Selecting a big cover image fails due to OutOfMemoryError, and activity might be leaking memory

via dev con (3+2 reports):

java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
at android.graphics.Bitmap.nativeCreate(Native Method)
at android.graphics.Bitmap.createBitmap(Bitmap.java:477)
at net.lp.collectionista.domain.items.cd.CDItem$CDArtworkCreator.addReflection(CDItem.java:136)
at net.lp.collectionista.domain.items.cd.CDItem$CDArtworkCreator.createCover(CDItem.java:195)
at net.lp.collectionista.util.CoverManager.returnAndCacheCover(CoverManager.java:126)
at net.lp.collectionista.util.CoverManager.returnCover(CoverManager.java:152)
at net.lp.collectionista.domain.items.cd.CDItem.changeCover(CDItem.java:408)
at net.lp.collectionista.ui.activities.items.cd.music.MusicCDItemEditWindow$4.changeCover(MusicCDItemEditWindow.java:219)
at net.lp.collectionista.ui.activities.items.cd.music.MusicCDItemEditWindow.onActivityResultAfterResume(MusicCDItemEditWindow.java:336)
at net.lp.collectionista.ui.activities.RegularEditWindow.onActivityResult(RegularEditWindow.java:213)
at android.app.Activity.dispatchActivityResult(Activity.java:3907)
at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:2500)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:2546)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2000(ActivityThread.java:121)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:966)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3652)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:862)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:620)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeStream(Native Method)
at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:470)
at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:525)
at android.provider.MediaStore$Images$Media.getBitmap(MediaStore.java:529)
at net.lp.collectionista.util.ImageUtilities.loadImageResource(ImageUtilities.java:417)
at net.lp.collectionista.util.ImageUtilities.getImage(ImageUtilities.java:434)
at net.lp.collectionista.domain.items.book.BookItem.getCoverImageForFormField(BookItem.java:1221)
at net.lp.collectionista.ui.activities.items.book.BookItemEditWindow$6.perform(BookItemEditWindow.java:528)
at net.lp.collectionista.ui.activities.collections.ImageRepresentationLoader$1.run(ImageRepresentationLoader.java:47)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1019)

Solved the first one by recycling bitmaps.

Solved the second by in one place using an advanced bitmap opening technique which lets the BitmapFactory prescale the image (but needs to look at the bitmap twice, one time beforehand to give me the bounds so I can calculate the sample ratio). Both MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap() and MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails.getThumbnail() were insufficient, though this method is still technically equivalent to getBitmap(), with the added sampling.

bitmap.recycle() that is.