Fwiw, there is nothing that intrinsically requires the resource table to not be compressed. This is done because it allows it to be mmapped instead of loaded into RAM, which can be a lot more efficient at run time.
If you want to, you can massage the .apk with a zip tool so that "resources.arsc" is compressed instead of stored. If the resource table is only 200k, the overhead of loading the whole thing into RAM for each app using it is not that significant... but on the other hand, I don't see 200K as being all that big to get upset about either or go to extreme effort to avoid. :} And I generally wouldn't recommend people start compressing their resource table -- that part of your .apk is generally loaded into at least 3 processes (your own, launcher, and the system), so being able to mmap it is a big win. Also if you target API level 7 or higher, resource strings are stored as UTF-8 instead of UTF-16 which will generally halve the space needed by them. On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Pent <tas...@dinglisch.net> wrote: > Course, as soon as I post I solve it :-) > > The perl script to do all the munging wasn't outputting utf-8. > > Pent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
