Re: [android-developers] Using the Expansion Pack for optional data

2014-01-10 Thread Daniele Segato
Hi Jeremy, no. The expansion pack (either the main one or the patch one) is usually downloaded with your application when the user install from market. It can happen that is NOT downloaded but there's no option to tell the market not to download it with your app. On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 8:18 PM

Re: [android-developers] Using the Expansion Pack for optional data

2013-12-11 Thread Harri Smått
I have never tried expansion files myself, but reading the documentation tells about two types of expansion files; 1. Main expansion file (required) 2. Patch expansion file (optional) Maybe combining the two would give you an optional expansion file instead if you let the main one be empty.. —

[android-developers] Using the Expansion Pack for optional data

2013-12-10 Thread Jeremy Villalobos
It is somewhat clear from reading the documentation about apk expansion files that these files are not intended to be optional files but essential files for the app to function. However, the documentation does not explicitly say that the service should not be used for optional data. http://d