Why use armeabi-v7a code over armeabi code?

Question

In my current project I make use of multiple .so files. These are located at the armeabi and armeabi-v7a folder. Unfortunately one of the .so files is a 6MB and I need to re

Answer 1

Instead of having a fat APK file, I would like to use just the armeabi files and remove the armeabi-v7a folder.

The opposite is a much better strategy. If you have minSdkVersion to 14 and upload your apk to the play store, you'll notice you'll support the same number of devices whether you support armeabi or not. Therefore, there are no devices with Android 4 or higher which would benefit from armeabi at all.

This is probably why the Android NDK doesn't even support armeabi anymore as per revision r17b. [source]