Android App Bundle

Android App Bundle
Filename extension
.aab
Type of formatPackage format
Container forAndroid
Open format?yes
Websitedeveloper.android.com/guide/app-bundle Edit this at Wikidata

Android App Bundle is the Android application publishing file format. The App Bundle must include the application's compiled code and resources, which allows for the signing and generation of APK files to be deferred to the app store, reducing the initial download size of the app.[1] The file extension used for this format is ".aab".[2]

Google Play requires Android App Bundles for all new apps since August 2021 and for all updates to preexisting apps since November 2021.[3][4] Since May 2023, Android TV requires AABs.[5]

  1. ^ "About Android App Bundles". Android Developers. Archived from the original on 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  2. ^ "bundletool". Android Developers. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
  3. ^ Peters, Jay (2021-06-30). "Google is moving away from APKs on the Play Store". The Verge. Archived from the original on 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  4. ^ "New Android App Bundle and target API level requirements in 2021". Android Developers Blog. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  5. ^ Amadeo, Ron (2022-11-22). "Android TV will require App Bundles in 2023, should reduce app size by 20%". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2022-11-22.

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