# Building a Really, Really Small Android App

DevFeed: [Building a Really, Really Small Android App](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-a-really-really-small-android-app-27364.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://engineering.khanacademy.org/posts/a-really-small-app.htm>)

Author: Khan Academy

Published: 2016-08-22T22:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Khan Academy](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/khan-academy.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [APK](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/apk.md>), [Android Studio](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-studio.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-studio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-studio.md>), [apk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apk.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [app-size](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app-size.md>), [build](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>)

## AI overview

This article describes building a minimally viable Khan Academy Android app focused on video playback. The resulting APK was 26 kilobytes to download, supported older Android versions, and offered limited offline navigation.

## Source excerpt

By Charlie Marsh App size is important to us. As a team striving to deliver a free, world-class ... Read more