BufferedBitmap - out of memory on Venu

Former Member over 5 years ago

I'm attempting to load a bitmap image for a Venu device and getting an out of memory error. If I reduce the size to the range of most Garmin watch devices, the memory resources are ok. Has anyone tried loading larger bitmaps to these devices? I've had trouble finding the memory/size limits for the Venu device.

Thanks!

jim_m_58 over 5 years ago

When you run an app in the sim, at the bottom of the sim window it will show memory for the target device for that app type, so a watch face on the venu shows 507kb as the max. The venu display is 390x390, so if you're wanting to do a full screen buffered bitmap, that's much larger than say a va4, with is 260x260.

If you're doing a buffered bitmap for use in onPartialUpdate, the venu doesn't support onPartialUpdate. a WF runs in high power or low power, where in low power there are restrictions as to how many pixels can be on at one time and how long a pixel can be on if you want an "always on" display.