The Benefits and Challenges of Android Dynamic Feature in Tokopedia
Article Summary
Tokopedia cut their Android app download size by 10% using Dynamic Features. But the implementation wasn't as simple as Google's docs suggested.
The Tokopedia engineering team shares their real-world experience implementing Android Dynamic Feature modules in a large, complex production app. They moved seller features into on-demand modules that only download when users actually need them.
Key Takeaways
- Saved 3MB (10% of install size) by making seller features download on demand
- Nested library dependencies broke compilation until moved to base app
- Resource references from libraries crashed until using full package names
- Built custom navigation tool to handle module installation transparently
- Download size differs from app size: 28.76MB download became 36.77MB installed
Critical Insight
Dynamic Features delivered significant size savings for Tokopedia, but required custom tooling and workarounds for modularization, resource handling, and navigation challenges.
