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I am using Android Studio 1.0.2. When I click assembleRelease in gradle tasks, two files are generated, app-release-unaligned.apk and app-release.apk. I know app-release-unaligned.apk is unaligned but what is app-release.apk? Is it aligned apk? My build.gradle is like below.
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled true
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-project.txt'
signingConfig signingConfigs.config
zipAlignEnabled true // Is this necessary or not in Android Studio 1.0.2?
}
}
Even if I didn't put zipAlignEnabled true, app-release.apk is generated. Is it still necessary in Android Studio 1.0.2? All information I get about zipalign is before Android Studio 1.0 comes out.
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With a release, you can manage your app's Android App Bundle (or APK for apps created before August 2021) and then roll out your app to a specific track.
zipalign is a zip archive alignment tool. It ensures that all uncompressed files in the archive are aligned relative to the start of the file. This allows those files to be accessed directly via mmap(2) , removing the need to copy this data in RAM and reducing your app's memory usage.
When you are finished preparing your application for release you have a signed APK file, which you can distribute directly to users or distribute through an application marketplace such as Google Play. This document summarizes the main tasks you need to perform to prepare your application for release.
You don't need to set that flag.
From official guide
The possible properties and their default values are:
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It is both aligned and signed. Ready for publication.
AFAIK zipAlignEnabled is true by default for release builds.
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