Resource folder and memory management

Does the resource folder contents affect memory? I seem to be getting some inconsistencies.. it seems images to do contribute to memory usage(until loaded) but strings do (even if not used/loaded) is this the case?

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Travis.ConnectIQ over 4 years ago +1

I'd have to double-check, but I would expect that there will be some overhead for each resource entry you add, but the actual resource data should not affect your application until you load it.

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0 Travis.ConnectIQ over 4 years ago

I'd have to double-check, but I would expect that there will be some overhead for each resource entry you add, but the actual resource data should not affect your application until you load it.

In other words, if you have 2 strings in your program and you add 50 more, you will see a little bump in the memory used because the system has to give your resources unique values (Rez.Strings.myString1) and each of those takes up a little memory. The actual string data isn't loaded into memory until you call System.loadResource() or WatchUi.loadResource().