Android App Bundle: Difference between revisions

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'''Android App Bundle''' is the [[Android (operating system)|Android]] application publishing [[file format]]. The App Bundle must include the application's [[compile]]d code and resources, which allows for the signing and generation of [[Android application package|APK files]] to be deferred to the [[app store]], reducing the initial download size of the app.<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 |archive-date=2021-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809200609/https://developer.android.com/guide/app-bundle |url-status=live }}</ref> The file extension used for this format is ".aab".<ref>{{cncite web |dateurl=Augusthttps://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/bundletool |title=bundletool |access-date=2021-10-19 |website=Android Developers}}</ref>

The format ishas been required, since August 2021, for all new [[Google Play]] apps since August 2021.<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 |archive-date=2021-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804045536/https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/30/22557390/google-apk-app-bundles-package-format-play-store |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Split APKs ==