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

Upgrade react-native to newer version, for different versions it is giving different size apk.

for 0.57 it was ≈12mb

for 0.59.3 it was ≈30mb

and for 0.59.9 it was ≈15mb

always try to use updated react-native version