On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 5:07 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > Can somebody explain to me what makes up the installed application > size? I have an apk that is about 8 MB, and often when I install I get > the INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE error. I have around 25-30 MB free space on > the phone. > I'm doing debugging so I have to upload lots of new versions. If I > uninstall the previous version then I can install the new version. The > application manager claims that the app is taking up 22 MB. > So back to the original question, how come the app is taking up 22 > MB when it really only is 8 MB?
A non-copy-protected application takes at least 2x its actual size during installation. One with the (utterly pointless) Android Market copy protection enabled takes at least 4x its actual size during installation. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.1 Available! -- 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
