Signed APK is >1GB

Solar2D Android
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Hi,

finally I made my signing process of my app owrk - kind of.

I want to sign my app with a Keystore, which I generated with the following command:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0\_161\bin\keytool.exe" -genkey -v -keystore com.beardedbox.bricks.keystore -alias bricks -keyalg RSA -validity 999999"

Corona accepted the keystore and built the apk.
Unfortunately this APK is 1039218KB in size. That seems a bit much and I expect to have done something wrong or to have used the wrong versions or something.

By obvious reasons I haven’t tried to upload the file to Google Play.

My Java version is 1.8.0 161 for Windows x86.

Corona Console is Build 3068

Does anyone have a suggestion for me?

Regards

Christian

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How big is your APK if you sign with the debug key?

FWIW, 3068 is a pretty old Corona build.  The current build is 2018.3184. This isn’t going to affect your APK size by much, but I also don’t see a release key making your app grow in size either. That’s why I want you to try and see how big the file is with a debug key.

Rob

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How much stuff do you have in the folder your project was built from?

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Thanks for your answer.

The folder contains far less than that.
Let it be between 10MB and 50MB.

I am at work now, so I can give you a better answer this evening.

5

Oops,

you were right. I’ve had the blender files in that folder, which blew the folder up to ~1GB.
So no wonder, the apk is 1GB, too.

Thanks
Christian

6

How big is your APK if you sign with the debug key?

FWIW, 3068 is a pretty old Corona build.  The current build is 2018.3184. This isn’t going to affect your APK size by much, but I also don’t see a release key making your app grow in size either. That’s why I want you to try and see how big the file is with a debug key.

Rob

7

How much stuff do you have in the folder your project was built from?

8

Thanks for your answer.

The folder contains far less than that.
Let it be between 10MB and 50MB.

I am at work now, so I can give you a better answer this evening.

9

Oops,

you were right. I’ve had the blender files in that folder, which blew the folder up to ~1GB.
So no wonder, the apk is 1GB, too.

Thanks
Christian