How to Make Your App Lose Weight
summary
Describes practical steps to reduce Android app size by converting images to WebP and vectors to optimized SVGs, enabling R8 and running Lint to remove unused code/resources, and using Play Analyzer with Android App Bundle to defer feature modules and split by ABI/language. Provides concrete tooling commands, image/resource optimizers, and before/after APKs with reported size deltas so the savings are verifiable.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00App optimization intro
- 1:14Shrink your app
- 2:46Lossless image optimization
- 4:31Image compression
- 6:02Resource management & cache
- 7:16Unused code & dependencies
- 8:51Code analysis tools
- 10:45Optimization impact stats
- 11:48WebViews for lighter apps
- 13:17Device-specific bundles
- 14:44Dynamic modules future
- 16:25Android App Bundle advanced
- 17:37Code profiling best practices
- 19:06Case studies & feedback
- 20:40When to optimize
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