How large is your APK? In general, try to keep application files around 1MB at most, and 2MB is really huge. There is *limited* internal storage. If you have data files that are not going to be used all the time, have your application download them the first time they're needed rather than including them in the APK and if they're not sensitive data, cache them on the SD card. Applications can not be installed on the SD card, any data you want to write there, you'll need to do yourself.
Remember, mobile networks are slow, and how many of your users with want to wait for a 10MB application to download? Cheers, Justin Android Team @ Google On Oct 23, 9:30 am, Timmah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello All, > > Looking for some recommendations on how to handle large .apk files on > Android: > > Trying to write an application that will come with large amounts of > data and due to limitations on RAM, struggling finding a solution on > how to avoid INSUFFICIENT MEMORY problem when installing an app. > > 1) Is it possible to install an app solely on SD Card ? > > 2) Otherwise, packaging an actual app and its data in separate > packages will make installation a confusing for a user 2-step process. > Maybe it's possible to ship one zip file and make the android's > installer do the work of installing an app on the phone and app's data > on SD card ? > > Any recommendations are really appreciated. > > Thank you! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
