apk way too large - 800mb

[0xluk]

I have created an apk which contains some basic sockets(under 100 lines of code) and only importing sockets and the apk generated using
buildozer android debug and following the tutorial from README docs was over 800mb. What did I do wrong?

Debian Stretch
Python 3.5
Kivy 1.10

[KeyWeeUsr]

Please share the code and buildozer.spec. I really wonder how did you package the APK and what's its content. Maybe you included a file from e.g. /home and it packaged the whole folder or something?

[inclement]

This is almost always because you have accidentally indluded something you didn't mean to, such as the previous version of the apk. You can see what's inside by extracting the apk (it is a zip file), locating the file private.mp3 inside it (I think it's in the assets folder) and extracting it - that file is a .tar.gz file.

[0xluk]

buildozer.spec.txt

[KeyWeeUsr]

Judging from

# (str) Source code where the main.py live
source.dir = .

# (list) Source files to include (let empty to include all the files)
source.include_exts = py,png,jpg,kv,atlas

you must have something in the folder with buildozer.spec, a lot of images perhaps? A Downloads folder? Also, the private.mp3 content would be good to see too.

[0xluk]

I have found the problem, the files were in a folder which contained crystalx files so I've moved the files in another folder and set the path to it, now it has 18 mb, but the app is only displaying a black screen on my phone, any ideeas? I only have a main.py and a SimpleKivy.kv

[inclement]

You can debug this with adb logcat.