Shrink appcompat resources in Android

Asked May 07 '18 at 20:09

Active May 07 '18 at 20:09

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I would like to know how to remove appcompat resources.

To see my problem : In Android Studio, generate a new project with an empty Activity (backwards compatibility checked). Enable shrinkResources in release build type.

buildTypes {
    release {
        shrinkResources true
        minifyEnabled true
        proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
    }
}

Generate signed APK, then go to Build => Analyze APK. See the result of the analysis

It seems a lot of space is wasted by unnecessary resources. How can I remove them ? I read the documentation (https://developer.android.com/studio/build/shrink-code) and I already tried to create the file res/raw/keep.xml which contains :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    tools:shrinkMode="strict" />

But it does nothing.

asked May 07 '18 at 20:09

Mursaat

From the standpoint of the build tools, it is difficult to tell what parts of `appcompat-v7` are used and what parts are not. – CommonsWare May 07 '18 at 20:11
Ok thanks CommonsWare. I will try to do it manually. – Mursaat May 07 '18 at 20:15

Shrink appcompat resources in Android

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