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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Testing Mobile Apps

By Jason L. Beanster


Largely 50 MB sizes are just enough for any kind of android applications. One of many famous android game Angry Birds Rio uses the quality of 19 MB. However, there are a lot of apps, such as high-quality 3D interactive games with stellar 3-D graphics, audio, and video which require a lot more resources.

Before I proceed, it should be noted that Android apps were really free to exceed the dimensions and type limit (50 MB) earlier also notwithstanding designers needed to host the data automatically.


Conventionally, when user search for such larger sized apps or game from Android market, after downloading the core app, user is urged to set up supplementary files to complete the download. These additional files would have to be hosted by developers.


Unquestionably the quality of the additional files (that is in GB'S) weren't regarded while showing the app height and width of that game/app on Android Market.


Hence sometimes chances are you'll feel fooled as for app/game of 10 MB (according to app size shown in android market) we need to install additional 1-2 GB of knowledge after installing the core apk.


Yet downloading this extra data were often making expiry from the refund time. (Google comes with a 15 min Refund window for paid apps. If you download an app therefore you uninstall within 15 mins, you'll be able to automatically obtain the refund on your own purchased value.


Though for an even bigger apps or games, downloading the additional data were often linking to expiry of the refund time as downloading with this additional data may takes several minutes.)


What's Great Now next update? As Google has extended the Android app size restriction from 50 MB to 4GB to upload in Android Market, these additional records will now be hosted on Google's server and developers do not possess to host these supplementary files independently fees on some 3rd party server.


As there will be a lot less restriction around the app size, we can easily to possess a lot more superb condition application in Android Market. As everything that data can be completely enclosed in the APK as well as the expansion file, user should be able to look at the whole height and width of the app in Android Market before buying and downloading it.


Most Interestingly, unlike earlier, the refund window will launch only when you've got installed every one of the files. For Most newer devices, the expansion files is going to be instantly located if you download the core app from android market. However for more aged devices Google will provide you with a downloaded library (developer tool) to download the expansion file. Simply speaking this update from Google is valuable for each Developers and Users.




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