Posted by Søren Gjesse, Software Engineer and Christoffer Adamsen‎, Software Engineer Apps with a smaller download size and install footprint are far more likely to be installed and stay installed, particularly in emerging markets. With the R8 compiler, you now have more comprehensive support to achieve that through shrinking, obfuscation…

Posted by Pirama Arumuga Nainar, Software Engineer Profile-guided optimization (PGO) is a well known compiler optimization technique. In PGO, runtime profiles from a program’s executions are used by the compiler to make optimal choices about inlining and code layout. This leads to improved performance and reduced code size. …

Guest post by Sergey Smetanin, Android Developer at Pandao Of the variety of new tools and features announced at Google I/O, one of the most exciting is the In-App Updates (IAU) API, which allows developers to deliver features, bug fixes, and performance improvements faster for active users. As a developer…

Posted by: Sam Lin, Product Manager, Android This is the third in a series of blog posts by the Android Studio team diving into some of the details and behind the scenes of Project Marble. …

Posted by Leo Sei, Product manager on Android Studio Improving Build speed In Android studio, we want to make you the most productive developer you can be. From various discussions and surveys with developers , we know that waiting for slow build speed takes away from that productivity. In this article, we’ll share…