Optimize your app battery using Android vitals wake lock metric
Explains new Android Vitals wake-lock signal, how to detect & fix excessive partial wake locks to reduce battery drain.
163 articles on App Performance for Android performance
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Accelerating our Android apps with Baseline Profiles
How Meta uses Baseline Profiles to speed cold start, scrolling, and navigation; reports up to 40% improvements.
Cancellable Flows in Kotlin Coroutines: The Complete Guide
Flow cancellation patterns (timeout, takeWhile, cancellable, first) & perf notes.
What’s new in the Jetpack Compose August ’25 release
Compose 1.9: improved list prefetching & cache window APIs, visibility callbacks—noticeable scroll/UI performance gains.
Accelerating on-device ML on Meta’s apps with ExecuTorch
WhatsApp/Messenger moved key models on-device; reduced model load & inference time and improved ANR metrics. (Engineering at Meta)
Accelerating on-device ML on Meta’s family of apps with ExecuTorch
ExecuTorch rollout across Instagram/WhatsApp/Messenger/Facebook improved latency and reliability; WhatsApp reports reduced model load/inference time and lower ANR metrics; several features moved on-device for performance/privacy. (Engineering at Meta)
Transforming App Security from Necessary Evil to Performance Advantage
Guardsquare’s CPO shows how profile-based config can improve perf & security together. (droidcon, droidcon nyc 2025)
UNISOC uses ADPF to improve game performance
Case study + note that ADPF is broadly available (Unity/Unreal/Cocos/native) to tune thermal/perf. Last updated Jul 9. (Android Developers)
The Hidden Performance Cost of Excessive Mobile Analytics
How over-instrumentation hurts startup, memory & battery; pragmatic sampling/SDK tips. (droidcon)
The Quest to Understand Metric Movements
Suppose you just saw an interesting rise or drop in one of your key metrics. Why did that happen? It’s an easy question to ask, but much harder to answer.
Performance Class Helps Google Maps Deliver Premium Experiences
Describes how Google Maps uses Android’s Performance Class to deliver high-quality, premium user experiences.
Boosting App Performance: Strategies to Optimize Network Requests
Coinbase fine-tunes network calls to make their app feel snappier for users.
How We Reduced GrabX SDK Initialisation Time
Grab speeds up their GrabX SDK startup to get users rolling quicker.
How we reduced peak memory and CPU usage of the product configuration management SDK
Our GrabX clients noticed that the GrabX SDK tended to require high memory and CPU usage. From this, we saw opportunities for further improvements that could:
Precision in Motion: Deep Learning for Smarter ETA Predictions
DoorDash uses deep learning to nail ETA predictions with precision.
How We Improved Our 1Weather Android App Cold Startup Time by Over 70%
Glance slashed 1Weather’s Android startup time by over 70%.
Boost Your Android App’s Performance with Baseline Profiles
DeliveryHero uses Baseline Profiles to make Android apps start faster.
Should I continue learning Flutter or start with KMM?
Hello everyone, I'm developing an Android app with Kotlin that heavily relies on location services and utilizes many native features. Meanwhile, I'm also learning Flutter. However, transitioning from Android to Flutter doesn't seem very appealing to me.
Bringing HDR photo support to Instagram and Threads
Meta adds HDR photo support to make Instagram and Threads pop visually.
Client Tracing: Understanding Mobile and Desktop Application Performance at Scale
Slack traces performance across mobile and desktop to catch every snag.