App Size
54 articlesArticles covering binary size analysis, asset optimization, code stripping, and strategies for reducing mobile app download and install size.
We track 54 App Size articles from 32 engineering teams. Callstack, Microsoft and Google write about it most. Most posts cover Android (33), iOS (21) and React Native (11). The newest one is from March 2026.
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Recent App Size reads from the teams that cover it most.
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Enabling R8 optimization at scale with AI-assisted debugging
Grab's Android team cracked a 6-year problem that stumped multiple attempts: enabling R8 optimization across 9 million lines of code.
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Why You Don't Have to Minify JavaScript Code in React Native Apps
Davyd Narbutovich from Callstack challenges a web development habit that React Native developers can skip entirely.
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Use R8 To Shrink, Optimize, and Speed Up Apps
Ben Weiss from Google reveals the single most impactful, low-effort change you can make to Android app performance.
