How to fix "canvas: trying to use a recycled bitmap error"?

I suspect that once in a while your bitmap gets into the recycled state just before the Canvas gets a chance to draw onto it here drawable.draw(canvas);.

A quick solution should be not to call bitmap.recycle();, which is not strictly required for android >2.3.3. If you still want to reclaim this memory forcefully, you'll have to find a way to check when the bitmap is indeed no longer needed (i.e., Canvas had a chance to finish its drawing operations).

Use this custom ImageView class

public class MyImageView extends ImageView {
 
    public MyImageView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }
 
    public MyImageView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }
 
    public MyImageView(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }
 
    @Override
    protected void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
        try {
            super.onDraw(canvas);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.i(MyImageView.class.getSimpleName(), "Catch Canvas: trying to use a recycled bitmap");
        }
    }
 
}

Move bitmap.recycle(); to another place in the code where this bitmap is really no longer needed.