Hello,
Well finally i found what is happening. And it explains the issues i
was having and also what you said.
I decided to take a look at the OS installer process, and i found the
code that explains it all.
packageinstaller/PackageInstallerActiviity.java (line 293):
//compute the size of the application. just an estimate
long size;
String apkPath = mPackageURI.getPath();
File apkFile = new File(apkPath);
//TODO? DEVISE BETTER HEAURISTIC
size = 4*apkFile.length();
checkOutOfSpace(size);
As you can see the installer checks to have at least **4** times the
size of the apk we want to install in order to let it go.
I think is a bit to much, and Google engineers must look on improving
this restriction to at least not more than 2,5 times apk size.
regards,
Lucas
On Oct 9, 4:56 pm, Dan Sherman <impact...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've had issues with the market installs as well (at least on 1.5), where a
> 6mb apk required 24mb of free space to install...
>
> - Dan
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:50 PM, RichardC
> <richard.crit...@googlemail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> > I am running an application (CoPilot) on my HTC Magic that has
> > installed 197Mb on my SD card. However its download size from the
> > Market is only 6.92Mb. The rest of the data was post installed (maps)
> > that I downloaded via WiFi using the phone. There is also an option
> > to download the maps to your PC and copy them to the SD card.
>
> > The point I am trying to make here is, I probably would not download a
> > large (10s of Mb) applcation from the Market because the apk file has
> > to go into the internal memory and this is a precious resource to me.
> > However putting large amounts of data on the SD card later is no
> > problem.
>
> > With your example of installing from an SD card, can you not leave
> > most of the data on the SD card and just install the application code
> > on the phone?
>
> > --
> > RichardC
>
> > On Oct 9, 8:11 pm, rollbak <roll...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hello,
>
> > > Which is the max application size that can be installed in Android?
>
> > > I have made several tests in different Android handsets (Hero, G1,
> > > Motorola Motus, Samsung Behold 2), and using adb i was able of
> > > installing up to 100mb application in Hero and Motus, but trying to
> > > install by SD card or OTA i was limited to a maximum of 50mb (even if
> > > the devices have 200mb of free space).
>
> > > Does anyone know which are the restrictions here?
>
> > > Thanks,
>
> > > Lucas
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