Compiled Code Size

I am tiring to understand what is making my compiled APK so large. 

Based of the following I am guessing that my compiled code is 40mb?!  Really? Why would it become so large?

Sizes are as follows

Uncompiled: 

  3.9mb -  Everything Except image files (This does include the icons though)

1.35mb - Code files only (This seem like a whole lot for just text files… )

27.3mb - image files

Compiled:

67.7mb = APK size

Turns out, corona packs everything in the app dir regardless of weather it is used or not. I copied a duplicate of my project into the dir while trying to back up my work… and the size nearly doubled of course…

This might help (re your last comment)
http://bit.ly/1pEeRgT

Turns out, corona packs everything in the app dir regardless of weather it is used or not. I copied a duplicate of my project into the dir while trying to back up my work… and the size nearly doubled of course…

This might help (re your last comment)
http://bit.ly/1pEeRgT