Installing release apk – which version should flutter install?

[asavchuk]

After I build release apk there are three different apk in project release folder (app-arm64-v8a-release.apk, app-armeabi-v7a-release.apk, app-x86_64-release.apk). In addition, there is an apk file named app.apk in apk folder (above the release folder level).

When I run

flutter install

the output is

Installing app.apk to [android device]...

Uninstalling old version...

Installing build\app\outputs\apk\app.apk... 2,0s

And, as you can see now, flutter installs the app.apk which is the same size as app-armeabi-v7a-release.apk, so I suppose those files are the same file. But the target android device supports arm64-v8a instructions, so why in this case flutter installs apk based an armeabi-v7a instructions set?

[dnfield]

This is a question for StackOverflow or one of the communities at https://flutter.dev/community - it is not a bug or feature request for Flutter, so I'm closing it.

A start at the answer - Android devices can support armv7 even if they're arm64. Generally speaking, you should just ship up AABs to the store since it will take care of the bundling/platform weirdness for you.

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