If you select the option when putting your app on market it to copy protect it (which uses forward locking on the device).
On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Dan Sherman <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the responses, > > Dianne, what do you mean by forward-locked? > > - Dan > > On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]>wrote: > >> If your app is forward locked, it can take significantly more space, even >> after the install is done (unfortunately all of the resources currently have >> to be installed twice). >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Dan Sherman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey guys, >>> >>> The package installer looks to take up a good amount of space when >>> installing applications. We've published a very large game (ProjectINF - >>> 6mb). And it looks to be taking up a good amount of space during the >>> install process, to the point that we have a lot of users emailing us with >>> complaints/requests to "fix it". >>> >>> From what we've seen, it looks to take about 22mb of free space to >>> install a 6mb apk. While I can imagine taking double or so for unpacking >>> and temp locations, almost 4x the size seems a bit high. After an install >>> with 22mb free, the device has 16mb free (which makes perfect sense). >>> >>> Users also seem to be getting errors on the market when trying to install >>> with less than that amount of space (with no real clear error message, just >>> "Install Failed". >>> >>> I doubt theres anything we can do on our side (besides shrinking our app >>> all around), but figured I'd ask :) >>> >>> - Dan >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Dianne Hackborn >> Android framework engineer >> [email protected] >> >> 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. >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] 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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
