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Adil Hussain
Adil Hussain

Reputation: 32113

App appearing on Android Market (Google Play) as twice its size?

I have an apk which is 13.5MB. When I upload it to Google Play it shows as 27MB. When you start the download, however, you'll see the progress bar going from 0 to 13.5MB (as it should) rather than 0 to 27MB (as advertised on Google Play). Quite strange. Anyone else experienced this or know why it's happening?

If you want to see for yourself, this is the app:

htps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.projectzebra.bunkerbuster

Upvotes: 2

Views: 716

Answers (2)

Adil Hussain
Adil Hussain

Reputation: 32113

It's because the Copy Protection feature in Publishing Options was enabled. Disabling this feature, re-uploading my apk and saving changes (in the Edit Application page of Android Developer Console) got it down to its proper size.

Upvotes: 2

Kevin Parker
Kevin Parker

Reputation: 17206

It is probably measuring its decompressed (installation) size. After all, APK's are actually ZIP files.

Upvotes: 0

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