Is shrinking the Android build possible?

[Imperf3kt]

I think I already know the answer, but it can't hurt to ask.

Is there any way to make the Android .apk file, smaller? I assume the size mostly comes from the included Python libraries?

I ask because I have a tiny game I'd like to put on my phone, but even though the game folder is 6kb, the built .apk file is around 40MB

[Godline]

The only thing I've found is using an earlier version of Ren'py before the new gui was installed. It's mostly the new gui information in the default which seems to make the size larger. When I use the old Ren'py version it's a lot smaller but it means having two different Ren'py versions on my computer. And then you'd have to take out the new gui and switch to the older gui.

[Imperf3kt]

Hmm. Not really the best option as I would prefer to take advantage of several mobile variant configs that weren't available before the new gui.

It seems like a plausible option for some games though. I'll see if it makes a large enough difference to justify itself.

Anybody remember which version of Ren'Py was the last to offer the 'legacy GUI'?

[ComputerArt.Club]

This is something I have often wondered too. I noticed the size difference while testing builds of the question regarding that switching app problem , will check what versions I used later, but yeah, I think it would be better to find another way to reduce the file size.

[ComputerArt.Club]

I found that 6.18.3 had a significantly smaller footprint, though personally I don't expect to be using an older version.

It would be nice if there were another way to reduce the file size, I will eventually try deleting all the unnecessary GUI image files that I don't use (as for many of my games I don't use any of them), but I have a feeling that it will only save me 3 megabytes or so.