How to handle very large drawable files in an Android Application

Question

My client has given me very large resolution images for background and splash . He insisted that the quality of images should not be compromised.

He is looking to run application on Samsung Galaxy s5 and other small devices as well.

Now i have 17MB background image and other high resolution images as well.

I have read about hdpi , ldpi and other screen resolution android provided, but i am unable to understand if i put all these images in my drawabales then the size of my apk file will be so high.

Kindly guide me how do you manage high resolution images.

Answer 1

you can resize images as per the densities from android link

ldpi (low) ~120dpi

mdpi (medium) ~160dpi

hdpi (high) ~240dpi

xhdpi (extra-high) ~320dpi

xxhdpi (extra-extra-high) ~480dpi

xxxhdpi (extra-extra-extra-high) ~640dpi

Answer 2

如果您不希望您的应用太笨重，则可以将这些图像放置在服务器上，然后在活动开始时加载这些图像，但是为此，您需要互联网连接。