There are other issues to worry about with this tho.. like.. where do you host the images? Do you run your own server and pay for hosting.. domain name reg, etc? If so, do you have the know how to write the server piece (if not, shoot me a private mail, I know how). I wouldn't want to host my pics say, on FaceBook, or some other image site for use by my application. I'd definitely want to host them on my own server. Amazon EC2 or perhaps App Engine from google could work for this.
I imagine there is plenty of code out there on how to make a URLConnection to a specific URL location, or even use FTP if need be. Either way, you should be able to access a remote location for the images and bulky data. Is there a built in library that works the same on all devices to access the SD card tho..that is what I'd like to know. You need something that can give you how much space is left, access to store to it, etc. On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Dan Terrill <[email protected]>wrote: > Sounds like someone needs to work on a library to make that easier to do. > Would there be any commercial value in it? > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *TreKing > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:06 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [android-developers] Re: What About Oversize Apps? > > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Terry Stone <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Does anyone have a good working example of how to do that? It seems > that this is a recurring issue here. > > > > I don't but this shouldn't be that difficult. Assuming there are existing > functions for loading an image from a file: > > 1 - Check if file to image on SD card exists > > 2 - If so, load it, done. > > 3 - If not, download from your server, cache to SD card where you checked > previously so it'll be there next time > > 4 - Profit > > > > Of course you will want to let the user know that you're downloading stuff > somehow, especially if they're large images that will take some time. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > TreKing - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > 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]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- 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
