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why take a empty Xamarin Android app about 10mb space?

i tryed Xamarin on my android smartphone and install the default "Hello world Button Click" app on it. This empty app take 9,3mb on my smartphone and i wondering if it's normal for a android app? Maybe i done something wrong and can deleate something from the default project?

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magicmike Avatar asked Apr 20 '16 01:04

magicmike


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Xamarin apps have to package the .NET runtime with each individual app. Debug versions of the app are by default bigger; release versions should be smaller, and there are techniques you can use to minimize their size further.

This is discussed in detail here.

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Jason Avatar answered Oct 05 '22 16:10

Jason