Enhancing Our Android App's Launch Performance
Article Summary
Pepperfry's Android app launches 130,000+ times daily. Every millisecond of delay risks losing customers at the door.
The Pepperfry engineering team tackled app launch performance head-on, implementing strategic optimizations across splash screens, caching, API architecture, and library initialization. The result? A 40% improvement in homepage render time.
Key Takeaways
- Splash theme trick eliminates blank screen on app launch
- Local file caching beats SharedPreferences by hundreds of milliseconds
- Parallel API calls and lazy library loading cut initial load time
- Config API optimized to respond in under 100ms
Critical Insight
Four targeted optimizations delivered a 40% faster launch experience and reduced memory footprint for 130,000+ daily users.
