New Solution to Storage Problem from Google

It is one of the biggest concerns of today’s smart phone users, especially those who have not bought one of the latest models in the last 2-3 years. storage space. Storage space, which is a common complaint of both Android and iOS users, causes users to delete things they do not want and uninstall their applications from time to time.

Today, Google announced a feature that will cure this problem of users through developers. The company introduced a new feature to developers ahead of version 1.10 of the Bundletool tool, which will be released soon. With version 1.9.0 released today, Android users will soon be able to see the coverage of each app. up to 60% of storage space they can provide.

Applications can be removed partially, but not completely:

With the new feature offered with the Bundletool, the applications will not be completely removed from the phones by the users. On the contrary, the user will temporarily remove a part of the application. This section, which contains user data, by converting it into a very small APK it will be compressed and will not open in any way until the application is reinstalled.

This feature will benefit both users and developers. While the hassle of constantly deleting one app and installing another, then reverting to the old app and setting everything up from scratch is eliminated, developers also app uninstalls they will have much less chance to reduce it.

Developers who want to add the feature to their application, after downloading and installing Bundletool 1.9.0 from GitHub, in the ‘build.gradle’ file or on the BundleConfig.storeArchive‘ feature can be activated. Although the feature currently generates archived APKs, this APKs are not functional yet. The feature is planned to be released this year with all its possibilities.