Great to hear that you are looking into this. :)
On 9 Feb, 09:06, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > 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%2Bunsubs > > cr...@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
