[android-developers] Re: Market reporting wrong app size

2010-07-17 Thread String
Um, no. Copy protection doubles the size of the download - this is what the Market is reporting - but once installed, it doesn't take double space. Note, however, that the handset does still need the free RAM at install time to deal with the double-size APK. String On 16 July, 19:48, Bob Kerns

[android-developers] Re: Market reporting wrong app size

2010-07-16 Thread H9kDroid
Thanks for your answer, that was my mistake. A missclick when I scrolled down I guess. I found out what was wrong about 20 min after the upload and changed it back to no copy protection and everything was fine again. But now I wonder if this will have any more negative impact on my app? Everyone

[android-developers] Re: Market reporting wrong app size

2010-07-16 Thread Bob Kerns
If you have copy protection turned on, your app actually DOES take 2x the .apk size when installed. This is just one of many drawbacks to the copy protection feature. On Jul 16, 7:27 am, H9kDroid wrote: > On Jul 8, 4:47 am, Stephen Lebed wrote: > > > I've just released an update to my app and t

[android-developers] Re: Market reporting wrong app size

2010-07-16 Thread H9kDroid
On Jul 8, 4:47 am, Stephen Lebed wrote: > I've just released an update to my app and the apk file is 3.5mb on my > system.  It is reported as 3.5mb in the developer console.  But in the > market it is showing up as 7.02mb.  I'm now getting comments that that > app is too big and I feel people ma