How Tinder Performs Due Diligence As Android Engineers
Original post Performing Due Diligence As Android Engineers
Article Summary
Ishan Khanna from Tinder shares a hard-earned lesson: that shiny third-party SDK could be a ticking time bomb for your app. Here's the framework his team uses to avoid disaster.
After multiple vendor SDK integrations at Tinder, Senior Android Engineer Ishan Khanna developed a systematic approach to evaluating third-party libraries. This framework helps teams avoid performance hits, security breaches, and legal headaches before they happen.
Key Takeaways
- Security vetting includes SOC 2 compliance, PII handling, and data encryption checks
- Performance impacts span build time, APK size, startup time, and battery drain
- Customization gaps in localization or dark mode can break user experience
- Documentation quality predicts future troubleshooting pain and integration success
- Integration details like min-SDK bumps and permissions affect user adoption
A five-category due diligence framework (Security, Documentation, Customization, Integration, Performance) acts as insurance against vendor SDKs that could harm your app, business, or customers.
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What This Article Covers
Android engineers at Tinder struggled with how to evaluate third-party SDKs before integrating them. Without clear criteria, they risked missing security vulnerabilities, performance problems, and user experience issues.
Ishan Khanna created a five-category due diligence framework that checks Security, Documentation, Customization, Integration, and Performance. Each category has specific checkpoints like SOC 2 compliance, min-SDK requirements, and APK size impact.
The framework helps teams spot risks before adding a vendor's SDK. This protects against data breaches, slower app performance, legal problems, and poor user experience from bad vendor partnerships.
This page summarizes “Performing Due Diligence As Android Engineers” by Tinder, published Sep 19, 2022. All credit for the original work goes to the authors.
