From 5a73787a3dbf7e698ee036299fc9477eb8e71dfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Winkler <julian.winkler1@web.de>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 17:10:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] VectorDrawable: reference underlying bitmap to prevent
 garbage collection

---
 src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/VectorDrawable.java | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/VectorDrawable.java b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/VectorDrawable.java
index 16db3420..b32ed7cf 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/VectorDrawable.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/graphics/drawable/VectorDrawable.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import android.util.AttributeSet;
 
 public class VectorDrawable extends Drawable {
 
+	private Bitmap bitmap;  // prevent garbage collection
+
 	public VectorDrawable() {
 		super();
 	}
@@ -52,8 +54,8 @@ public class VectorDrawable extends Drawable {
 		sb.append("</svg>");
 		String svg = sb.toString();
 		byte[] bytes = svg.getBytes();
-		Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
-		this.paintable = bm.getTexture();
+		bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(bytes, 0, bytes.length);
+		this.paintable = bitmap.getTexture();
 	}
 
 	@Override