bigger size when published on appstore?

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October 25, 2011
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My 15mb app made with air 3 mobile just got published on ios appstore but I've noticed a big bump in it's size, it's now around 27mb and so its no longer downloadable using a 3g connection.

Is this fact related to AIR or is it a normal behaviour for any apps?

It's weird because even the debug version was a lot smaller (around 17-18mbs), and the ipa file I uploaded to the store was the 15mb one

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danslittlecreatives

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I have the same issue I have managed to get the app down to 20.1mb but that is is...

Is this only a air 3 bug??

Colin Holgate

Inspiring

The IPA that you get from Flash is a zip archive. You can unzip the archive and inside the Payload folder you will see the true size of the app. The size of the IPA from the App Store is very similar to the true app size.

So, the mystery isn't an AIR one, it's really that Apple don't compress the final app very much when making the IPA file for the store.

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EcIipseAuthor

Participating Frequently

I don't really think so... it happens only with Air apps

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oz_trachtman

Inspiring

Hi Eclipse,

where exactly do you see the difference in the size? There is a difference between the ipa size and the size you will see on itunes because the ipa is a compressed file containing all your assets, like a zip file. The file size that matters for downaloding through 3g is the ipa size and not the one you see in iTunes.

Is that the case or the ipa actually got bigger once you published for app store?

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EcIipseAuthor

Participating Frequently

My ipa file size is around 14-15mb, if I open it as a zip file, I can see various small files (few kbs) and a bigger one called as my game that's around 26-27mbs. My problem is: when I upload the ipa to the store and it got approved, they don't let me download the compressed version, it says I cannot download it using a 3g connection because it's bigger than 20mb.

So seems like the file size that matters for downloading through 3d is not the ipa size.

Also my assets are no more than 7mbs between graphics and music files, so is the adobe flash\Air player that's built inside the app larger than 20mbs itself?

Nobody else has this problem if increased app size when uploading to the store? :-\

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