Android Hello World My First App has got big size -

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i have created first android hello world app tutorial http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/index.html. did described in lesson. run app on tablet. wondering how space program takes on permanent storage. omg! takes 5.8 mb! 5.8 mb phrase "hello world".

how decrease size? think 0.5 mb enough hello world application...

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use android proguard tool. proguard tool shrinks, optimizes, , obfuscates code removing unused code , renaming classes, fields, , methods semantically obscure names. result smaller sized .apk file more difficult reverse engineer.