[android-developers] Re: Avoiding compression on large files

The issue has nothing to do with speed. The issue is getting a large
file to be readable AT ALL. When you open a compressed file larger
than 1M you get an exception: Data exceeds UNCOMPRESS_DATA_MAX

On Sep 29, 2:50 pm, Bret Foreman <bret.fore...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In many cases, I/O speeds are slower than decompression speeds. In
> these cases, it's actually faster to load/decompress a compressed file
> that just loading an uncompressed file. If you really want best
> performance, you should profile your flash read speed versus your
> decompression speed.

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