So I hit cmd+R and the release app is about 5MB, when I hit cmd+B the app is around 3.5MB…
Why?
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So I hit cmd+R and the release app is about 5MB, when I hit cmd+B the app is around 3.5MB…
Why?
When you tell Xcode to run the application, it builds it with debugging symbols so you can step through the code execution/debug. These debugging symbols add to the size of the application. When you simply build the app, the debugging symbols are not included thus it is smaller.