Thanks for the info. Pent
On Dec 1, 9:45 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > Fwiw, there is nothing that intrinsically requires the resource table to not > be compressed. This is done because it allows it to be mmapped instead of > loaded into RAM, which can be a lot more efficient at run time. > > If you want to, you can massage the .apk with a zip tool so that > "resources.arsc" is compressed instead of stored. If the resource table is > only 200k, the overhead of loading the whole thing into RAM for each app > using it is not that significant... but on the other hand, I don't see 200K > as being all that big to get upset about either or go to extreme effort to > avoid. :} > > And I generally wouldn't recommend people start compressing their resource > table -- that part of your .apk is generally loaded into at least 3 > processes (your own, launcher, and the system), so being able to mmap it is > a big win. > > Also if you target API level 7 or higher, resource strings are stored as > UTF-8 instead of UTF-16 which will generally halve the space needed by them. > > > > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 1:05 PM, Pent <tas...@dinglisch.net> wrote: > > Course, as soon as I post I solve it :-) > > > The perl script to do all the munging wasn't outputting utf-8. > > > Pent > > > -- > > 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
