OPTIMIZING ANDROID APP UPDATE SIZE FOR EFFICIENT DELIVERY

  • Unique Paper ID: 171073
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 7
  • PageNo: 2488-2493
  • Abstract:
  • Android is an operating system for mobile devices, which is based on Linux Kernel, and it is designed for Smartphones, tablets and touch screen phones. Android is developed by Open Handset Alliance and led by Google. It is an open-source Operating System. There are millions of applications, which are developed in android and are released in Android Market. New versions of the existing applications are developed which overcomes the errors present in the previous application. New versions come up in market in a time span of less than week. In a newer version of existing application is developed, entire application is not changed; only a part of application which causes the error, is changed. Major part of the application is the same. Whenever the users download a newer version of the existing application, which is released in market then the entire application is downloaded. It includes re-downloading of the part of the application, which already exists in the phone. This increases the network traffic which thereby increasing the load on the cellular infrastructure. Instead of downloading the entire application again, one can only download a patch of the application, which is updated. This patch is the difference between the older version and the new version. The part of the application, which is changed, only that part can be downloaded to reduce the network traffic. In this paper, we present technique for reducing the size of the application updates on android platform by using DELTA (Delta Encoding for Less Traffic for Applications) algorithm.

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 7
  • PageNo: 2488-2493

OPTIMIZING ANDROID APP UPDATE SIZE FOR EFFICIENT DELIVERY

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