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The '''Android App Bundle''' is the [[Android (operating system)|Android]] application submission format which will be required from August 2021 for new [[Google Play]] apps.<ref name="theverge">{{Cite web |last=Peters |first=Jay |date=2021-06-30 |title=Google is moving away from APKs on the Play Store |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/30/22557390/google-apk-app-bundles-package-format-play-store |access-date=2021-08-15 |website=The Verge |language=en}}</ref> The bundle must include all the app's compiled code and resources, which will allow Split APK generation and signing to be deferred to Google Play on demand.<ref name="google-app-bundle">{{Cite web |title=About Android App Bundles |url=https://developer.android.com/guide/app-bundle |access-date=2021-08-15 |website=Android Developers |language=en}}</ref>

== Split APKs ==

Prior to using Android App Bundles, an [[Android application package|APK]] could potentially include multiple languages, up to four different [[CPU architecture]]s, and several [[screen resolution]] buckets. The practice of doing this means each device gets a significant amount of [[code bloat|bloat]] which is irrelevant for its specific combination of CPU, locale, and screen size.<ref name="arstechnica">{{Cite web |last=Amadeo |first=Ron |date=2021-07-01 |title=Google Play dumps APKs for the more Google-controlled “Android App Bundle” |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/google-play-dumps-apks-for-the-more-google-controlled-android-app-bundle/ |access-date=2021-08-15 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}</ref>

Split APKs, which are generated by Google Play, contain only the code and resources that are needed for the specific device downloading the app.<ref name="theregister">{{Cite web |last=Tim Anderson |title=Android devs prepare to hand over app-signing keys to Google from August |url=https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/01/android_app_bundle/ |access-date=2021-08-15 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}</ref>

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== Useful ==

* https://gizmodo.com/windows-11-might-let-you-sideload-googles-new-android-a-1847323513

* https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/01/android_app_bundle/

* https://techcrunch.com/2021/07/03/this-week-in-apps-ios-15-public-beta-arrives-android-app-bundles-to-replace-apks-app-consumer-spend-hits-new-record

* https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/google-play-dumps-apks-for-the-more-google-controlled-android-app-bundle/

* [P] https://developer.android.com/guide/app-bundle

* [P] https://medium.com/googleplaydev/what-a-new-publishing-format-means-for-the-future-of-android-2e34981793a