You should have a similar screen to what is shown below. The apk which I would be analyzing is available here. With the project opened on android studio, click on Build > Analyze Apk and choose the apk of choice. ![]() Let’s fire up the android studio and open the project. We would be analyzing the pre-release version 0.8 available here. You can check the release tags on the repo. I will be using the ncovid app - a COVID-19 news app with statistics and a tracker dashboard whose GitHub repo is available here. So I will be analyzing a signed apk for a release app. Even while trying to download from play store, it suggests they remove some apps to accommodate the new one and even give them suggestions. They will go hunting for space, go to settings, check which app consumes more space. ![]() Users fill their phones with videos, audios, images and at some point in time, they will try to install a new app and oops no space for it □□□. As developers, we want to get the app size small so that we get as much distribution for our app as possible. The larger the app, the greater the chances of a failed/cancelled download. When a user goes to install an app say on play store, he sees the loading bar and then the actual app size. ![]() Why should you care about these sizes? Download Size This expands the application significantly and can be two, three times or even more the install size. There are two dimensions to it: the download size - the size of the app on play store/when downloading/when installing and the install size - this is what happens when you download the app, unpack it, compile and optimize it. App size for applications is very important.
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