diff --git a/src/mlkit/mlkit-cameraview.ios.ts b/src/mlkit/mlkit-cameraview.ios.ts
index ac44a0fe..59d4fb20 100644
--- a/src/mlkit/mlkit-cameraview.ios.ts
+++ b/src/mlkit/mlkit-cameraview.ios.ts
@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ class TNSMLKitCameraViewDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements TNSMLKitCameraV
     } else {
       this.owner.get().runDetector(image, onComplete);
     }
+    image = null;
+    // FIX: possible memory issue when picking images many times.
+    // Not the best solution, but the only one working for now
+    // https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-imagepicker/issues/222
+    setTimeout(Utils.GC, 200);
   }
 
   private uiImageToFIRVisionImage(image: UIImage): FIRVisionImage {
diff --git a/src/platforms/ios_lib/TNSMLKitCamera/TNSMLKitCamera/TNSMLKitCameraView.m b/src/platforms/ios_lib/TNSMLKitCamera/TNSMLKitCamera/TNSMLKitCameraView.m
index b10ffad5..f0dab9f9 100755
--- a/src/platforms/ios_lib/TNSMLKitCamera/TNSMLKitCamera/TNSMLKitCameraView.m
+++ b/src/platforms/ios_lib/TNSMLKitCamera/TNSMLKitCamera/TNSMLKitCameraView.m
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ + (NSMutableData * _Nullable)getInputData:(nonnull UIImage *)img withRows:(int)
             }
         }
     }
-
+    CGContextRelease(context);
     return inputData;
 }