[Android] Free up some space when the system is running low on memory

[Ludovic Fauvet]

vlc-ports/android | branch: master | Ludovic Fauvet <etix at videolan.org> | Wed Oct 17 12:23:05 2012 +0200| [a16c513b209ffc6d4765973fc2afedc464a75960] | committer: Ludovic Fauvet

Free up some space when the system is running low on memory

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc-ports/android.git/?a=commit;h=a16c513b209ffc6d4765973fc2afedc464a75960
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 vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/VLCApplication.java |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/VLCApplication.java b/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/VLCApplication.java
index 649ec21..fb4ba56 100644
--- a/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/VLCApplication.java
+++ b/vlc-android/src/org/videolan/vlc/VLCApplication.java
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import android.content.res.Resources;
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
+import android.util.Log;
 
 public class VLCApplication extends Application {
+    public final static String TAG = "VLC/VLCApplication";
     private static VLCApplication instance;
 
     @Override
@@ -57,6 +59,17 @@ public class VLCApplication extends Application {
     }
 
     /**
+     * Called when the overall system is running low on memory
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void onLowMemory() {
+        super.onLowMemory();
+        Log.w(TAG, "System is running low on memory");
+
+        BitmapCache.getInstance().clear();
+    }
+
+    /**
      * @return the main context of the Application
      */
     public static Context getAppContext()