Same code's exported apk in Android Studio is way bigger than Intellij IDEA

Question

I have this very simple application with one simple Activity that on start downloads a file from a server. That's it. Nothing more. Yet when I export this application from Android Studio, the apk size is 1.1 MB, and when I export it from IntelliJ IDEA, it becomes as small as 40 KB. That's a HUGE difference.

What might be wrong here? Everything is in default mode, just the IDE differs here.

Answer 1

Need to set the shrinkResource to true

And also set the shrinkMode to strict for maximum shrinking.

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