Android Question [CLOSED] - SDK 34 vs SDK 33 - bigger APK file size in SDK 34

[Jmu5667]

THIS IS NOT A BUG NOR AN ISSUE. IT IS NOW CLOSED

Hello

The same app under SDK 34 is much larger then SDK 33.

I have used 7zip to view the APK and here is what I found;

SDK 33	Size	SDK 34	Size
atlas_sos4.apk	5,592,107​	atlas_sos4.apk	19,725,524​
Not present		atlas_sos4.apk\assets\NotoColorEmojiCompat.ttf	10,530,840​
Not present		atlas_sos4.apk\classes3.dex	10,270,664​
atlas_sos4.apk\classes.dex	4,591,828​	atlas_sos4.apk\classes.dex	7,048,412​
atlas_sos4.apk\classes2.dex	4,930,780​	atlas_sos4.apk\classes2.dex	1,950,680​

The above are noticable differences that I identified.

Regards

John.

 

[Erel]

I cannot say anything with the information you provided except that the B4A libraries / framework are exactly the same as before.

 

[Jmu5667]

I cannot say anything with the information you provided except that the B4A libraries / framework is exactly the same as before.

No problem

 

[aeric]

Can you unzip the apk and see which folders or files have bigger total file size?

So there is a new file NotoColorEmojiCompat.ttf added to the APK which make the file bigger.

 

[Jmu5667]

Can you unzip the apk and see which folders or files have bigger total file size?

see first post. I just look at the noticable file size increases

 

[aeric]

If you remove the ttf file, is it still the same?

 

[Jmu5667]

If you remove the ttf file, is it still the same?

Dont know, I am trying to find out what is triggering the inclusion of the file

 

[Jmu5667]

My libs are:

 

[DonManfred]

NotoColorEmojiCompat.ttf is inside
extras\b4a_remote\androidx\emoji2\emoji2-bundled\1.4.0\unpacked-emoji2-bundled-1.4.0\assets

 

[Jmu5667]

NotoColorEmojiCompat.ttf is inside
extras\b4a_remote\androidx\emoji2\emoji2-bundled\1.4.0\unpacked-emoji2-bundled-1.4.0\assets

thanks for the direction Don ! In other apps I have it does not get included. I will try to find what i am using that includes this.

 

[Daestrum]

Dont know, I am trying to find out what is triggering the inclusion of the file

jdeps can tell you

jdeps -verbose:class yourjarfile.jar

you might need to redirect to a txt file as the output can be quite large.

 

[DonManfred]

I will try to find what i am using that includes this.

check which library added emoji2 library from Androidx.

 

[Jmu5667]

check which library added emoji2 library from Androidx.

in the installed_components file:
# androidx.emoji2\:emoji2-views=1.4.0

then compile:

Looks like the internal lib AppCompat needs it.

 

[DonManfred]

in the installed_components file

how is this related to

then compile

?

installed_components are all components which are added to the SDK.
It does not add all of them when compiling.

Looks like the internal lib AppCompat needs it

then i guess you probably have to live with the new size.

 

[Jmu5667]

how is this related to


?

installed_components are all components which are added to the SDK.
It does not add all of them when compiling.

then i guess you probably have to live with the new size.

Yep, I guess so

 

[ema01]

I also have big increase in APK size (10MB from 6MB) by only updating B4A and SDK.
In my case classes.dex is much bigger and there is a new classes2.dex
who knows what happens?

 

[Erel]

Google SDK has increased in size.

 

[OliverA]

Google SDK has increased in size.

Yeah, two new components, Compose and the ML-Kit, are HUGE. I don't get the issue with NotoColorEmojiCompat.ttf. It existed in the previous SDK but was not "forced" into the app when using AppCompat. Whoever was in charge of that change @Google, I have a few not-so-nice words for you.

 

[aminoacid]

I just updated three of my old apps and did not see *ANY* increase in the size of the "apk" files.

 

[divinglog]

My apk size increased from 6.9 MB to 20.4 MB with BETA 2 and SDK 34. NotoColorEmojiCompat.ttf is included now, but it has only 10 MB, so it's something else as well. I'm using also AppCompat