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I wonder how easy it would be to get Android doing this automatically. It would certainly improve performance if images could be scaled once on installation of
by mhaymo 14y ago
I wonder how easy it would be to get Android doing this automatically. It would certainly improve performance if images could be scaled once on installation of the APK instead of every time they are displayed.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoWhat if Google Play could produce various scaled versions ahead-of-time? Then you'd have smaller downloads for smaller devices!
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoSince you sign your apk locally; it'd have to be integrated into the build process instead of being done in Play (else the signatures get broken).
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoAh, that sucks. Allow APKs to depend on an external media archive?
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoThat would a) defeat the point of signing b) require a new version of Android (which these low-end phones aren't likely to get) It'd be far easier and more effective to tweak the build tools to crunch the images before packing up the APK in the first place.
- lnanek2 14y agoAnother advantage is that technically the Android Market will let you upload multiple APKs for a single market entry now as long as they are only compatible with different devices. So it is possible to post a different APK for each density class using compatible-screens targeting...