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reclaim ~2Gb of space
- Thread starter InGearX
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is this the right archetecture of andoid OS:
i downloaded Wikipedia offline ..
it is ~4GB
i see another 4GB used by it :/
what if I delete the .apk (towards in screenshot)
what will happen?
is tbis the right and intended way (archetecture) of Android OS .. to use 2x apace?
please help.. me and all of us .. anyone could be running into this with this or other apps..
thank you..
http://androidforums.com/threads/qu...ruth-read-me-first-now-with-ram-truth.906249/
You're not looking at the Android structure, you're looking at the media files l ayout on your storage area.
Is it correct?
Yes.
Is that what happens when you set Wikipedia for offline use? Yes, if that what it requires.
How did you download Wikipedia? From the Play Store? Or did you sideload it from your pc? Did you have it set up to move to the sd card? (Check main settings, Apps, All, Wikipedia and see.)
Go to your gallery app - what albums are you specifying thumbnails for?
2 GB is a lot - but I have no idea what media you have in there.
If you have a corrupted media file, your thumbnails will bloat quickly.
You're not looking at the Android structure, you're looking at the media files l ayout on your storage area.
Is it correct?
Yes.
Is that what happens when you set Wikipedia for offline use? Yes, if that what it requires.
How did you download Wikipedia? From the Play Store? Or did you sideload it from your pc? Did you have it set up to move to the sd card? (Check main settings, Apps, All, Wikipedia and see.)
Go to your gallery app - what albums are you specifying thumbnails for?
2 GB is a lot - but I have no idea what media you have in there.
If you have a corrupted media file, your thumbnails will bloat quickly.
I hope you have enough notification icons. 
The APK is the application itself. If you delete the APK, you won't be able to use the app.
The storage under Android/obb is storage used for additional data needed (or created) by applications. In this case, that's probably the compressed data that represents the wikipedia article entries.
It is strange that the APK would be so large, but that's an issue for the application developer rather than Android/Google as a whole.
It's a bit developer-oriented, but this document explains a bit about how those expansion files are stored.
The APK is the application itself. If you delete the APK, you won't be able to use the app.
The storage under Android/obb is storage used for additional data needed (or created) by applications. In this case, that's probably the compressed data that represents the wikipedia article entries.
It is strange that the APK would be so large, but that's an issue for the application developer rather than Android/Google as a whole.
It's a bit developer-oriented, but this document explains a bit about how those expansion files are stored.
I merged your thread up from the developer forum - they aren't dev questions and they're related to your use of your device, so here you are. 
Seems rather clumsy to have the whole Wiki database in the APK itself. Better to have the APK small, i.e. the app itself, and then it downloads the Wiki database the first time you run it. Be easier for Wiki updates as well, have them incremental instead of downloading the whole 4GB thing in APK again.
Here it looks like you've still got the 4GB APK as it was downloaded, and another 4GB used for when it was installed.
BTW sure you have enough notifications there?
Here it looks like you've still got the 4GB APK as it was downloaded, and another 4GB used for when it was installed.
BTW sure you have enough notifications there?
Hey - nothing wrong with notifications, that's why they make them.
OK that last one was a slow day.
OK that last one was a slow day.