Android, Not Sure If I Should Store To The Internal Storage Or External Storage

I have an app out there on the market already The app is not a game just an informative app with lots of pictures and stats and I received a comment from someone stating that the s

Solution 1:

You are looking for installLocation. Just change one thing in the manifest and let users choose where the APK is installed.

Note: By default, your application will be installed on the internal storage and cannot be installed on the external storage unless you define this attribute to be either "auto" or "preferExternal".

Solution 2:

This is no different to a computer having two hard drives, a boot disk and a second disk.

Obvious if you can store using the second disk/external storage, you are generally better off as the internal storage has many uses and usually fills up first.

Generally speaking it is best to leave it to the user to decide but I would store on the external storage by default.

Solution 3:

For an older phones it is a big deal, believe me. The best option would be to let user choose, which storage he wants to use, in some sort of configuration dialog.

Solution 4:

If the app requires those files then do not put them in external storage as that will allow the user to remove them.

If they can be removed/altered then you should put them in external storage.

You could also do a mix of the two so that the size could be reduced without sacrificing the necessary components.