Too many *.apk files in the project

Trying to find my .apk I found this strange tree structure:

$ find -name “*.apk”
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/built/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/built/built/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/built/built/built/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/built/built/built/built/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./node_modules/webdriver-js-extender/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/built/spec/command_tests/totally_real_apk.apk
./platforms/android/app/build/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk

Is it a normal case? How many such levels do you have in your project?

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Hello,
Don’t know is normal or not, but what you want or you trying or which cmd did you fired provide details.

If you want to test build then try this cmd:
First add platform:

Ionic cordova platform add android

To build:

ionic cordova build android

It will found in this folder here:

E:\myApp\platforms\android\app\build\outputs\apk

I currently developing a big project and my search results in a similar appearance of apk’s. So no reason to worry, The one you are looking for, your own android Apk, is under

\platforms\android\app\build\outputs\apk

Yeah, it’s clear (all files totally_real_apk.apk have zero size)

But this folder tree looks like a result of some recursive script

My goal was to quickly find the apk to share it with the team, no problem with this

My doubt is regarding this multi-level subtree looking like a result of some wrong script

Any chance some of these issues are related?

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Yes, the last one directly relates to my case:

These files almost don’t bother me, except I’m worried about this module