I am currently having an issue with a Flutter project that I cloned from an open-source repository. The original author of the project was able to package and publish an APK with a size of 55MB. However, after cloning the project and packaging it with Android Studio, the size of my APK doubled to approximately 120MB.
Additionally, there’s a noticeable difference in performance. The 120MB APK is having significant frame drops compared to the smoothly running 55MB original version.
I haven’t made any significant changes to the source code that might account for the discrepancy in both package size and performance, which leads me to wonder if there may be something I am overlooking.
Could anyone shed some light on what factors might account for the increase in APK size and decrease in performance after cloning and packaging the project? Any guidance on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your time and assistance!

I have attempted to package the project using different build flavors in an effort to replicate the original 55MB size and smooth performance. Despite my efforts, the results remained unsatisfactory – there was no reduction in size or improvement in performance.