Putting Your APKs on Diet

1 · Cyril Mottier · Aug. 26, 2014, 1:26 p.m.
It’s no secret to anyone, APKs out there are getting bigger and bigger. While simple/single-task apps were 2MB at the time of the first versions of Android, it is now very common to download 10 to 20MB apps. The explosion of APK file size is a direct consequence of both users expectations and developers experience acquisition. Several reasons explain this dramatic file size increase: The multiplication of dpi categories ([l|m|tv|h|x|xx|xxx]dpi) The evolution of the Android platform, development...