title: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
body: <p>I am trying to change the layout of my application from portrait to landscape and vice-versa. 
  But if i do it frequently or  more than once then at times my application crashes.. Below is the error log. Please suggest what can be done?</p>
  
  <pre><code> 01-06 09:52:27.787: ERROR/dalvikvm-heap(17473): 1550532-byte external allocation too large for this process. 01-06 09:52:27.787: ERROR/dalvikvm(17473): Out of memory: Heap Size=6471KB, Allocated=4075KB, Bitmap Size=9564KB 
   01-06 09:52:27.787: ERROR/(17473): VM won't let us allocate 1550532 bytes 
   01-06 09:52:27.798: DEBUG/skia(17473): --- decoder-&gt;decode returned false
   01-06 09:52:27.798: DEBUG/AndroidRuntime(17473): Shutting down VM
   01-06 09:52:27.798: WARN/dalvikvm(17473): threadid=3: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001e390)
   01-06 09:52:27.807: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473): Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due to uncaught exception
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473): java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{}: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class &lt;unknown
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2596) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2621) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleRelaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3812) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2300(ActivityThread.java:126) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1936) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4595) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:860) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:618) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473): Caused by: android.view.InflateException: Binary XML file line #2: Error inflating class &lt;unknown
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:513) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneLayoutInflater.onCreateView(PhoneLayoutInflater.java:56) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.createViewFromTag(LayoutInflater.java:563) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:385) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:320) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.inflate(LayoutInflater.java:276) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow.setContentView(PhoneWindow.java:207) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.app.Activity.setContentView(Activity.java:1629) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at onCreate(Game.java:98)
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2544) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     ...  12 more
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473): Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.widget.LinearLayout.&lt;init&gt;(LinearLayout.java:92) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.constructNative(Native Method)
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:446) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.view.LayoutInflater.createView(LayoutInflater.java:500) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     ...  22 more
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473): Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeAsset(Native Method)
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:464) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeResourceStream(BitmapFactory.java:340) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:697) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1705) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.content.res.TypedArray.getDrawable(TypedArray.java:548) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.view.View.&lt;init&gt;(View.java:1850) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.view.View.&lt;init&gt;(View.java:1799) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     at android.view.ViewGroup.&lt;init&gt;(ViewGroup.java:296) 
   01-06 09:52:27.857: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(17473):     ...  26 more 
  </code></pre>