Hey Dianne (or anyone else reading), I've got a more concrete case nailed down here. Might help us to figure this issue out :)
There's still a tiny bit of ambiguity which looks to be stemming from Windows vs Linux sdk's (as far as I can tell), but this process should illustrate the problem. All of these are from my Linux sdk (1.5-r2) Create a fresh emulator (default hardware): # android create avd -t 2 -n spacetest Run it with a fresh sdcard: # emulator -avd spacetest -sdcard sdcard & Check free-space on emulator (this is where the ambiguity comes in), in Settings--> SD and Phone Storage --> Internal Phone Available Space My emulator shows 46mb, using the same commands, a co-worker's shows 47mb on Windows. Regardless... /data: 65536K total, 17584K used, 47952K available (block size 4096) Download a copy of a bloated APK we made to your local computer ( http://www.chickenbrickstudios.com/Cestos-large.apk) # wget http://www.chickenbrickstudios.com/Cestos-large.apk Install the APK via adb: # adb install ~/Desktop/Cestos-large.apk Verify that you've got around 23mb free (same as above) this shows 23mb free on mine, 24mb free on co-worker's. /data: 65536K total, 41420K used, 24116K available (block size 4096) Open the browser (note the available space will decrease _slightly_ with the first page load (I imagine some caching/settings/etc) /data: 65536K total, 42848K used, 22688K available (block size 4096) Browse to http://www.chickenbrickstudios.com/ProjectInf.apk (our APK we're having issues installing), which should be 5.67mb. Wait for the download to finish in the browser. Click on the downloaded APK I am presented with a alert saying "ProjectInf could not be viewed. Free up some space on your phone and try again", with two options (Manage Applications, and Cancel). A partition snapshot while that screen is active shows: /data: 65536K total, 42756K used, 22780K available (block size 4096) Now, on my co-workers clean emulator, it installs perfectly fine, however, if he adds any about 1mb to the storage (any 1mb apk will do), he runs into the same issue, which leads me to believe the "sweet spot" is very close to this 4x size. The obvious issue here is that 22.78mb should be plenty large enough to install a 5.67mb APK. As you said, double is expected, slightly over double would even be fine, but we're currently looking at very close to 4x the space, which is an issue :) As an extra kick, the snapshots you posted before are correct as well, because this same APK (ProjectInf.apk) works fine when installed via ADB: adb install ~/Desktop/ProjectInf.apk 2297 KB/s (5949253 bytes in 2.528s) pkg: /data/local/tmp/ProjectInf.apk Success If you need any more information, let me know what I can provide, I'd be more than happy to help try to sort this one out :) We're just having issues with it, and are a bit worried about ADC, as it looks like judges might need to have more than half of their phone's data partition empty to be able to install our app :) - Dan On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Dan Sherman <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll see what I can do here to reproduce the issue with more concrete > documentation, everything we've got so far is based on user input and what > they've told us they've needed to free to get it to install properly. :) > > Thanks for the response :) > > - Dan > > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]>wrote: > >> To be honest, I am surprised it requires that much. For something that >> isn't forward locked, we should need at most double the space (for the >> original copy of the apk, and the copy placed into /data/apps by the system >> as it is being installed before the original is deleted). Using more than >> 3x (actually almost 4x, but it being something between 3x and 4x is weird in >> itself) is not expected. >> >> Btw, I just tried installing a 2068K app with "adb install" and here is a >> series of snapshots of the available space in /data: >> >> /data: 330496K total, 33600K used, 296896K available (block size 4096) >> /data: 330496K total, 36000K used, 294496K available (block size 4096) >> /data: 330496K total, 37716K used, 292780K available (block size 4096) >> /data: 330496K total, 37744K used, 292752K available (block size 4096) >> /data: 330496K total, 38056K used, 292440K available (block size 4096) >> /data: 330496K total, 38208K used, 292288K available (block size 4096) >> /data: 330496K total, 36184K used, 294312K available (block size 4096) >> /data: 330496K total, 36184K used, 294312K available (block size 4096) >> /data: 330496K total, 36184K used, 294312K available (block size 4096) >> >> That seems to match only requiring 2 copies of the .apk. (And to be >> honest, I think when you install over market you only need one copy of the >> .apk, because the actual download happens into /cache so doesn't use space >> in the data partition.) >> >> So... sorry, I honestly don't know what is happening in your case. >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Dan Sherman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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. 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