Thanks Thomas. Is there any benifit of using Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory() over ActivityManager.MemoryInfo()? MemroyInfo.availMemory also gives free memory size but for the device.
On Mar 9, 12:42 pm, Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > you could model this in an algorithmic fashion: > > check memory > if memory is sufficient > fetch images > if low memory (after image fetch), > release previously fetched image(s) > > check out the java.lang.Runtime class, it has exactly the functions > you're looking for (specifically totalMemory() for the device's total > memory, and freeMemory() for how much free memory is left) > > Here it is on the android developer > website:http://developer.android.com/reference/java/lang/Runtime.html > > On Mar 9, 1:06 am, Manish Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > I want to check low memory state in my application. In my application > > i am fetching some iamges from the server and displaying them in the > > gallery. I am fetching images in batch, not at single time. At the > > time of low memory, i want to release previously fetched image so that > > i can store newly fetched images. > > > my approach is to find out available memory, compare it with the > > threshold memory. If both are equal then release previously fetched > > images. but size of the threshold is in MB, while i would require only > > 500kb to 1 MB for new images. > > > Please give me some idea.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
