Too much pictures

[Stefan_Fries]

Hello
I want to make a game in which I upload all countries of the world as png in 5 different colors. There are approx. 1000 files with only 1kB each, so that I do not exceed the 5mB of the AppInventor2 maximum size.
Now I get the error message:
Reflecting exception for userid 116525354425060981481 projectId 6573853068886016, original exception java.lang.RuntimeException: com.google.appengine.tools.cloudstorage.SimpleGcsInputChannelImpl$1@471a924d: Unexpected cause of ExecutionException.

Is there another possibility (possibly with an example) how I can use a lot of pictures in a game?

best regards
Stefan

[TIMAI2]

It will take you ages to upload each image one at a time!

Here is an alternative:

How to build a big app / APK: max. 100 MB (Play Store limit)

Steps to build an app (APK > 10 and ≤ 100 MB (PlayStore limit): You can use eg APK Editor Studio or AppToMarket (update apktool.jar !) for that. First download the keystore “android.keystore” from your AI2 account and rename it to: “android.ks” remove some big files (png, jpg, mp3,…) from the assets (AIA < 10 MB, better < 5 MB) build APK decompile APK (re)insert the missing files to the assets recompile your app sign APK Video tutorial (APK Editor Studio):

Or download the images on first run:

https://puravidaapps.com/filebyfile.php

[Stefan_Fries]

Hi, thanks for help.
I actually work with APK Editor Studio. My App is only 3MB.
After APK Editor round about 200MB.
I think the problem ist not the 5mB limit. The problem is to many files.
I try your hint with the first run and see what happend…

Stefan

[Stefan_Fries]

Sorry, is it possible to get a aia from download the image on first run?
Thanks for your help

Stefan

[TIMAI2]

@Stefan_Fries

is it possible to get a aia from download the image on first run?

Please explain what you mean ?

Also, the tutorial was really just to show how you could insert many files into your app at once!

[Anke]

• The max size of a project (aia) in AI2 is 10MB.
• see here (number of files in the assets): https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/mitappinventortest/number$20of$20assets$20Anke|sort:date/mitappinventortest/FXSBKew7M88/le-nGIkOCgAJ
• try this server: http://code.appinventor.mit.edu/
• try this approach: How to build a big app / APK: max. 100 MB (Play Store limit)

The last point will surely work for you too. All my apps are created this way.
Some of my apps contain more than 500 audio files, images, … in the assets.

See also here:

How to upload files

How to add multiple files (images) to the assets (AIA max 10MB) with 7-Zip or winRAR: [addFilesToAssets] Note: The images should be smaller than in my test eample!