Actually in a normal build the resources.arsc file isn't zip compressed with the other files are and it can be quite large. Manually running aapt can compress it (and does by default), but then you get really weird force closes on some froyo devices. I've been meaning to ask about why this is.
But my advice is not to split the APK and translations. It will create a lot more work for you and confusion or bugs for users. And phone's storage space is just getting large. On Nov 16, 10:58 am, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:49 AM, mot12 <[email protected]> wrote: > > My app was about 1.5M, after adding 12 languages I am now looking at > > 3M because of the multiple string.xml files in the resources. > > So, you added 1.5MB of space with 12 languages. That's around 100KB > apiece. Since this stuff should be compressed in the APK, that's > probably close to 1MB of strings per language. > > Hence, the solution would appear to be: make a less wordy app... :-) > > Seriously, how big are your string.xml files? > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, One Low Price! -- 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
