Would loading images from assets folder instead of res folder reduce preloaded images on Android?

Issue

We know that nothing can be done for android.content.res.Resourcesas it is caused by Zygote to preload some resources that we cannot directly manipulate.

I am not exactly sure about how it preloads and where it preloads from. For example, shall I move my image files from res/drawable-hdpi to assets folder? (Note that I only have 1 copy of the images in res folder. So the same drawable is used for (hdpi,ldpi,mdpi,xhdpi)

Solution

Shall I move my image files from res/drawable-hdpi to assets folder?

No, I don't think copying image resources to asset directory of your project will make any thing much change.

It's recommend to have these resources in res folder and access those image, asset folder is for different purpose like have any static html page, keep custom font of your application.

Lastly, You should keep images resources in res directory and try to keep their size as minimum as possible.

Answered By - Ajay S