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How do I prevent the Android "build process" from optimizing .png images? I have an Android project with the following res directories: - /res/ - /res/drawable - /res/drawable-hdpi - /res/drawable-hdpi-v5 - /res/drawable-ldpi - /res/drawable-ldpi-v5 - /res/drawable-mdpi - /res/drawable-mdpi-v5 These directories contain many .png files . I optimize PNG sizes with PNGOUTWin, and the overall size is reduced by more than 20%. When I build the .apk file, the images are "optimized" by the build process and the overall size is now 10% above the initial size , or 30% above my/PNGOUTWin optimized size. My goal is to reduce the .apk size, even if it will affect the final performance, memory requirements, etc. How do I prevent the "build process" from optimizing .png images? I'm targeting Android 2.2 and above. P.S.: I am currently building my Android project from Eclipse, but I will switch to the automated build later (Ant?). Note about JPG images: JPG will not work, because they do not have transparency.

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