Method createImage

CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/ui/Image.java:179–192

(String path)

    ///
    /// - `java.io.IOException`
    @SuppressWarnings("PMD.DoNotCallGarbageCollectionExplicitly")
    public static Image createImage(String path) throws IOException {
        try {
            return new Image(Display.impl.createImage(path));
        } catch (OutOfMemoryError err) {
            // Images have a major bug on many phones where they sometimes throw
            // an OOM with no reason. A system.gc followed by the same call over
            // solves the problem. This has something to do with the fact that
            // there is no Image.dispose method in existance.
            System.gc();
            System.gc();
            return new Image(Display.impl.createImage(path));
        }
    }

    /// creates an image from the given native image (e.g. MIDP image object)
    ///