The Android operating system is now very popular, more and more games and applications for devices with this "stuffing" are released and updated. And if earlier the games were "unpretentious" and did not require downloading additional files, then now the situation is completely different.
The quality of the games has improved. But their size has become much larger. And if you are downloading not some “simple” arcade weighing several tens of megabytes, but something “heavier”, you definitely need to know where to install the game cache on Android.
What it is?
From French, cacher means “hide,” which explains the purpose and necessity of the cache for Android games. If the apk-file is the main package of the program you downloaded, then additional resources of the game are “hidden” or saved in the cache: graphics, video, pictures, sound, that is, all the data necessary for the successful use of the application. It should be noted that most often apk weight is not more than 50 Mb. While the size of the cache files can be more than 1 GB!
How to set the cache for the game on "Android"?
It should be remembered that when downloading the game from Google Play, no additional installation steps will be required. When the apk file is launched, the game itself will download the cache. It would seem that could be easier? But often such games are paid, so you have to find files on other sites. If you downloaded the game from a third-party source, then you have to "sweat".
Using the file manager, you need to unzip the cache and move it to the desired folder in the internal memory of your device. Typically, cache files are packaged in a zip archive. Therefore, for the application to work, you need to unpack it. Many users for this purpose use the "ES Explorer", which can be downloaded from the store of games and applications on Android Google Play.
Where to throw the cache for the game on the "Android"?
Perhaps this action is one of the most important when installing the application. If the game files are in the wrong folder, the game can be launched, but it will not work. Determining where to throw the cache, carefully read the instructions on the site where you download. Most often, the cache folder is located on the path: sdcard / android / obb, where sdcard is the internal memory of your smartphone. Sometimes there is no obb in the android folder. Do not worry, create your own folder along the sdcard / android path with the name obb and throw the cache there.
There are also other places where the game cache is stored. It:
- sdcard / gameloft / games or sdcard / games - when a game is from the manufacturer Gameloft;
- sdcard / android / data.
Features
It should be noted that there are games with a cache on Android. That is, by launching the apk file, the game itself downloads additional files. In the photo below, you can see how the cache loads when you start Real Racing 3.
The advantage of such a cache download is that the application downloads files specifically for your smartphone / processor. Therefore, you are guaranteed the availability of the game and the absence of any bugs, "white textures" and so on. But at the same time, such a cache download requires the Internet, most often a Wi-Fi connection. If you do not have it, then from a computer on third-party sites you can download the cache directly under the video accelerator of your device. Then, using the USB cable, the unpacked cache must be moved along the above path to the root system of the smartphone.
Sometimes a game downloads a cache gradually, as you progress through the process.
For example, this is FIFA Mobile Football (in the photo above, in the lower left corner, the game warns of the need to connect to the Internet to download files) or F1Mobile Racing (where, after several trails, the following are downloaded).
There are still games with a huge weight of the apk file. In this case, as they say, the cache is "sewn" into apk, and there is no need to download additional files for the application to work. One such game is Zootopia: Racing Carnival.
The photo above shows that the weight of this application is almost 700 MB. In such cases, the process of installing games is simplified, if, of course, your device can "overpower" such a voluminous installation package of the application.
Unpacking the cache. Instruction manual
So, where to install the game cache on Android and how to unpack it correctly? Consider this issue with the example of NFS Most Wanted, using the application "ES Explorer".
Downloading the game, you must carefully read the instructions for unpacking the cache.
The downloaded archive will automatically be saved in the download folder along the sdcard / download path.
By clicking on it, you can see several files. This can be the original apk from the Play Market, modified (hacked for a lot of money, cars and tracks are open) and, in fact, the cache itself (most often in such archives there is only a cache, apk needs to be downloaded from the site separately).
The user himself decides which apk to use - to facilitate the passage of the game or not. In order to unzip the cache to the desired folder along the sdcard / android / obb path, you need to "tap" with a long press on com.ea.games.nfs13_row until the "Extract" function appears at the bottom.
Then you need to select the desired path in the root system of the device, click OK and wait for the unpacking process to complete.
Leaving the explorer, you can launch the application and enjoy the wonderful game.
If the cache is not in the archive
Sometimes the downloaded additional files do not look like an archive, but in the .obb file. If you downloaded similar, what to do? Where to install the game cache on the "Android"? You need to create the folder yourself. But how do you know the correct name for the cache folder? By going to the Google Play page of this game. The photograph below shows the NFS Most Wanted game page in the "market".
The highlighted text after id = in the page address (above) is the name of the cache folder. This text must be copied and pasted into the name of the folder. Then she will receive the name com.ea.games.nfs13_row. Now it remains to drop the .obb file into this folder - and you can start the application.
Total
This article talked about where to install and where is the cache of games on Android. Remember that when downloading from third-party resources you need to carefully read the instructions for unpacking it. If, when you start the game, despite the fact that you have already unpacked the cache, you have a black screen or a message about downloading files appears, it seems that you made a mistake with the destination for the cache. Double-check again where to install the game cache on Android.
Well, let nothing stop you from enjoying free toys on your device.