Android Studio Not Reflecting Changes To Images During Export Of Apk

I have a project i have worked on for a few weeks now. I went in to optimize some png's and was able to take a few mb's off the file size. However, when i generate the apk its the

Solution 1:

I know this is a very old thread but the answer to this question was never accepted.

So the problem here is in the emulator and not your computer or the software.

When you update the images the file names and paths stay the same. So it doesn't change the files on the emulator. I think it's just the way the android system works, if nothing changes then the app on the phone doesn't update.

So the solution is to simply uninstall the app from your emulator, then run the app from Android Studio.

Solution 2:

Try rebuilding your app after refreshing the workspace, it works in eclipse but not sure about studio.

Solution 3:

Go to Project->Clean. Uncheck "Start a build immediately". Go right click on your project and choose build. Then Run as - Android Application.

In IntellijIdea :

http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/webhelp/cleaning-system-cache.html

How to clean project cache in Intellij idea like Eclipse's clean?

Solution 4:

For me it works to choose Build -> Rebuild Project on the main menu to do a full rebuild whenever I only change assets (i.e. when no source code has changed).

Solution 5:

On top panel of xml designer there is Refresh Button.