Oh sorry. I must not have specified, this is with just an APK, completely outside of the market. We've heard complaints of users having issues through the market, but with a full uninstall of the application, and an install from a downloaded APK (which I imagine should be a fresh install), it requires 22mb free during the install process.
- Dan On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > 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 <impact...@gmail.com> 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 <hack...@android.com>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 <impact...@gmail.com> 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 >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
