I have several files out on a server which my user downloads into their application. Total the files are around 14.1 MB. If I compress the files it comes out to be around 13.2 MB.
Going through a few trial runs I’ve noticed that the ipad takes a very long time to unzip the files which leaves me wondering.
Would using archives to download data to the ipad be a more logical approach? Would unzipping on the ipad2 be significantly faster?
Unfortunately I don’t have access to the server I am downloading from or an iPad2. So I have to make this judgement without significant amount of testing. Has anybody had any experience with zipping files on ios?
To save .9Mb it probably isn’t worth it if it doesn’t cause a performance issue, unless they need to download this amount of information many times. Really, you’ll need to test it out to know for sure for your particular case. Also, there should be a way to stream unzip the incoming document so it can be mostly unzipped before it finishes downloading.