If you select the option when putting your app on market it to copy protect
it (which uses forward locking on the device).

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Dan Sherman <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks for the responses,
>
> Dianne, what do you mean by forward-locked?
>
> - Dan
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> >
>


-- 
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.

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