Why the APK generated by Eclipse is smaller than the one by Android Studio?

[James_Watson]

Hi,

I have a very simple Android project in Eclipse. I generated an APK of this project. Its size is only 180 KB.
But after I imported this Android project into Android Studio 3.2.1, I found that the APK generated by Android Studio is almost 500 KB.

I wonder that why the APK by Android Studio for the same project is so bigger.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Deleted User]

It could be that Android Studio includes additional files in the APK which are optional, not essential.
An APK is just a zip file, so you can view the content, and compare the two side by side. Check if they contain different files.

 

[Alexandr0617]

Hello! You can decompile (or unzip) the apk file and analyze it

 

[James_Watson]

It could be that Android Studio includes additional files in the APK which are optional, not essential.
An APK is just a zip file, so you can view the content, and compare the two side by side. Check if they contain different files.

Thanks. Have a good weekend.