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?
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.
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