Swiggy App on Diet
Article Summary
Swiggy slashed their Android app size by 22.6% in just one day. Here's how they did it without the usual complexity.
The Swiggy mobile team shares their experience adopting Android App Bundle, Google's new upload format that automatically generates optimized APKs for different device configurations. This eliminated the headaches of managing multiple APK splits manually.
Key Takeaways
- Reduced APK size by 22.6% using Android App Bundle format
- Eliminated manual APK split management for densities and architectures
- Implementation took only one day with Android Studio 3.2
- Google Play's Dynamic Delivery serves optimized APKs per device automatically
Android App Bundle delivered a 22.6% size reduction while removing the complexity of version codes, testing overhead, and multi-APK management.
About This Article
Swiggy was managing multiple APKs split by density, architecture, and fallbacks. This meant handling different version codes in Gradle and checking across Fabric Crashlytics, Firebase, and backend systems. It got messy fast.
Manjunath Chandrashekar's team switched to Android App Bundle format and used Google Play's Dynamic Delivery. The system automatically generates and serves the right APK for each device without manual APK management or version code headaches.
Abhilash Mishra completed the work in a single day using Android Studio 3.2 Canary. Users got smaller, more optimized downloads. The team also eliminated the testing and versioning burden that came with the old multi-APK setup.