Are the project contents contained in the final app?

3absh

I have tons of sound effects in my project, and it says in the corner project size 50MB, which increases with every image or sound I insert in the library in the bottom left corner

My question is,
Should I remove the sound files I don't need before finalising my app and signing it, will the unused sound files be contained in my final apk app, or will they only be part of the gamesalad project file?
Also, should I delete rules and codes that are turned off to increase the performance of my game?

MentalDonkeyGames

I believe all images and audio files are contained in the final app if it is in the GS file. Even if they are not used.

As for removing rules that are turned off, i don´t think there´s a noticeable difference in performance. (someone will correct me if i´m wrong on this)

I remember someone saying that GS Arcade does not handle well projects that have rules that are turned off, but i have never noticed a problem on a .app or .apk file.

Thunder_Child

Well...I thought I saw once...in the last couple of months that when a file is ran through the generating process...anything that is turned OFF gets deleted before you are presented with an app to sign. I don't know about images or sounds.

You should notice though a project larger than I think...20MB is when they recommend not publishing to the Arcade. Hopefully for the new system they have for Basic Accounts only being able to publish to the Arcade, that they do something that makes not only for larger projects to be handled by the Arcade...but also the sound issues with certain browsers...that's very irritating.

I will say also...to not be scared about what you see your file size being...remember it has to be zipped when sent to Apple...AND...when you then download that from the App Store or even during beta testing...your file size will be much smaller....the size you zipped it too.

I had a 49.6MB file that zipped down to 17MB...so it really does a good job and compressing. Once I saw this I have never been to concerned about the project file. Remember only apps above 100MB Have to be downloaded via a wifi connection...and that's even zipped.

JSproject

Images and sfx/music-files that you have added to the project will be included in the app/apk-file even if those files are not referenced in your logic (so yes you should delete unused ones). Rules that you have turned off in your project will be ignored and not affect performance in any way.

3absh

Excellent, thanks guys