> i need to place a zip file in my resources (it is about 400k). i > understand i can get a handle to the stream, to load the zip via > ZipInputStream from that location, but in order to be memory conscious i > really need to get a handle to a ZipFile. what are my options? > > i understand i can read the zip, then write it out to /data/... and > create a ZipFile based on the file in /data/... however, then i'm using > 400k extra internal memory for my app. so, i can either, > > 1. load the data from a ZipInputStream and keep it all in memory (about > 1.7MB in text form) > 2. read the stream and write it out to /data/... (a ~400k zip file) and > then create a ZipFile based on the file in /data/... > > ? any other possibilities?
The APK file *is* a ZIP file, so if your goal is merely compression, perhaps consider not storing it as a ZIP in the APK, but just store the original data in the APK. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
