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I am developing an Android game with Libgdx. I want to publish my apk on the store, but the overall weight is 90 mb. How can I do? The file extension can be used in libgdx?

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You need have expansion files. Google Play doesn't let you upload more than 50 MB. So the rest needs to be attached. Take look on the link below.

http://developer.android.com/google/play/expansion-files.html

osayilgan
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  • If I put all my images in the file extension I can take them with libgdx with the command Gdx.files.internal (path)? – user1169390 Dec 12 '13 at 16:06
  • No. How it works is, you upload your extra files when you upload the apk, but separately, then when the user downloads your application the user will also download your expansion files right after the downloading the apk. – osayilgan Dec 12 '13 at 16:25
  • Ok, but I can read this file on my libgdx project? In what way? This is my problem. – user1169390 Dec 12 '13 at 16:40
  • Yes, first you download it to a particular folder, then you can read those from there. – osayilgan Dec 12 '13 at 16:43
  • Otherwise it would be really useless, wouldn't it :) – osayilgan Dec 12 '13 at 16:44
  • Yes! :) But he extension file is downloaded with internet connection? And if the user turn off the connection after the download? – user1169390 Dec 12 '13 at 16:48
  • to download the expansion files you will need to use a library which handles pause/resume cases. So if the user turns off the connection and turn it on back again then the download will resume immediately. – osayilgan Dec 12 '13 at 16:52
  • So I would not have those files available and it is definitely necessary to put a control. But then there's a way not to see the images in the folder to the default gallery in android? – user1169390 Dec 12 '13 at 17:00
  • Yes, there is a way for it. Since Android is linux based you can prefix "." to your file name. (e.g : ".asd.jpg"). And check this SOF question as well [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1129644/how-to-make-a-file-hidden-in-android-sd-card) – osayilgan Dec 13 '13 at 09:27