LinearAlloc exceeded capacity (5242880), last=1092 Error while installing on my Samsung Tablet Device

Question

Am continuously getting, this errors in logcat

 DexOpt: not resolving ambiguous class 'Lorg/apache/http/client/utils/URLEncodedUtils;'
    12-07 05:26:01.085: ERROR/dalvikvm(4620): LinearAlloc exceeded capacity (5242880), last=1092
    12-07 05:26:01.085: ERROR/dalvikvm(4620): VM aborting
    12-07 05:26:01.187: INFO/DEBUG(2373): *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
    12-07 05:26:01.187: INFO/DEBUG(2373): Build fingerprint: 'samsung/SGH-T849/SGH-T849/SGH-T849:2.2/FROYO/UVJJB:user/release-keys'
    12-07 05:26:01.187: INFO/DEBUG(2373): pid: 4620, tid: 4620  >>> /system/bin/dexopt <<<
    12-07 05:26:01.187: INFO/DEBUG(2373): signal 11 (SIGSEGV), fault addr deadd00d
............etc
12-07 05:26:01.347: INFO/dalvikvm(2494): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
12-07 05:26:01.358: INFO/dalvikvm(2494): Wrote stack traces to '/data/anr/traces.txt'
12-07 05:26:01.551: INFO/dalvikvm(2578): threadid=3: reacting to signal 3
12-07 05:26:02.866: ERROR/dalvikvm(4581): Failed to write stack traces to /data/anr/traces.txt (1370 of 2089): No such file or directory
12-07 05:26:25.976: ERROR/installd(2383): dexopt failed on '/data/dalvik-cache/data@[email protected]@classes.dex' res = 11
12-07 05:26:26.050: WARN/PackageManager(2494): Package couldn't be installed in /data/app/com.check.careerbuilder-1.apk

and While at Console

 Installation error: INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT
                     Please check logcat output for more details.
                     Launch canceled!

I tried, cleaning the project, restarting device, adb killing and starting server,

and I found WipeUserData to be checked , but how to wipeuserdata for realdevice?

How to resolve this issue and install my apk on samsung tablet?

Northeaster

This should solve the problem !!! [https://mcmap.net/q/128628/-how-to-avoid-linearalloc-exceeded-capacity-error-android][1] [1]: https://mcmap.net/q/128628/-how-to-avoid-linearalloc-exceeded-capacity-error-android – Pony

Answer 1

It's a limitation in Dalvik triggered on unusually complex interface hierarchies.

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22586

See the details for ideas on working around. Simple answer might be to try using different libraries that are less complex.

A fix has been merged into Android AOSP. https://android-review.googlesource.com/#/c/30900/

Koslo

Does anybody know if there are workarounds to this aside from switching libraries? – Elane

I'd be interested in a solution, too – Digitiform

I don't have a particularly complex app, but it is using Play Services, support, appcompat and the google-api-client libraries and it is running into this problem. Is there some way to analyse where the main culprit(s) are? Maybe then I could excise or mitigate them. – Housel

@Housel I am also facing similar problem did you get any workaround? Please tell me. Thanks. – Scummy

@Scummy see my answer https://mcmap.net/q/945686/-linearalloc-exceeded-capacity-5242880-last-1092-error-while-installing-on-my-samsung-tablet-device. If you use Proguard to trim away any unnecessary classes you can reduce yourself below the limit. – Housel

I have enabled Proguard. But still I am getting this error. My apk size is only 7.3 MB. This problem is occurred since I added new Google Cloud Module. Please look into my detailed question at #29577829. Please help me to solve this problem. Thanks. – Scummy

Answer 2

One potential solution is to use Proguard to trim any unused method/classes from your app.

If you are using libraries this can quite significantly cut down the size of the app and the number of objects that need to be allocated thereby sidestepping the problem (at least up to a certain size app).

Housel