After ionic cli v4 update, apk and ipa gained more than 1mb!

[peterpeterparker]

Description:
I built a new version of my app and before submitting it to the store I had a look to the ipa and apk size and both gained more than 1mb size!

On my side I didn't changed or fetched any libs and just changed one or two lines of code. The only library update I did was upgrading the CLI to v4

My current app in store:

Android -> 5.9 Mb
iOS ipa -> 9.7 Mb

Build with the CLI v4:

Android -> 7.2 Mb
iOS ipa -> 10.9 Mb

My ionic info:

Ionic:

ionic (Ionic CLI) : 4.0.1 (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ionic)
Ionic Framework : ionic-angular 3.9.2
@ionic/app-scripts : 3.1.11

Cordova:

cordova (Cordova CLI) : 8.0.0
Cordova Platforms : android 7.1.1, ios 4.5.4, pwa

System:

Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1
ios-deploy : 1.9.2
ios-sim : 5.0.13
NodeJS : v10.4.0 (/usr/local/bin/node)
npm : 6.1.0
OS : macOS High Sierra
Xcode : Xcode 9.4.1 Build version 9F2000

Environment:

ANDROID_HOME : /Users/me/Library/Android/sdk

Workaround

Downgrading to Ionic CLI 3.20.0 solves the issue, my app size was back to its previous weight

[danielsogl]

I noticed the same with my ionic v3 projects build for production with cli v4

[imhoffd]

I believe the above commit will fix this issue. When I ran it with that commit, my www/ directory went from 3.5M to 1.3M.

The fix should be in 4.0.2. If it doesn't work, let me know! Thanks for the issue!

[peterpeterparker]

@dwieeb cool thx a lot, sure will test

[peterpeterparker]

@dwieeb ignore my previous msg I just deleted, it works all good

I have updated my global cli v4.0.2 and could confirm my app size is back to normal 👍

[imhoffd]

Nice! Great to hear. 👍