Difference between app-debug.apk and app-debug-unaligned.apk

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Khaled Saif picture Khaled Saif · May 21, 2015 · Viewed 52.6k times · Source

In android studio with build variant set to "debug" mode, I found two outputs of apk

  • app-debug.apk
  • app-debug-unaligned.apk

What is the differences between those files?

Answer

Bidhan picture Bidhan · May 21, 2015

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.apk. You can read more about it over here.

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