Shrink Your Flutter App Size by 60% Pro Techniques to Build Faster, Leaner APKs (2025) Struggling with large Flutter APK sizes? I reduced my app from 59MB to 23.8MB using these techniques: ✅ Key Techniques --split-per-abi: create smaller APKs per device architecture Enable shrinkResources, minifyEnabled, and R8 in build.gradle Strip unused .so native libs with abiFilters Disable unused fonts, icons (like MaterialIcons) Clean up assets & compress images (.webp, TinyPNG, etc.)

Jun 19, 2025 - 05:30
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Shrink Your Flutter App Size by 60%

Pro Techniques to Build Faster, Leaner APKs (2025)

Struggling with large Flutter APK sizes? I reduced my app from 59MB to 23.8MB using these techniques:

✅ Key Techniques

  • --split-per-abi: create smaller APKs per device architecture
  • Enable shrinkResources, minifyEnabled, and R8 in build.gradle
  • Strip unused .so native libs with abiFilters
  • Disable unused fonts, icons (like MaterialIcons)
  • Clean up assets & compress images (.webp, TinyPNG, etc.)