IONIC Android Apk File size Way Too Big ! how to decrease the size of app for android?

Question

I have developed the app using ionic 3 and now while generating android apk file it \'s size getting way too big.

before the API integration The File Size Wa

Answer 1

Looks like a bug (not sure) but when live reload is active, the tree shaking feature causes the build to emit several chunk files into the www folder and i think the more you reload, the more files you'd have in there.

So you'd see files in the form

0.7f0f403f3c9f5914fbce.js
0.7f0f403f3c9f5914fbce.js.map
1.0db885b5a44ebd4ca57e.js
1.0db885b5a44ebd4ca57e.js.map
...and the number goes 0, 1, 2, ... n

You simply need to delete the www folder to discard the stale chunk files and rebuild your app.

The apk size should be justifiable after that.