[CB-940] Android image compression algorithm uses too much memory.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.3.0, 1.4.0, 1.5.0, 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.8.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.9.0
• Component/s: cordova-android
• Assignee: Simon MacDonald
• Reporter: Simon MacDonald
• Created: 20/Jun/12 15:10
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 07:45
• Resolved: 28/Jun/12 16:42

Description

We need to write our own version of jpg compression algorithm as the one that Android has implemented in Bitmap.compress requires the entire image to be loaded in memory which can cause out of memory errors.