How to reduce android app size for firemonkey?

Question

I published an application that was developed in Delphi XE8 with the Firemonkey Framework and Object Pascal. The application size is 8 MB. When the application is installed, the size will be 40 MB or more. I know this application is complicated and there are 3500 lines + codes in the project. If I compile an empty project, the size will still be the same as in a complex project.

Is there a solution to reduce the size of the application?

Answer 1

There is no such thing as a Hello World app with Firemonkey. It comes with minimal functionality (Framework). You can compile the application without it, but you need to create all the functions yourself. Power Firemonkey is a cross-platform design and a single code base. You answered your own question by adding a bunch of functionality, and the size has not grown much. You can add 50,000 lines of code, and the size will not change either.