Comment by monegator
11 hours ago
It's incredible how small apps get when you throw away all the bullshit: useless frameworks, ads, third party libraries that require you to include a huge binary.
People are always amazed when i show them my apps are 2-5 megs, and that's because there's 2-5 megs of assets.
Exactly! That’s exactly the philosophy behind MBCompass keeping the core functionality focused and lightweight, without unnecessary frameworks or bloat.
People are often surprised by how much you can do in under 2 MB.
There are also frameworks that don't bring in anything unless required. I use B4X for most of my apps.
It has a fundamental issue, which is being single threaded (with exceptions), but it's truly lightweight and easy to extend, and the team behind it really know their business.