topic Re: ArcGIS libraries size in ArcGIS Runtime SDK for Android Questions

ArcGIS libraries size

xxxxxx4 — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:29:23 GMT

As far as I know ArcGIS needs Android native library support, so it adds 'libruntimecore_java.so' to 'libs/armeabi/' and 'libs/armeabi-v7a', however each file is 10MB... so the application we are developing weights 20MB+ due to ArcGIS.

Is there any way to reduce application size?

Thanks

Re: ArcGIS libraries size

DanO_Neill — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 01:20:15 GMT

Currently we ship with all native code in a single *.so file. You don't necessarily have to include both the /armeabi and /armeabi-v7a folders with both lib files. Depends on what devices you are deploying to and supporting. armeabi will work on all devices but will be a lot slower and won't take advantage of newer devices CPU capabilities. The package manager will only install the libraries from one of the libs/<abi>/ directory, depending on your device. So you can reduce the size by removing one of the libs/<abi>/ directories.

Re: ArcGIS libraries size

xxxxxx4 — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:42:21 GMT

So the right way to proceed is to leave both files so ArcGIS runs faster on new devices.

However what I was trying to reduce is the installed app size (not the .apk size) and it seems it's not possible.

My installed app weights 8MB and once I add ArcGIS support it weights 28MB, which it's actually quite much for many smartphones.