ResultadoBuscaMapa cannot be cast to android.app.Fragment
at android.app.Fragment.instantiate(Fragment.java:577)
at android.app.Fragment.instantiate(Fragment.java:552)
at android.app.Activity.onCreateView(Activity.java:4656)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:680)
... 22 more
Despite of what it says here:
Cannot be cast to android.app.Fragment
I have this error even though my Activity extends from android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity

Unfortunately, error messages some times are very misleading. I've almost rebuilt my application to find out that during a refactor I have accidentally deleted this line o code
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
on the onCreate method of my activity.

error inflating class and memory issues

I have an app that has 2 main layouts and does use alot of pictures (16). The app works fine but it seems after going between layouts a few times it crashes and I believe it is because it is running out of memory. Im not sure how to fix this besides making the pictures smaller.. any suggestions?
06-14 14:28:10.543584-616/? E/NotificationService: Ignoring notification with icon==0: Notification(pri=0 contentView=null vibrate=null sound=nullnull defaults=0x0 flags=0x62 kind=[null])
06-14 14:28:15.678 19572-19572/?E/dalvikvm-heap: Out of memory on a 2764816-byte allocation.
06-14 14:28:15.698 19572-19572/?E/dalvikvm: Extra info: Footprint=63559KB, Allowed Footprint=65543KB, Trimmed=7916KB
06-14 14:28:15.718 19572-19572/?E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.nick.simplequiz.plus/com.nick.simplequiz.plus.saveImage}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #403: Error inflating class <unknown>
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2351)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2387)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$600(ActivityThread.java:151)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1331)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:155)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5454)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1029)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:796)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #403: Error inflating class <unknown>
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:613)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:660)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:685)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:746)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:749)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:749)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:352)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:363)
at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1912)
at com.nick.simplequiz.plus.saveImage.onCreate(saveImage.java:33)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5066)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1101)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2307)
... 11 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:417)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:587)
... 26 more
Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: (Heap Size=65543KB, Allocated=57586KB)
at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeAsset(Native Method)
at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:626)
at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeResourceStream(BitmapFactory.java:473)
at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:781)
at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1959)
at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:601)
at android.widget.ImageView.<init>(ImageView.java:120)
at android.widget.ImageView.<init>(ImageView.java:110)
... 29 more
06-14 14:28:15.728 584-595/?E/EmbeddedLogger: App crashed! Process: com.nick.simplequiz.plus
06-14 14:28:15.728 584-595/?E/EmbeddedLogger: App crashed! Package: com.nick.simplequiz.plus v6 (1.0)
06-14 14:28:15.728 584-595/?E/EmbeddedLogger: Application Label: Name the plane plus!

I ran into a similar issue before. I believe the
issue is due to recreating the bitmap every time
you start the activity. Here's a snippet of what
i did to get rid of the issue.
Bitmap d;
private void setImage(String path){
if(d != null){
d.recycle();
}
d = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path);
if(d != null){
profilePicture.setImageDrawable(new BitmapDrawable(d));
}
}

Android WebView OutOfMemory?

Sometimes by starting my activity which only contains a WebView I got this strange log from LogCat:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{de.cb.pwapp/de.cb.pwapp.Artikel}:
android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #9: Error inflating class android.webkit.WebView
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2110)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$700(ActivityThread.java:140)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1237)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4921)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1027)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:794)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #9: Error inflating class android.webkit.WebView
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:613)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.onCreateView(LayoutInflater.java:660)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:685)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.rInflate(LayoutInflater.java:746)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:489)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:396)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:352)
at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:313)
at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1924)
at de.cb.pwapp.Artikel.onCreate(Artikel.java:26)
at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:5206)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1094)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2074)
... 11 more
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:417)
at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:587)
... 24 more
Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeAsset(Native Method)
at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:625)
at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeResourceStream(BitmapFactory.java:478)
at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:781)
at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1963)
at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:601)
at android.view.View.<init>(View.java:3449)
at android.view.ViewGroup.<init>(ViewGroup.java:432)
at android.widget.AbsoluteLayout.<init>(AbsoluteLayout.java:52)
at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:505)
at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:482)
at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:468)
at android.webkit.WebView.<init>(WebView.java:457)
Is it correct that my WebView runs out of memory ?
I load the WebView with a long string, representing an article, from my SQLite DB.
Any ideas how to fix this problem ?

High Res Pics as a Background was the Problem