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Dmytro Khmelenko
July 20, 2018
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Transcript
A JOURNEY TO SMALLER APK SIZE Dmytro Khmelenko Software Engineer
19-20 July 2018
ONCE UPON A TIME… Release APK size is 63 MB
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ONCE UPON A TIME… Release APK size is 63 MB
3
Analysis 4 EPISODE 1
5 ANALYZE APK
ANALYZE APK 6
The developers strike back 7 EPISODE 2
RESOURCES OPTIMIZATION 8 ✅ Shrink video files (- 10 MB)
9 Overall bit rate : 3 235 kb/s Bits/(Pixel*Frame) :
0.549 Stream size : 4.77 MiB (94%) File size : 5.3 MB Overall bit rate : 735 kb/s Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.108 Stream size : 963 KiB (81%) File size: : 1.2 MB
RESOURCES OPTIMIZATION 10 ✅ Shrink video files (- 10 MB)
✅ Shrink audio files (- 4 MB)
AUDIO FILES 11 Before: Bit rate : 256 kb/s Channel(s)
: 2 channels Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz File size : 56.4 KB After: Bit rate : 32.0 kb/s Channel(s) : 1 channel Sampling rate : 16.0 kHz File size : 13.7 KB
RESOURCES OPTIMIZATION ✅ Shrink video files (- 10 MB) ✅
Shrink audio files (- 4 MB) ✅ Shrink and optimize drawables (- 25 MB) 12
13 525 KB, .png 75 KB, .jpg
DRAWABLES OPTIMIZATION ✅ Remove unused drawables (Lint, ProGuard) ✅ Support
only hdpi, xhdpi and xxhdpi ✅ Use .jpeg, when possible ✅ Use .webp instead of .png 14
DRAWABLES SIZE hdpi ~ 50 KB xhdpi ~ 100 KB
xxhdpi ~ 150 KB 15
Review 16 EPISODE 3
TIME TO REVIEW 17
TIME TO REVIEW 18
LEARNINGS Pay attention to resources Collaborate with designers 19
A new hope 20 EPISODE 4
FURTHER STEPS • Multiple APK split by screen density •
Multiple APK split by CPU architecture • Automatically check size for every new file 21
22
APP BUNDLE 23 { "supportedAbis": ["x86_64", "x86", "armeabi-v7a"], "supportedLocales": ["en-US",
"de-DE"], "screenDensity": 320, "sdkVersion": 24 }
APP BUNDLE 24 hdpi base-en.apk: 52 KB base-master.apk: 12.5 MB
base-hdpi.apk: 2.3 MB
APP BUNDLE 25 base-master.apk
APP BUNDLE 26 base-hdpi.apk
APP BUNDLE 27 hdpi base-en.apk: 52 KB base-master.apk: 12.5 MB
base-hdpi.apk: 2.3 MB xxhdpi base-en.apk: 52KB base-master.apk: 12.5 MB base-xxhdpi.apk: 6.3 MB xhdpi base-en.apk: 52 KB base-master.apk: 12.5 MB base-xhdpi.apk: 3.4 MB
APP BUNDLE 28 hdpi base-en.apk: 52 KB base-master.apk: 12.5 MB
base-hdpi.apk: 2.3 MB xxhdpi base-en.apk: 52KB base-master.apk: 12.5 MB base-xxhdpi.apk: 6.3 MB xhdpi base-en.apk: 52 KB base-master.apk: 12.5 MB base-xhdpi.apk: 3.4 MB
APP BUNDLE 29 hdpi base-en.apk: 52 KB base-master.apk: 12.5 MB
base-hdpi.apk: 2.3 MB xxhdpi base-en.apk: 52KB base-master.apk: 12.5 MB base-xxhdpi.apk: 6.3 MB xhdpi base-en.apk: 52 KB base-master.apk: 12.5 MB base-xhdpi.apk: 3.4 MB 14.9 MB 16.0 MB 18.9 MB
Random data 30 EPISODE 5
31 REGISTRATIONS
The phantom menace 32 EPISODE 6
MEANWHILE 33
WE NEED TO STOP IT 34 bit.ly/2NvSafl
IT WORKS 35
RESOURCES • https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/reduce-apk-size.html • https://developer.android.com/guide/app-bundle • https://medium.com/@d.khmelenko/a-journey-to-a-smaller-apk-78155416f280 • https://medium.com/@d.khmelenko/android-app-bundle-6fd1e55c4c4b 36
THANK YOU! @dkhmelenko