Google Reducing App Update Size By 65%, But Only With Automatic Updates - Phones - Nairaland
Nairaland Forum › Science/Technology › Phones › Google Reducing App Update Size By 65%, But Only With Automatic Updates (633 Views)
| Google Reducing App Update Size By 65%, But Only With Automatic Updates by giftedben(op): 4:14am On Dec 07, 2016 |
Google has announced a new method of updating your apps on the Play Store. A previous change had reduced the size of updates by 47% on average, but this new one can reduce the size by a further 65%. The new method is called File-by-File patching. Since APKs are zipped up and compressed, one can’t just replace a single file without changing the entire file’s compressed output. Therefore this new method will decompress both the old and the new APK, apply the patch from the new APK, and compress the APK on your device. While this takes less data, it takes more time and processing power. Because of these drawbacks, Google is limiting this new update method to automatic updates that it can do in the background. Manually updating apps won’t utilize this new technique in saving data. Thankfully, developers won’t have to change anything to utilize this new update system. It’s all on Google’s end. If you want to learn more about File-by-File patching, hit the source link!
|
| Re: Google Reducing App Update Size By 65%, But Only With Automatic Updates by Lordaweezy: 4:56am On Dec 07, 2016 |
Nice development. |
| Re: Google Reducing App Update Size By 65%, But Only With Automatic Updates by dominique(mod): 5:20am On Dec 07, 2016 |
I noticed this on Saturday that some of my apps automatically updated, I had to check my play store settings to be sure that I did not put on the auto-update feature. I'm not so keen on this new development, they shouldn't force us to update apps when we're not ready to 1 Like |
| Re: Google Reducing App Update Size By 65%, But Only With Automatic Updates by Beesluv: 5:25am On Dec 07, 2016 |
I dont even understand this 45%, 60% as long as my phone works well. Na dem sabi |
| Re: Google Reducing App Update Size By 65%, But Only With Automatic Updates by Dam5reey(m): 6:01am On Dec 07, 2016 |
This is no news na It's been like this for a while now... Whenever I'm updating, My app only download to about 45% then it install... |
| Re: Google Reducing App Update Size By 65%, But Only With Automatic Updates by AnodaIT(m): 9:32am On Dec 07, 2016 |
Dam5reey:That's not what it means sir. We are talking about file size not download/updating time |
| Re: Google Reducing App Update Size By 65%, But Only With Automatic Updates by Dam5reey(m): 9:41am On Dec 07, 2016 |
AnodaIT:Thats what am saying.. My update does not download all the file again it only download part, then update.. Or you are telling you wont download anything and your App will update ?? |
Mobile Blogger App Update • What Could Be The Cause When Phone Don't Charge Beyond 65% ? • How To Stop Automatic Updates On Android Tablets Or Phones And Save Data • 2 • 3 • 4
Galaxy S8 Release Date, Specifications, Price, And More: What The Rumours Say • The Best Way To Get Latest Whatsapp On Your Nokia Asha Phone • I Buy Fairly Used Original Nokia Phones - In Lagos State.