Analyzing Android Bitmap Memory Usage and Optimization Strategies
The article explains that Android OOM crashes often stem from oversized bitmaps, showing how a 36 KB image can consume 2.4 MB RAM, compares Glide and Picasso scaling, recommends using appropriate bitmap configs (ARGB_8888 vs RGB_565), matching image dimensions to view size, and provides Kotlin Glide module code for dynamic format selection to optimize memory usage.