Android Question Why does Play Store list the size of my app as 12MB, when the APK is only 500k?

JohnC

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If you look on the "Installed" tab of the play store app, it lists my app as being 12MB.

Why is this?

Just to see the true size, I renamed the APK to ZIP and unzipped it, the total of all the files is still only 1MB.

Anyone have an idea why my app is listed as 12MB in size?
 
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JohnC

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Erel said:
It includes files that your app saved.
Click to expand...

My app is a simple app that just uses a webview to display a hard-coded URL, so I guess the files my app "saves" is probably the cache for the webview control.
 
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