Why flutter apps are so heavy?

Question

Hello!
I am learning flutter, and i created my first app in apk, it's a Hello World app, but the size was of 25.68MB and that is very heavy for just a text, should i keep learning flutter, or another framework for create Android apps?
Or there's any way to reduce the size of the app, sololearners flutter devs?

Answer 1

i am not a flutter dev yet, but try building it for production, i guess, to check if the size makes more sense. maybe the app is large in dev mode for hot reloading and all that

Answer 2

Yes! The app was in release mode , but i realized that it was set to all android processors, i set the app only for android_arm and the size is now 15MB, it's still heavy but i hope that in .aab format it will be more lightweight. Paul Ebose

Answer 3

Oh okay nice. Regarding the `.aab` format, where can that be used?

Answer 4

.aab stands for android app bundle, and is the format that the google play require his apps

Answer 5

okay thank you

Answer 6

you can build the apk split per abi, it will reduce the size of the apk from 20mb to like 9-10mb