Thanks very much, this is exactly what I needed. Using traceview I found an old custom method that I forgot about that was easily replaced with a call to much faster API methods. Now the startup is very fast.
Thanks again, Matt On Jan 4, 12:50 pm, Al <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you tried profiling your app to see what takes so long? Have a > look > athttp://code.google.com/android/reference/android/os/Debug.html#startM...) > > On Jan 3, 6:49 pm, Matt Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > I have an app that is around 3.8 megs, with a lot of that size being > > png graphics. When I install the apk on the device the first run of > > the app takes a very long time, around 30 seconds. After that first > > run the startup is nearly instant. Is there something I can do to > > speed that first run up? Is this something a user would experience > > when downloading the app from the marketplace? > > > As a side note, I'm using the build.xml as generated by > > createactivity.py to build and install the apk. > > > Thanks for any assistance. > > Matt --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

