Jhj On Nov 16, 2011 8:20 PM, "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. Yes, > they are big but it only became a problem after adding all these > languages. And I want to add more languages... > > Does anybody have an idea of how to localize with more awareness to > bloat? > > These are the strategies I can think of. They all require some serious > work to put into practice: > > 1) Split the apk > - Create several language apks to reduce bloat. > - Make the existing apk people paid for just a license apk. > - The individual language apks are free in the market but will not > work without installation of the main apk. > Contra: one has to maintain several apk files > > 2) Download additional resources > - The apk contains only enough translations to instruct users to > download full language packages of their choice. > - The language packages downloaded onto the SD card (simple xml files) > - The app loads the xml file and creates its own table of resource > strings which is used instead of R.string. > Contra: This adds to the load time of the app if the string.xml is > really big. > > Any other ideas? > > Thanks for your input, > Martin > > mobitobi > Gentle Alarm > SleepNow > > -- > 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 -- 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
