[TIMOB-1489] Android: Setting Background Image can cause Out of Memory

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1. Friedrich Seydel 2011-04-15

   This also occurs if large images are used within an imageview.

2. Don Thorp 2011-04-15

   Friedrich how large of an image and are you using the latest CI build?

3. Friedrich Seydel 2011-04-15

   Yes, latest CI build, really big images.

   See this simple example.

   app.js:
   

      // an array of some random images
      var images = ['http://ddiff.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Hurricane-Isabel-NASA.jpg','http://www.eurocarib.com/userimage/images/hurricane.gif'];
      var active_image = 0;
      // the image window
      var imagewin = Titanium.UI.createWindow({
        fullscreen:true
      });
      var imageView = Titanium.UI.createImageView({
        canScale:true,
        enableZoomControls:true,
        top:0
      });
      imagewin.add(imageView);
      imagewin.addEventListener('close', function(e)
      {
        Ti.API.info('imagewin gets closed');
      });
      // the main window
      var win = Titanium.UI.createWindow({
        fullscreen:true
      });
      var button = Titanium.UI.createButton({
        title: 'Show Next',
        bottom: 0
      });
      button.addEventListener('click', function(e)
      {
        active_image %= images.length;
        Ti.API.info('loading image #'+active_image);
        imageView.image = images[active_image++];
        imagewin.open();
      });
      win.add(button);
      win.open();
      

   Images load correctly about 4 times, then app crashes with OOM.

4. Friedrich Seydel 2011-04-15

   Correcting myself:
   App doesn't crash but simply fails to display new image.

5. Don Thorp 2011-04-15

   Verified resolved with basic camera, photo gallery, and code above. On emulator 2.2, N1 (2.2) and G2 (2.2) (version=1.5.0 timestamp=11/24/10 15:34 githash=735911a) no additional code changes.

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