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After running flutter clean and flutter build apk --release I have two apks in build/app/outputs/flutter-apk. app.apk and app-release.apk. What are their differences as I see both have the exact same size?
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Major differences are the debug apk and the release apk: For debug builds the apk will be signed with the default debug signing keys with debug flag enabled. For release apk you will have to explicitly specify the apk to sign with and the debug flag will be turned off so that it cannot be debugged.
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.
APK (Application Package File) is a format used by Android operating systems for distribution and installation. After you build an application, it's quite common to build APK files to be tested across different devices.
The unaligned apk is just an intermediate apk. First, the unaligned apk is generated. Then, the unaligned apk gets aligned and produces the aligned apk which is the app-debug.
I think nothing. app.apk can be equal to app-release if your last build was --release, otherwise app-debug if your last build was --debug.
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