Reduce Android Studio Project Size

Question

I want to reduce Android Studio project size to save it for after use

In MS Visual Studio, we can delete *.ipch, *.sdf and Debug files to reduce the project size

Answer 1

Mac & Linux users:

In terminal type ./gradlew clean in the root of your android project.

Windows users:

In cmd paste gradlew clean in the root of your android project.

Answer 2

In Android Studio, go to the Terminal window. If you did not go to a different directory since you opened the IDE, you should find yourself on the top level of your project folder (something like ../Android Studio/projectname). There you simply type

./gradlew clean

That's it. I just reduced my project folder size from 589 MB to 21 MB.

Answer 3

In Android Studio:

Click on Graddle >> app >> build >> and double click on "clean"

Answer 4

Yes, you can safely delete the intermediates folder. You can even delete the whole build folder that contains intermediates. The build folder and it's contents will be re-generated the next time you run/build your project though.

Answer 5

The file .gitignore containted in the project created by AndroidStudio lists all files / patterns not to be stored in the git repository, i.e. those files that are not required for building the project. Therefore, it should be safe to remove all files / directories matching the patterns listed in the .gitignore file.

In my projects it lists:

*.iml
.gradle
/local.properties
/.idea/workspace.xml
/.idea/libraries
.DS_Store
/build
/captures
.externalNativeBuild

Answer 6

Please find the batch file I use to do that. Set the batch under the root of your project directories. Hoping it helps.

@rem  ##########################################################################
@rem
@rem  Export an ANDROID STUDIO application 
@rem
@rem  ##########################################################################


echo off
CLS
echo _________________________________________
echo ANDROID-STUDIO files sources export
echo _________________________________________
echo 
echo If directory name includes space
echo - Surround name with quotes 
echo _________________________________________
set /p dirname= Dir name to export :
if %dirname% == "" goto ERROR
set str=%dirname%
mkdir c:\EXPORT\%str%
pause
xcopy %dirname% c:\EXPORT\%str% /s
del c:\EXPORT\%str%\*.iml
del c:\EXPORT\%str%\app\*.apk
rmdir c:\EXPORT\%str%\.gradle /s /q 
rmdir c:\EXPORT\%str%\.idea /s /q 
rmdir c:\EXPORT\%str%\build /s /q 
erase c:\EXPORT\%str%\app\build /f /s /q
rmdir c:\EXPORT\%str%\app\build /s /q 
pause
goto END
:ERROR
echo Cannot create, check the directory root
goto OUT
:END
CLS
echo _________________________________________
echo  ANDROID-STUDIO EXPORT
echo _________________________________________
echo Export ended, check c:\EXPORT
:OUT
pause