Hi, The 8MB file is too large to be packaged with the application. The recommended way to do this would be to install the application and then download the file. Please see the post from Dianne below on the .apk size limits: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/msg/c287b78edf7885ea
Thanks, Megha On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 12:35 PM, OmarFlores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The included files get zipped in the resources.ap_ and being text it > will become much smaller. The problem though could be at the time > when you need to extract the information from it. Have you considered > splitting the file by regions? Asia, Americas, etc... Or even > further, by country. That way you would end up with files in the > order of tens of KB. > > Hope it helps, > > Omar Flores > > On Mar 27, 8:03 am, dr123 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is an 8mb file included with my app too much of a space? it is a text > > file with the list of all cities in the world. > > > > aris > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

