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How Uber Deals with Large iOS App Size

Company: Uber · Feb 26, 2021
Platform: iOS

Uber's iOS app was bleeding users: every time it crossed Apple's download limit, they lost 10% of installations and 20% of first-time bookings.

Measuring Android App Size in CI

Company: Microsoft · Feb 2, 2021
Platform: Android

Microsoft SwiftKey's team knows that reducing app size once isn't enough. The real challenge? Keeping it small with every code change.

Microsoft Teams faced a 1.2 MB app size bloat after upgrading React Native. Here's how they cut it down to just 0.48 MB.

App Size Matters II

Company: Farfetch · Jul 16, 2020
Platform: iOS / Android

What if I told you a single 15MB increase in your app size could cost your business $1M annually? Farfetch's mobile team did the math, and the numbers are eye-opening.

App Size Matters I

Company: Farfetch · Jul 16, 2020
Platform: iOS / Android

Gonçalo Alvarez from Farfetch drops a hard truth: your bloated app is costing you users, installs, and market share. Here's why app size is a business problem, not just an engineering one.

Managing App Size for Super Apps

Company: Bukalapak · Jul 9, 2020
Platform: Android

Hendro Riyadi from Bukalapak reveals how his team slashed their super app size by 35% while shipping new features in parallel. In emerging markets where users have limited data plans and older devices, this was...

Microsoft SwiftKey slashed their Android app size by 50% and boosted install conversions. Here's the playbook they used to get there.

Mootaz Ltaief from OLX Engineering put four popular Android JSON parsers head-to-head using Jetpack Benchmark. The results reveal a brutal tradeoff: the fastest parser costs you 1.1 MB of app size.

Engineering Uber Lite

Company: Uber · Jan 1, 2019
Platform: iOS / Android

Uber's main app hit 60MB and struggled on older Android devices in emerging markets. So they built something radically different.

Dmytro Khmelenko breaks down how Android App Bundle reduced their app size by 20% without changing a single line of code. Here's how Google's 2018 feature actually works under the hood.

Dmytro Khmelenko shares how a job candidate's pointed question about their 63 MB APK sparked a complete optimization overhaul. The results? A 62% size reduction that every Android team should study.

Flipkart slashed their Android app size by 40% in 21 months. The result? A 34% drop in uninstall rates and massive gains in emerging markets.

Shrinking APKs, Growing Installs

Company: Google Play · Nov 20, 2017
Platform: Android

Sam Tolomei from Google Play reveals a brutal truth: every 6MB you add to your Android app kills 1% of potential installs. And in emerging markets, the impact is even worse.

Android Instant Apps at Thumbtack

Company: Thumbtack · Jul 25, 2017
Platform: Android

Francis Kam from Thumbtack reveals how they partnered with Google pre-launch to build one of the first Android Instant Apps. The results? Instant app messages now equal their full installed app.

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