Android Developers Blog · Android · 2026-08-18
Tinder cuts app cold starts by 47% with new R8 Configuration Analyzer
Posted by Ajesh R Pai, Developer Relations Engineer, Ulises Uriel Verduzco Diaz, Software Engineer, Tinder, and Tracy Agyemang, Product Marketing Manager Tinder is on a mission to power and inspire real connections by making meeting easy and fun for every new generation of singles. However, as their Android application codebase grew in size, so did its complexity. Prior to their latest optimization efforts, approximately 70% of the application was not optimized, carrying 17 dex files,including three dedicated just to startup. Although they had enabled R8, much of its optimization potential was blocked due to keep rules, and the team was…
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