The 1MB limit was for reading any compressed file. There is really no distinction between assets and resources in this regard. That said, you can pre-compress your data and store it with say a .zip extension (so there is no attempt to try to compress it again), and then de-compress the data yourself when reading it.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Tamás Kovács <falcon.firebre...@gmail.com>wrote: > Thanks, Dianne. > > Was the 1MB limitation removed in case of *assets* as well, or only > for *resources*? > > On Aug 22, 12:28 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > Prior to I think Gingerbread, it would entirely uncompress in memory > with a > > limit on the amount of memory it would use (I think 1MB) above which the > > open would fail. On current versions of the platform it uncompression is > > streamed as you read it with no limit on size. > > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Tamás Kovács > > <falcon.firebre...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > I have a custom file format in res/raw, which means it will get > > > compressed in APK. > > > > > Question: > > > > > Assume my application is installed on the device. When I open a file > > > via openRawResource(), does it completely uncompress the file in the > > > memory? > > > > > E.g. if it's a 3MB file, will it uncompress it in memory? If I only > > > need 10KB data from a certain offset (and I reach it via > > > BufferedInputStream.skip), will it still consume 3MB when > > > openRawResource() is called? > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > hack...@android.com > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see > and > > answer them. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
