App Size

54 articles

Articles covering binary size analysis, asset optimization, code stripping, and strategies for reducing mobile app download and install size.

Top Companies

Callstack 5

Microsoft 4

Google 3

Uber 3

Grab 2

Swift.org Blog 2

Simform 2

Posts on Reddit 2

Platforms

Android (33) iOS (21) React Native (11) Flutter (1)

Articles on App Size

Grab Mar 15, 2026

Enabling R8 optimization at scale with AI-assisted debugging

Gojek Jan 6, 2026

Project Butter: A Journey for App Performance Improvement

Callstack Dec 18, 2025

Why You Don't Have to Minify JavaScript Code in React Native Apps

Google Nov 17, 2025

Use R8 To Shrink, Optimize, and Speed Up Apps

Swift.org Blog Nov 17, 2025

Embedded Swift Improvements Coming in Swift 6.3

Simform Nov 7, 2025

Reduce App Size and Boost Performance in React Native

Posts on Medium Oct 25, 2025

I Tried to Reduce My App Size by 50%. Here's What Actually Worked

Google Sep 9, 2025

Improve App Performance With Optimized Resource Shrinking

Google May 8, 2025

Preparing Apps for 16KB Page Size Devices

Callstack Mar 20, 2025

Why Knowing Your App's Bundle Contents Matters for React Native Performance

Tinder Feb 27, 2025

How the Tinder iOS App reduced the size of our localizations by 95% using Emerge

Wink+ Jan 24, 2025

How We Reduced the WINK+ Android App to Less Than 10MB

Posts on Reddit Nov 26, 2024

Why is there so much obsession on app size reduction?

Cash App May 1, 2024

Reducing the Size of Cash App for iOS

Swift.org Blog Apr 3, 2024

Get Started with Embedded Swift on ARM and RISC-V Microcontrollers

Spotify Nov 1, 2023

The What, Why, and How of Mastering App Size

Glance Sep 27, 2023

Glance TV Optimization Part 1: Shrinking APK Size by 65%

Peacock Aug 17, 2023

The Peacock app just made the switch from ReactNative to iOS & Android and had a significant change in size and startup time

Square Jun 27, 2023

Keeping Up with Android App Size Growth

IDN Media Jun 13, 2023

Determining Exact Photo Storage Size in Swift

IDN Media Jun 11, 2023

On-Demand Resources for Lottie Animation Storage in Swift

Simform May 23, 2023

Android App Performance and Optimization

Callstack Feb 22, 2023

Optimize React Native Apps JavaScript Bundle

Posts on Reddit Jan 12, 2023

Why are app sizes so big now?

Mercado Libre Nov 23, 2022

Mercado Libre Android app is on a diet: Dynamic Features

Swiggy Nov 22, 2022

Swiggy App on Diet

Mercado Libre Nov 14, 2022

Nuestra aplicación Android está a dieta: ¡Dynamic Features!

Zomato Oct 18, 2022

Our Android App Has Been Eating but Shedding Weight

Uber Aug 15, 2022

Building m.uber: Engineering a High-Performance Web App

React Native Blog Jul 8, 2022

Hermes Engine Becomes React Native Default

Flutter Blog May 12, 2022

Perspectives from Early Adopters of Flutter as a Game Development Tool

Klarna May 10, 2022

Tree Shaking React Native Apps

Spotify Feb 14, 2022

Introducing Ruler: Our Tool for Measuring Android App Size

Shopify Nov 26, 2021

Building App Clips with React Native

Meta Sep 13, 2021

Superpack: Pushing the limits of compression in Facebook’s mobile apps

Grab Aug 12, 2021

Project Bonsai

Callstack Jul 1, 2021

Code Splitting in React Native Applications

Pinterest Apr 16, 2021

How We Reduced Pinterest’s iOS App Size by 30+% / 50MB

Callstack Apr 14, 2021

Bringing Hermes to iOS in React Native

Microsoft Mar 30, 2021

Reducing Android app size in practice at LinkedIn | by Chao Zhang | Microsoft Mobile Engineering | Medium

Uber Feb 26, 2021

How Uber Deals with Large iOS App Size

Microsoft Feb 2, 2021

Measuring Android App Size in CI

Microsoft Dec 8, 2020

Keeping Android app size in check with React Native Upgrades | by Sparsha Saha | Microsoft Mobile Engineering | Medium

Farfetch Jul 16, 2020

App Size Matters II

Farfetch Jul 16, 2020

App Size Matters I

Bukalapak Jul 9, 2020

Managing App Size for Super Apps

Microsoft Jun 23, 2020

App Size Reduction at Microsoft SwiftKey

OLX Jun 24, 2019

Android Jetpack Benchmark: JSON Parser Performance

Uber Jan 1, 2019

Engineering Uber Lite

Freeletics Jul 4, 2018

Android App Bundle: Distribution and Size Optimization

Freeletics May 22, 2018

Reducing APK Size: A Journey to Smaller Android Apps

Flipkart Feb 21, 2018

Optimising Flipkart Android App size to sub 10 MB

Google Play Nov 20, 2017

Shrinking APKs, Growing Installs

Thumbtack Jul 25, 2017