Well, keep in mind that every smart phone needs a data plan.. at least for the contracts. So pretty much every smartphone will at least have a 3G account enabled. If a user is weary of internet access.. don't install the app. If they want a great app that doesn't require 1/2 the app user space, then they have to sacrifice access to the internet. Frankly, I'd rather have a small app that can download and use new additions than one big bulky app. To play devils advocate, however, I can see how you pay for an app, and most apps are small and ready to go when you install.. having to actually wait for more content to download sucks in some cases. Especially if you installed the app and are now outside coverage area or the download is very large and thus takes a while.
How about an alternative. Why not provide a couple pics with the app, allowing the rest to be downloaded in the background or by user selection only when needed. I think I would do a game like that as well.. one that allowed for new levels. Simply provide two or so levels with the game, and allow for more levels to be downloaded on the SD card. This allows games to add new stuff without requiring it to be updated.. if it's developed in that manner. On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:55 PM, niko20 <nikolatesl...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > That's the other thing that I don't like about this whole "download it > to sdcard if it's too big". I really actually do believe that game > devs can take advantage of this, BUT I think it's also sort of > annoying in the sense that it can force an app to have the "full > internet access" when a user might wonder "why does it need that?". I > mean I do tend to get a bit wary when apps all want internet all the > time..... > > -niko > > On Jan 27, 7:55 pm, Kevin Duffey <andjar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 <d...@acsysinteractive.com > >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:* android-developers@googlegroups.com [mailto: > > > android-develop...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *TreKing > > > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:06 PM > > > *To:* android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > *Subject:* Re: [android-developers] Re: What About Oversize Apps? > > > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Terry Stone <noidfou...@gmail.com> > > > 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 > android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > 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 > android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > 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. 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