Hi,
Did CORONA start to support “APK Expansion Files” in Google Play?
Bob [import]uid: 20999 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 323600[/import]
Not yet. For now you can use my “tar module” available in the code exchange
Basically it allows you to pack all your images, sounds etc into a single uncrompressed .tar file and download that then extract it into your apps documents or tmp directory [import]uid: 84637 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 94735[/import]
Hi, Danny
Did “not yet” mean it will get support in the future? any time frame?
I will try the tar module.
Thanks.
Bob [import]uid: 20999 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 95052[/import]
Our game is over 50MB, so we coudn’t launch our game yet.
Ansca have a plan to support “APK Expansion Files”?
It’s very important to choice next game’s framework, so I want to know when it will be supported.
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If you look at the Road Map:
http://www.coronalabs.com/resources/roadmap/
You will see its #3 on the Android projects. I don’t believe that the order of the roadmap has any relevance to the order that Corona Labs will work on things, but it’s on the list, which is a start.
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Danny, will this act as expansion file or this would have to be hosted on some other server?
I have an App with total file size exceeding 50 MB limit. can you help me out in this regard? [import]uid: 124000 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 122275[/import]
HELLO!!!
Well… I just went to upload happily our first beta of our app to Android, happy for the fast upload because only one third of the content is done and…
The file has 90mb O.O AFTER the upload I get the news that .apk must be less than 50mb…
Now what we do? Corona does not support expansion files! WHAT WE DO???
Can I upload the tar module as expansion file? Or it must be in our own server??? [import]uid: 142895 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 122500[/import]
Danny, will this act as expansion file or this would have to be hosted on some other server?
I have an App with total file size exceeding 50 MB limit. can you help me out in this regard? [import]uid: 124000 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 122275[/import]
Hey stan,
Unfortunately you can’t, the tar file must be on your own server and you would download it in the app itself. [import]uid: 84637 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 122862[/import]
HELLO!!!
Well… I just went to upload happily our first beta of our app to Android, happy for the fast upload because only one third of the content is done and…
The file has 90mb O.O AFTER the upload I get the news that .apk must be less than 50mb…
Now what we do? Corona does not support expansion files! WHAT WE DO???
Can I upload the tar module as expansion file? Or it must be in our own server??? [import]uid: 142895 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 122500[/import]
Your link to the code no longer works…
wanted to look at it. [import]uid: 55582 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 123118[/import]
Link here works now: http://developer.coronalabs.com/forum/2012/03/13/tar-module-extract-tar-files-corona [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 123340[/import]
thankyou [import]uid: 55582 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 123353[/import]
Hey stan,
Unfortunately you can’t, the tar file must be on your own server and you would download it in the app itself. [import]uid: 84637 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 122862[/import]
Your link to the code no longer works…
wanted to look at it. [import]uid: 55582 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 123118[/import]
Link here works now: http://developer.coronalabs.com/forum/2012/03/13/tar-module-extract-tar-files-corona [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 123340[/import]
thankyou [import]uid: 55582 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 123353[/import]
Same here, 90 mb now I’ve to cut content if I want to submit my app… that’s nice 40 mb cut 
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Go vote for this at http://feedback.coronalabs.com
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I know that I should have checked it a year ago when I started developing my game and chose this engine, but it didn’t even cross my mind that Corona does not support such important and basic feature.
I do appreciate that You introduce new features almost every day but I do not need them if I cannot even release my game.
We are now 1 month before beta tests and it is rather impossible to cut about 200MB, because high quality textures are one of the main features in our game.
Don’t You think that it should be a top priority to do that and finally let developers to release apps without, sometimes working and sometimes not working, workaround?
Yes, I voted for that. [import]uid: 117071 topic_id: 23600 reply_id: 141102[/import]