APK size is bigger than expected - android studio

Question

My project content size like this,

And the apk (signed, debug both) size is 4.87MB. Also tried ProGuard nothing changed.

I do not understand the reason of this. Even I have not added any jar file to my project.

http://developer.sonymobile.com/2012/01/31/tips-for-reducing-apk-file-size/ Refer this blog it may help you to reduce your android application size — pooja, Feb 27 '14 at 09:56
Did you check what's inside the apk archive? Maybe there's some unwanted stuff (cache, backup, hidden files, etc) got included. — Ladios Jonquil, Mar 01 '14 at 13:37

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

4

There are 2 build variants, for Debug and for Release. Default build option is for Debug which makes size big.

Check this answer : How to use the ProGuard in Android Studio?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

Community

answered Nov 19 '14 at 22:19

Jemshit

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '14 at 10:22

2

Clear the project and build again. Check raw, asset folder.

answered Feb 28 '14 at 10:22

Ratul Ghosh

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 07 '17 at 12:16

1

In case of a large png files existed try to enable the AAPT and use the next:

android {
    …
    buildTypes {
        release {
            crunchPngs true // or false
        }
    }
}

answered Dec 07 '17 at 12:16

Taras Vovkovych

3 Answers3