Does Android Studio use appcompat v7 even if not required?

Question

After migrating from eclipse my APK size grew roughly by 1.5MB. Checking in the .iml file I see: <orderEntry type="library" exported="" name="appcompat-v7-22.0.0" level="project" /> I guess AS includes appcompat always. Even if not required by build.gradle script and not used in the app.

R.java also has tons of references to appcompat.

I repeat my build.gradle has no reference to appcompat:

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:22.2.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.5.0'
}

Does anybody have this issue?

I don't really know why appcompat has been added (maybe as part of play-services?) but to reduce the application size, you can specifically reference only the libs you need in play-services as per https://developers.google.com/android/guides/setup. Should shave off a few mbs if you don't need absolutely everything in play-services. I for instance, only needed the GCM and the ads. Do this and see if the (possibly indirect) dependency on appcompat disappears. — kha, Jun 25 '15 at 12:52

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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Google Play Services version com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.5.0 or above now uses appcompat-v7, you have to use the previous version of play services:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.0.0'.

It's better described in this post https://stackoverflow.com/a/32096389/5135768

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered Sep 02 '15 at 17:14

Priya B

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 24 '15 at 17:56

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Check your build.gradle in your module.

If the dependencies block contains

dependencies {
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:XX.X.X'
}

it means that your app is using AppCompat.

If you don't use it, remove this line from the build.gradle and sync the project.

answered Jun 24 '15 at 17:56

Gabriele Mariotti

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There is no dependence on com.android.support:appcompat in build.gradle – ivy_the Jun 24 '15 at 20:14
run `gradle clean` and then rebuild the project – Gabriele Mariotti Jun 24 '15 at 20:21
Did so, and there is still appcompat present. Strange. – ivy_the Jun 24 '15 at 22:44
It is very strange. Can you post your build.gradle and the content of your libs folder? – Gabriele Mariotti Jun 24 '15 at 23:12
dependencies { compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:22.2.0' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.5.0' } And there are no libs – ivy_the Jun 25 '15 at 12:08

Does Android Studio use appcompat v7 even if not required?

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