How can we Reduce APK Size, Introducing App Bundles in Android

Gokul Balakrishnan
2 min readJul 14, 2018

The new app publishing format, the Android App Bundle, is an improved way to package your app. The Android App Bundle lets you more easily deliver a great experience in a smaller app size, allowing for the huge variety of Android devices available today. You don’t need to refactor your code to start benefiting from a smaller app.

AnAndroid App Bundleis a new upload format that includes all your app’s compiled code and resources, but defers APK generation and signing to Google Play.

How to create App Bundles in Android Studio

Download Android Studio 3.2 Canary — it’s the easiest way to add dynamic feature modules and build app bundles.

Select Build Option From Menu Bar

Select Generate Signed Bundle/APK

Choose your keystore path,Enter Credentials Select Next

Select Build flavour and select Next

Select Finish

Click Locate

Publish app.aab to Play Store

You can see the difference after published Or Updated

My app reduced by 30 percent by creating Android app Bundles

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Gokul Balakrishnan

Experienced Android Developer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Java,Kotlin,C#