Android architecture usage?

Question

I have a few native libraries that are fairly big and bloating the application binary size. I looked into APK splitting but maintaining and QAing multiple APKs is not something

Answer 1

I was stuck with this problem when using Mapbox, then later found this article which was very useful.

Based on the below picture you just need armeabi-v7a and x86. Then based on Jose Gómez answer, I only added armeabi-v7a and didn't have any problem at all.

So add this line to your app.gradle

android {
 defaultConfig {
        //other configs
        ndk {
            abiFilters "armeabi-v7a"
        }
    }
}

If you're still worried about 2% - 3% of those who use x86 architecture, like ASUS ZenFone and lenovo phones then use this config instead in app.gradle

ndk {
    abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "x86"
}

Also for genymotion emulators you should use x86 architecture

UPDATE

If you get this error while publishing the apk in play store

Then use this

ndk {
    abiFilters "armeabi-v7a", "arm64-v8a"
}

And finally, I suggest you use app bundle for releasing the APK