[CB-13238] Splashscreen documentation dangerous

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Component/s: cordova-plugin-splashscreen

Environment

xxxhdpi devices

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Volker Braun
• Created: 03/Sep/17 21:50
• Updated: 27/Sep/22 00:19
• Resolved: 27/Sep/22 00:19

Description

This seems to be a documentation issue, but for the record here is the back story first:

I reused the iOS 2730x2730 universal splash screen for the Android version, and copied the config.xml settings

    <splash src="res/screen/android/splash-port-hdpi.png" density="port-hdpi"/>
    <splash src="res/screen/android/splash-port-ldpi.png" density="port-ldpi"/>
    <splash src="res/screen/android/splash-port-mdpi.png" density="port-mdpi"/>
    <splash src="res/screen/android/splash-port-xhdpi.png" density="port-xhdpi"/>

as they are on https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/reference/cordova-plugin-splashscreen/ Then my app is crashing with

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Canvas: trying to draw too large(119421184bytes) bitmap.

on startup on xxxhdpi devices (e.g. Samsung S8). Note the 119421184 bytes are 2730^2 pixel * 4 bytes color depth times an extra 2^2; The last factor is the rescaling from xhdpi -> xxxhdpi.

I believe the documentation should be saying

    <splash src="res/screen/android/splash-screen.png" density="anydpi"/>

since the splash screen is scaled to fill the screen anyways, we certainly don't want to blow it up first because we have a high dpi device.