Stop Building the Project and Start Working
summary
An Android platform team at Sberbank Online reduced local cold build time threefold for a project with over 1,000 modules. They describe applying tailored optimizations and custom Gradle techniques ("Gradle magic") beyond common build-speed tips to achieve the improvement.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:29Slow build problem
- 4:21Build optimization history
- 8:45Approaches to faster builds
- 17:22Choosing Egist plugin
- 23:52Preparing project for module removal
- 31:46Implementing trimmed build
- 35:26Egist results
- 38:13Economic impact and ROI
- 40:20Challenges and improvements
- 41:47Conclusion
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