title: Android memory allocation
body: <p>I am getting a "bitmap size exceeds VM budget" error. I have read that there is a 16MB memory limit. <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners/browse_thread/thread/6da00e2b221822f/cf80634230b63814?lnk=gst&amp;q=screen+rotation+bitmap#cf80634230b63814" rel="noreferrer">In this thread</a> Romain Guy says that "you can only allocate 16 MB 
  of memory for your entire application".</p>
  
  <p>However, my app must be running out of memory long before it reaches that limit. So my question is: how do I allocate memory to my application ... how can I get the allocation to my app increased (within the 16MB maximum)? </p>