One thing I've noticed building Android apps is that it's easy to accidentally create a huge .apk file. Seems like all the resources in the ".data" folder are folded into the .apk file regardless of if they are required by the program.
In my example, I was experimenting with a little game. In the ".data" folder in Monkey, I stored a variety of sound files, some in .wav format, some in .ogg, some .mp3. I was doing this to play round with the idea of one source file which would compile and run under html5, flash, windows, GLFW and Android.
When I built the Android app, I noticed the .apk file was about 25Mb - pretty big for a really simple POC game! On deeper examination, it looks like unnecessary stuff like the .wav files are being taken and built into the .apk file. Just thought it worth pointing out, in case anyone else is needlessly creating massive .apk files.
Silentshark
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