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I have an android client that communicates with the server via REST-ful endpoints and JSON. Because of this, I have the need to retrieve the full server response prior to converting it into a Hash. I have this code in place to do that (found on the internet someplace): private static String convertStreamToString(InputStream is) { BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is)); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); String line = null; try { while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { sb.append(line + "\n"); } } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } finally { try { is.close(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } return sb.toString(); } The code works for the most part, however I am seeing reports of crashes in the field from clients with an OutOfMemory exception on the line: while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { The full stack trace is: java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occured while executing doInBackground() at android.os.AsyncTask$3.done(AsyncTask.java:200) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerSetException(FutureTask.java:273) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.setException(FutureTask.java:124) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:307) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:137) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1068) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:561) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1102) Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError at java.lang.String.(String.java:468) at java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder.toString(AbstractStringBuilder.java:659) at java.lang.StringBuilder.toString(StringBuilder.java:664) at java.io.B

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