How to reduce apk size?

[cian]

There are a few reasons why the APK from an AI block app is larger.

Look at what is in an AIA that then gets compiled to an apk

AIA file structure

Some text used and adapted from “ENCOURAGING COLLABORATION THROUGH APP INVENTOR” By Katherine Kyle Feeney Kodular allows users to download the project files (or source file) for their projects, which can then be reloaded. The structure will look something like this: [aiafilestructure] The assets folders hold all files that have been uploaded to the project as an asset. If no assets are associated with a project then there will be no assets folder. If you import an extension a folder name…

The compiled code is not java, so there is some moderate overhead.