We're also a bit worried about how this would/will be handled in the ADC installer, as I'm sure 22mb is easily above what many community judges will have available...
- Dan On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:33 AM, Dan Sherman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]>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 <[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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
