how to reduce android app size?

Question

First of all , I am using android studio for development of android app. I have build an android app for OCR using tesseract library. The app is currently working great and

Answer 1

Size of your android app plays a decisive role in application development where devices work on pay-by-the-byte plans. So, here are a few ways of reducing the size of your android app.

1. Avoid using Pngs ( use vector images ) . Use pngcrush for compressing the png . Url: https://pmt.sourceforge.io/pngcrush/
2. Try to get most of the images from a server rather than keeping them in source code.
3. Use Dynamic Delivery concept to load on-demand features during runtime.
4. Avoid using third party #libraries which can be done simply by a few lines of code.
5. "Android Size Analyzer" this #plugin helps you in reducing the size of the app by giving you suggestions.
6. Switch to Android App #Bundles from #APKs while publishing app or releasing updates. In this way , App is built based on CPU architecture (ABI), Language and Screen Density of the device. Documentation: https://developer.android.com/studio/build/configure-apk-splits
7. Important : Set minifyEnabled and shrinkResources to true in your gradle.

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