android - Create solid background bitmap efficiently -

i think read of answers on regarding bitmaps , memory problems, couldn't find solution problem:

i creating 4 solid background bitmaps , draw text on them (see code below) using bitmap.createbitmap. problem on devices low memory, outofmemoryexception, bitmaps take more 30mb on heap. think pretty solid color , text. recycle bitmaps when not needed more need have 4 of them in memory.

my question: there way reduce memory consumption of these bitmaps?
tried reducing width , height in createbitmap, text size not right more. tried compressing image after creating it:

bytearrayoutputstream out = new bytearrayoutputstream(); bitmap.compress(bitmap.compressformat.jpeg, 0, out); bitmap decoded = bitmapfactory.decodestream(new bytearrayinputstream(out.tobytearray())); 

but not decrease heap size @ all.

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bitmap bitmap = bitmap.createbitmap(width, height, bitmap.config.argb_8888); bitmap.erasecolor(mcolor); canvas canvas = new canvas(bitmap); textpaint paint = new textpaint(); canvas.drawbitmap(bitmap, 0, 0, paint); paint.setantialias(true); paint.setxfermode(new porterduffxfermode(porterduff.mode.clear)); paint.settextalign(paint.align.center); paint.settypeface(fontmanager.gettypefacegeogrotesquemedium());  float fontsize = typedvalue.applydimension(typedvalue.complex_unit_dip, 55, getresources().getdisplaymetrics()); float fontsizereason = typedvalue.applydimension(typedvalue.complex_unit_dip, 20, getresources().getdisplaymetrics());  paint.settextsize(fontsize);  int margin = (int) typedvalue.applydimension(typedvalue.complex_unit_dip, 100, getresources().getdisplaymetrics()); int distance = (int) typedvalue.applydimension(typedvalue.complex_unit_dip, 20, getresources().getdisplaymetrics());  float xpos = canvas.getwidth() / 2; float ypos = (canvas.getheight() - distance) / 2; canvas.drawtext((string) textutils.ellipsize(mtext, paint, canvas.getwidth() - margin, textutils.truncateat.end), xpos, ypos, paint);  ypos -= paint.ascent() + paint.descent(); ypos += distance; paint.settypeface(fontmanager.gettypefacegeogrotesqueregular()); canvas.drawtext((string) textutils.ellipsize(mothertext, paint, canvas.getwidth() - margin, textutils.truncateat.end), xpos, ypos, paint);