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Reasons Why Businesses Should Use Android App Bundles
Reasons Why Businesses Should Use Android App Bundles

June 29, 2021

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Android app bundles were first introduced by Google in 2018 and since then it has become the gold standard for Android App development. This new technique of development has made things much easier for the developers. Earlier, developers faced varied issues while building applications like targeting different API versions for different devices, managing UI for different devices, and so on. But with the commencement of new Android App bundles, these have been passed on to the google play store. 

One of the great advantages provided by the Android App bundle(.aab) over the Android package manager*(.apk) is the provided ability to use Dynamic Delivery to the developers. Dynamic Delivery is a Google apps serving model which uses the developer’s app bundle to generate and provide optimized APKs to each user based on their device configuration. It does so by minimizing the size of code and resources required for running the app.

Let us now dive deeper into the Android App bundle program.

What is Android App Bundle?

Android App Bundles is a new, official publishing format launched by Google in 2018 and offers a much more efficient way of developing and releasing an app in comparison to its predecessor, Android Package Manager.

Android App Bundles are Google’s recommended route for building, distributing, and launching the application across various device configurations. 

Let’s look into the benefits of app bundles now.

Benefits Of Using Google Android App Bundle

1. Size Reduction

One of the main problems of the Android package manager(.apk) was not being able to make compact apps or just reducing the app size. But with the commencement of Android App Bundles the smaller-sized apps were being developed. This was done by restricting the code and resources needed by the user according to their phone’s configuration. On average, developers have reported a 20% size saving with the android app bundle in comparison to the Android package manager.

2. Increased app installations and decreased uninstallations

An app size greatly impacts the number of downloads and if the app is too big for the task in comparison to its rivals, uninstallation of that app is inevitable. The main reason behind such a user behavior is that devices have a limited storage capacity and such big, bogus apps can hinder the device’s functionality.

As a ripple effect of the size saving, the app's installation numbers increase. If the apps developed are smaller, then the updates offered will also be smaller, hence increased up-to-date apps and fewer uninstallations.

3. Higher efficiency

App bundle development enables developers to develop just on app artifacts that include all the app’s code, libraries, and resources. This nullifies the development of apps for every device available;e out there as Google play will automatically do that for us. Since efficiency in app development can greatly be increased using AAB.

4. Faster downloads

With the help of the Android App bundle, your app will be tailored by Google for each and every device. This will prohibit the download of extra Code and unnecessary resources. This will all, in turn, result in faster download speeds of the app.

5. Increased engineering velocity

Another great advantage brought on by Android App Bundles is that it increases the speed of creating an app. With multiple features from building dynamic and independent modules to designing, testing, and launching them. All these features provided under one roof enables greater developing speed to the developers

6. Reduced manual effort

Android App Bundles automates a lot of tasks, from linking APIs to integrating updates to adding resources, numerous such tasks can be automated using App bundles. For example, Once the development is done, its link is uploaded and shared on a specific Slack channel automatically.

Final Words

The future has a ton coming up for us all and it is dependent upon us to stay aware of it! Undoubtedly, I can reveal to you that the android application bundles are the place where the future lies. Being an android application development organization, we can help you stay ahead in the game.


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