Optimize your app performance for the next generation of Android
summary
New Play Console memory dashboard is rolling out now (started at 10%) and exposes P99 vs P50 memory percentiles, a histogram by RAM buckets, and an app-state filter; Android 17 enforces Android 17 app memory limits via cgroups comparing RSS anon + swap to thresholds. R8 plus the R8 configuration analyzer gives shrinking/optimization/obfuscation scores; real-world R8 results report a 35% ANR drop, 30% faster cold starts, and 9% smaller APK. Profiling Manager integrates with Datadog and Crashlytics for heap dumps; use onTrimMemory, startup/baseline profiles, rememberSaveable, downsampled images, RGB565 or hardware bitmaps to reduce RSS.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:58Memory on Android
- 9:16App memory limits in Android 17
- 10:12In-field monitoring and profiling
- 15:24R8 and memory optimization
- 20:34Bitmaps and image management
- 27:48App resilience and Low memory killer daemon
- 30:24Track app kills and handle memory pressure
- 33:47Recap of app optimization techniques
- 35:06Improve startup time with profiles
- 36:06Save UI state with rememberSaveable
- 37:12Session summary
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