@foobar Well, it’s just my suggestion.
app size increased noticeably in v2.5
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Hi,
I noticed that after the upgrade to 2.5.1, the app size increased considerably. I did a git bisect run which showscommit 3c07bc3abc93228f7c6704417065895793645564 Author: Ricki Hirner <hirner@bitfire.at> Date: Fri Apr 19 01:55:55 2019 +0200 Use Conscrypt; show progress bar when loading account activity
as the offending commit.
App sizes before this commit8,6M ./app/build/outputs/apk/standard/debug/app-standard-debug.apk 5,6M ./app/build/outputs/apk/standard/release/app-standard-release-unsigned.apk
After this commit
12M ./app/build/outputs/apk/standard/debug/app-standard-debug.apk 8,7M ./app/build/outputs/apk/standard/release/app-standard-release-unsigned.apk
So, about a 50% in size increase.
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Yes thats correct, we needed that!
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@mbiebl said in app size increased noticeably in v2.5:
So, about a 50% in size increase.
It’s because of Conscrypt.
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@devvv4ever said in app size increased noticeably in v2.5:
Yes thats correct, we needed that!
Can you elaborate a bit more on that? What benefits does Conscrypt offer?
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It makes it possible to include new ciphers on an app-basis (packaged to the app) instead of only using the cipher suites which the base system provides. Because of that older devices with old systems like Android 4/5/6 are able to use more modern encryption techniques. At the end this makes the ecosystem more future-proof and more secure.
See the example we’ve posted here: https://twitter.com/davx5app/status/1128622058139717632 (2nd image)