Actually the resource table (which includes all strings) is not stored compressed, so it can be mmapped. Worse, the strings are stored as UTF-16. (I know, I know, that was dumb. I am ashamed.)
Bloated apps as the number of localizations increase is definitely an issue (look at Maps as an example), which we will hopefully be addressing this year. On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > > Is it possible to have an external strings.xml or something like that? > > I'd like to translate my application into several different languages, > > but the apk would become to large if I include all languages. I would > > instead like to be able to load languages on demand (from an external > > url) and store them on the sdcard. > > > > Is that possible in any way? How could I in that case use the new > > language? > > The built-in resource system cannot use language files outside the APK. > That doesn't prevent you from rolling your own system, though. > > Also, bear in mind that string resources are going to be compressed in the > APK file, so unless you have some insane number of strings (tens of > thousands), or lots of really long strings, I wouldn't expect size of the > APK to be a big concern. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com > Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books.html > > > -- > 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 > -- 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
