How to reduce the size of an expo/react-native app on Android

Question

I am developing a small dictionary app by using react native with expo.

As I am compiling to Apk file. The size goes up to 30mb and after having installed on a devi

Answer 1

There are basically two options for reducing size of apk file from 32mb(expo) to 7mb(react-native cli).

1. Detach from expo
2. create new react-native cli project and copy all source from expo to new react-native project.