[monegator]

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.

[nativeforks]

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.

[monegator]

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.