If your app is forward locked, it can take significantly more space, even after the install is done (unfortunately all of the resources currently have to be installed twice).
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Dan Sherman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > The package installer looks to take up a good amount of space when > installing applications. We've published a very large game (ProjectINF - > 6mb). And it looks to be taking up a good amount of space during the > install process, to the point that we have a lot of users emailing us with > complaints/requests to "fix it". > > From what we've seen, it looks to take about 22mb of free space to install > a 6mb apk. While I can imagine taking double or so for unpacking and temp > locations, almost 4x the size seems a bit high. After an install with 22mb > free, the device has 16mb free (which makes perfect sense). > > Users also seem to be getting errors on the market when trying to install > with less than that amount of space (with no real clear error message, just > "Install Failed". > > I doubt theres anything we can do on our side (besides shrinking our app > all around), but figured I'd ask :) > > - Dan > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] 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 [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-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
