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raje150

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Any tips to reduce apk size while building
« on: October 03, 2016, 09:59:42 AM »
hi,

i m total new to playmaker and unity itself. trying my hands on android game development. . i just made a simple bare bones flappy bird kind game with 2d assets. its just to learn the both softwares. i got the file size of 15 mb. i consider its small but with just 3 or 4  2d assets, i think its still big. flappy game in play store is 4 mb i guess.

so basically any tips to reduce the game size. does playmaker makes the game bigger? i ll attach the game file and the project file here. if any one have time, take a look and give me feedbacks on better build options. Thanks. (the studio name in the game is a joke :D) and i saw the tutorial in hutong to build this game and tweaked a little of my own. and i used unity beta 5.5.0b5

(i don't know the support in other mobiles. i use moto e . i created for that)
apk file - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0ETJ5sJbL0wVXhLX1cxd1JRblE/view?usp=sharing

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« Last Edit: October 04, 2016, 12:47:28 AM by Alex Chouls »

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Re: Any tips to reduce apk size while building
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2016, 08:39:29 PM »
Hi, you should not share the playmaker.dll file in the plugins folder

One thing what you should do is place your images into 1 image and use multiple sprite mode, then you can edit them with the sprite editor and cut them out.
and you can set the format to crunched
« Last Edit: October 03, 2016, 08:45:06 PM by djaydino »

raje150

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Re: Any tips to reduce apk size while building
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2016, 01:57:19 AM »
Hi tht seems good idea. And seriously what's with playmaker.dll . I don't even know wat u jus said. Can u pls tell me why and where it is to be removed ?

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Re: Any tips to reduce apk size while building
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2016, 06:22:24 AM »
Hi,
The playmaker.dll is inside the 'plugin' folder.

The reason why this is not allowed to be shared is that playmaker is a paid asset.
and if you share it, anybody can use it (even if you don't have playmaker) on that project.

This applies to all assets btw.

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Re: Any tips to reduce apk size while building
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2016, 08:54:27 AM »
Oh, I didn't know abt tht.  Good to know. Thanks

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Re: Any tips to reduce apk size while building
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2016, 06:26:32 PM »
Hi,
Actually not to all assets, the free asset is no problem as far as i know :)