Size of my IOS App

Question

I have developed an iPhone app that uses a lot of audio files. I think my application is expected to reach approximately 200 MB in size. There are issues with the approval of the application? The audio files are present inside my application directory MyApplication.app /. Is this correct or should it be moved within the Documents directory? Thank you all, Vincenzo

Answer 1

There is absolutely no problem in submitting an app with size 200 MB or more. There are games that weigh more than a Gigabyte. I submitted an app in the past that weighted 250 MB. So that shouldn't be any problem for the approval.

Unless you have something fishy there (e.g. audios that won't ever get played in the app, etc.), there is no problem with the app approval in this sense. As someone already estated your app may only be downloaded, once approved, over Wifi or through the iTunes desktop application, but not through cellular data plans. But that is another matter.

Ah! And you may keep all the audios in the Application folder as long as they are not going to be changed since the moment the app is compiled (ie, they are read-only files).

Answer 2

You can keep your audio files somewhere on server and can download at the application launch and can use them whenever download is complete.

Answer 3

An app may be up to 2 GB in size, according to Apple. If the app is larger than 100 MB it cannot be downloaded over cellular network, however, it might be downloaded over WiFi or through iTunes. When it comes to the approval, nobody knows for sure. If you have a lot of audio files that will be used only in rare cases for a very limited amount of users, Apple might complain that you add a lot of data that is not very relevant for the vast majority, however, the size of the app itself should not be a problem.