Max size of an Android Application
AndroidGoogle PlayAndroid Problem Overview
What is the maximum size for an Android Application that can be uploaded for Google Play? Is there some official resource or documentation for this? For example I see some games that are in GBs so is there an upward limit?
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
Android Market raises maximum app size to 4GB, APK files still limited to 50MB
Please study these links, you will get your answer:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12371302/android-apk-size-limitation-in-google-play
http://developer.android.com/google/play/expansion-files.html
http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/05/android-market-4gb-app-limit/
Update (28 Sep 2015)
The Google Play team (ANDROID DEVELOPER BLOG) ::(GOOGLE) update the max size limit. They are increasing the APK file size limit to 100MB from 50MB. This means developers can publish APKs up to 100MB in size,Please refer this link for more information on Android Developer Blog
Solution 2 - Android
Update (As of Sep 28, 2015):
> APK files have a maximum file size, based on the Android version that your APK supports: If you can't support all devices with a single APK, you can upload multiple APKs using the same app listing that target different device configurations. > > - 100 MB – APKs that target Android 2.3 and higher (API level 9-10 and 14+) > - 50 MB – APKs that target Android 2.2 and lower (API level 8 or lower) > > Tip: Users must run Play Store version 5.2 or higher to install 100 MB APKs.
Reference to Play Console Help.
Old Answer:
See here for details
> Currently, the maximum size for an APK published on Google Play is 50 MB. > > You can use up to two (2) APK Expansion Files, each up to 2 GB in size, for each APK.
Solution 3 - Android
Google Play is increasing the APK file size limit to 100MB from 50MB.
Solution 4 - Android
Solution 5 - Android
All this being said, your apk size has that 100mb limit but your obb can be huge. ie a typical unreal delivery will have a 50mb apk and 100-300 obb and its accepted. I believe the obb can reach 2-4gb as long as you use sdk level-26.
Solution 6 - Android
APK file: maximum supported size for a single APK is 50MB.
Solution 7 - Android
You can upload apk to play store upto 100 MB. And then manage other big data with .obb files.
You can maintain the big data in .obb file in two different packs
1 - Main extention file i.e "main.version_name.package_name.obb" : upto 2 GB
2 - Patch extention file i.e "patch.version_name.package_name.obb" : upto 2 GB
For Example:
main.1.com.myapp.com.obb
patch.1.com.myapp.com.obb
obb file always stored in Android/obb/