Max size of an Android Application

Question

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?

Karb

see #3536963 – Blether

Not relevant I am asking about google play limit while deploying an app. But thnx for the reply. – Karb

I see, then it's 50MB (support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/…) and you can add extensions – Blether

@RamGAthreya And what is the size of a debug app? – Halfhardy

Answer 1

Android Market raises maximum app size to 4GB, APK files still limited to 50MB

Please study these links, you will get your answer:

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

Hungnam

What is the difference between Android Market app size and APK Size? As I can see there are few apps of size in GBs. – Colpitis

Answer 2

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.

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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.

Echelon

Answer 3

Google Play is increasing the APK file size limit to 100MB from 50MB.

Automotive

Answer 4

Answer

Summary:

apk: 50MB

expansion files: 2GB

Numbles

you did not read the answer you link to: Google will store two expansion files per application. Each which can be up to 2GB in size. so expansion files: 4GB (2*2GB) – Paluas

Google Play answer has been updated and your answer now contains an outdated data. – Snooty

Answer 5

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.

Quasijudicial

Answer 6

APK file: maximum supported size for a single APK is 50MB.

Upload applications to Play Store

Dreddy

Answer 7

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/<your_package>/

Alfano