Pool hard cap violation? Android images in React native

Question

I have an Image component inside a modal in react native .64, and it works perfectly on iOS, but with Android I get a an error (for instance: Pool hard cap violation? Hard cap = 201326592 Used size = 200030968 Free size = 0 Request size = 4194000)

I've done research, and some people have had good luck setting android:large_heap="true" but it slows my app down to a crawl on that page. How do I get images to show fullscreen in a modal for Android in React Native?

My image (that works on iOS):

<Modal supportedOrientations={['landscape', 'portrait']} animationType='fade' visible={!!modalImage} style={{...StyleSheet.absoluteFillObject}}>
        <View style={{flex: 1, backgroundColor: '#FFF', position: 'relative'}}>
          <TouchableOpacity hitSlop={{ top: 20, bottom: 20, left: 20, right: 20}} style={{position: 'absolute', top: '5%', right: '5%', width: 20, height: 20, zIndex: 999}} onPress={() => setModalImage(null)}>
            <Image style={{width: '100%', height: '100%'}} source={require('../assets/icons/Miscellaneous/Close/close-dark-mode.png')} />
          </TouchableOpacity>
          <ReactNativeZoomableView
            ref={zoomableRef}
            style={{width: '100%', height: '100%', backgroundColor: '#000'}}
            maxZoom={3}
            minZoom={1}
            zoomStep={3}
            onShiftingBefore={_onShiftBefore}
            onShiftingAfter={_onShiftAfter}
          >
            <Image onError={(e) => console.log('error', e.nativeEvent.error)} style={{width: '100%', height: '100%'}} resizeMode='contain' resizeMethod='resize' source={{ uri: `https://testsite.com${HtmlTextParser(modalImage)}` }} />
          </ReactNativeZoomableView>
        </View>
      </Modal>

Answer 1

I had the same problem in Android Emulator with small images.
I changed the build architecture in app build.gradle from x86 to x86_64 and the problem's gone

Answer 2

In Android, in the android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml add the line android:largeHeap="true" after <application --insert here-- ></application>

Hope this helps anyone else who is facing this problem!