gistfile1.java

//naive way of not getting OOME (still terrible but...)
//in loop DO NOT DECODE TO BITMAP
//map.put(TAG_Photo, bitmap); should become:

map.put(TAG_Photo, Base64.decode(photo, Base64.DEFAULT)); //byte array take less space than coresponded base64 string

SimpleAdapter adapter = ...;

adapter.setViewBinder(new SimpleAdapter.ViewBinder() {
	@Override
	public boolean setViewValue(View view, Object data, String textRepresentation) {
		if(view.getId() == R.id.imageView1) { //view is our ImageView
			ImageView imageView = (ImageView)view;
			Drawable drawable = imageView.getDrawable();
			//trying to recycle old bitmap to avoid OOME
			if (drawable != null && drawable instanceof BitmapDrawable) {
			  BitmapDrawable bitmapDrawable = (BitmapDrawable) drawable;
			  Bitmap bitmapold = bitmapDrawable.getBitmap();
			  bitmapold.recycle();
			}
			byte[] imageAsBytes = (byte[])data;
			//TERRIBLE IDEA - IT SHOULD BE DONE ON NON UI THREAD
			Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(imageAsBytes, 0, imageAsBytes.length);
			imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
			return true;
		}
		//Otherwise do default stuff
		return false;
	}
});