{"repo":"Promastergame/tinyapk-lab","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/Promastergame/tinyapk-lab","clone":"git clone https://github.com/Promastergame/tinyapk-lab.git","description":"Build ultra-small Android APKs (12–50KB) without Gradle. Learn how Android works under the hood.","language":"Java","stars":24,"topics":["aapt2","android","apk","d8","gamedev","java","low-level","minimal","no-gradle","r8"],"license":"MIT","category":"mobile-apps","readme_excerpt":"TinyAPK Lab Real Android apps, hand-built APKs, kilobyte-scale. Pure Java · Android SDK · No Gradle · No AndroidX · No Kotlin English · Русский · Quick start · Projects · Build chain · Structure Two playable games. Two APKs under 21 KB. Zero build-system dependency. Built by a solo dev · assembled with five command-line tools --- [!NOTE] No Gradle project inside. These apps are compiled and packaged by hand: aapt2 - ecj - d8/R8 - zipalign - apksigner . There is no build.gradle , no Android Studio project, and no AndroidX — just Java source, the platform SDK, and a handful of command-line tools. TinyAPK Lab is a small, curated collection of Android apps written in plain Java against the raw Android SDK APIs. No Gradle, no Kotlin, no AndroidX, no game engine — just SurfaceView , Canvas , and a build chain assembled entirely from command-line tools. The point is to show how small, transparent, and portable a real, installable Android app can be. [!TIP] Release APKs stay under 21 KB. An empty \"Hello World\" Android Studio project typically ships at 1.5–3 MB before a single line of logic is written. These apps are 70–150× smaller — and fully playable. Pure Java, no bloat SurfaceView + Canvas rendering, no game engine, no reflection-heavy frameworks — every line is readable. Hand-built pipeline aapt2 - ecj - d8/R8 - zipalign - apksigner — the same chain Android Studio hides from you, run by hand. Kilobyte-scale APKs Signed, installable release builds in the 16.8–20.9 KB range are co","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/Promastergame","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/Promastergame/tinyapk-lab/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}