APK file size after latest updates (this issue was already reported but they're marked as closed)

Hey 👋 this issue was already reported multiple times but they’re marked as closed.

The thing is, universal apk file is like 27mb now, which was around 7mb before for a clean react-native project. even they added new architectures support such as arm64-v8a and x86_64, that doesn’t mean it should go this much high.

Before latest updates it was around 7mb while it was supporting both armeabi-v7a and x86. and for separated apk files, they were only 3mb and 5mb. but now after these latest updates they all changed and now even x86 and armeabi-v7a are more than 7mb (which was the universal apk file size!)

Might be helpful if someone who knows what to do to reduce release builds file size help us with it so others can find a way for it. Yes I know you can generate separated apk files for each architecture. but they have bigger file size now as well, like I mentioned above.

related issues: #24763 #23575

[dulmandakh]

Please use App Bundle, see https://developer.android.com/platform/technology/app-bundle

[lsancheztapia]

Ok, I understand the size of APK doubles because of 64 bit version. The problem is that my APK has more than 100mb (before 0.59 update it was a bit over 50mb. And because of this Google Play Sotre no longer accepts my APK saying it is too large. What should I do? After long hours updating 0.59 and all library incompatibilities, I can’t publish my app. This is really frustrating.

Maybe you have to use : https://developer.android.com/studio/projects/dynamic-delivery#customize_delivery , I don’t know if RN supports it.