Sadly, Android Market does not currently have provisions for large applications. If you need large data, you'll have to store it on your own web-server and download it to the SD card on first run (via HTTP or possibly FTP). Remember this isn't secure, any user or app will be able to get at your files.
There are no installation scripts like Windows Mobile, e.g. you can't tell the installer to send only SOME files to the SD card. There is an example on how to accomplish this. See: 1) http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/9ab3c62274aff2a1/e79c251bdf60ed97?lnk=gst&q=first%2Brun%2Bsd#e79c251bdf60ed97 2) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/973127/android-application-requiring-large-data-files However it's not ideal: 1) Files are not copy protected in any way. This is fine for some people, for others (like major game studios) it's not. 2) User effectively has to go through another download screen. They may well be tempted to just not bother, especially if it takes a while. 3) Developer has to provide his or her own web-server. While this might be fine if your app isn't that popular/isn't too large, expecting developers to carry the burden of hosting 100MBs of files and providing the bandwidth for possibly hundreds of thousands of users all while continuing to pay Google the same share for sales is in my view not particularly fair on developers. Still, the market is improving and hopefully it will approach the level of quality available in *other* app stores within a year or two. On Jul 28, 4:31 pm, jb <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm just about done with development and emulator testing and I'm > unclear how to proceed with getting my application ready for actual > device testing and them publishing. > > Here's my main concern: I have around 600 images that I will need to > have loaded (on initial installation) onto an sd card. What is the > best way to do this? HTTP? Is there an automated process? Is this > handled by an installation script. > > Are there documents that cover this type of scenario? > > When it comes time for actual publishing the application, again, how > will I handle loading the images onto the sd card during the initial > installation? > > Thanks, > > jb -- 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
