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androidcordovacordova-pluginsminifybundling-and-minification
Chong Lip Phang
Chong Lip Phang

Reputation: 9279

Should we minify Cordova source files?

I am using Cordova to build an android app (.apk).

I would like to keep the app size as small as possible. Should I minify the .html, .css, and .js files as well as the files of the various plugins I am using, with some third-party web sites such as https://www.minifier.org/ ?

Does Cordova minify those files automatically for us?

What is the best way to go about app minification in this regard?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 534

Answers (1)

Chong Lip Phang
Chong Lip Phang

Reputation: 9279

I just discovered this handy plugin specifically for this purpose.

It is somewhat outdated. To use it, I made the following modifications in [PROJECT]\hooks\after_prepare\minify.js:

1) LINE 5: 

var UglifyJS = require('uglify-js');

to

var UglifyJS = require('terser');

then installed that plugin with npm.

2) LINE 7:

var ImageMin = require('image-min');

to

var ImageMin = require('imagemin');

3) LINE 101:

    platformPath = path.join(platformPath, platform, "assets", "www");

to

    platformPath = path.join(platformPath, platform, 'app', 'src', 'main', 'assets', 'www');

Minifying the files in www/, www/css/, www/js, www/img/ and www/library/, It shrank my .apk file from 6.50MB to 5.94MB. Note that the last path was custom-added by me in LINE111 of minify.js.

Upvotes: 1

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