Ben Weiss 

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#AndroidDev #DevRel Engineer at Google - #Performance (he/him)
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Ben Weiss Dec 4

Are you ready for a session on Android performance including some live coding? I mean, what could go wrong?

Watch the recorded Google I/O 2025 session now! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMylnxek5a4&list=PLdtPdvqJ0NWnKWZNgk_5zKQbY02os-EQ1

App performance improvements

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Ben Weiss Nov 26
At droidcon London Ajesh R Pai and I presented on "low effort, high impact app performance". We explored how you can improve app performance and then measure these improvements. https://youtu.be/t7djyOWymJQ?si=x-R6qDX5aPyGLtFK
Low effort, High impact Android performance wins - Ben Weiss & Ajesh Pai | droidcon London 2025

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Ben Weiss Nov 21
Performance Spotlight Week is done and dusted. Check out everything we talked about in the closing blog post. https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/fully-optimized-wrapping-up-performance.html
Fully Optimized: Wrapping up Performance Spotlight Week

News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

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Ben Weiss Nov 21
We're hosting a live Ask Android session to cap off Performance Spotlight Week at 6PM CET / 9AM PT today. Tune in and bring your questions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMnZuoozZ5w
App Performance #AskAndroid | Spotlight Week

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Ben Weiss Nov 20
During Google I/O 2025 we also talked about low effort and high impact app performance improvements. And now you can watch the recording.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMylnxek5a4
App performance improvements

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Ben Weiss Nov 20

Tomorrow 9AM PT we're going to answer your #AskAndroid questions on app performance. Quick think of something and ask right now! I won't answer before the session though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMnZuoozZ5w

App Performance #AskAndroid | Spotlight Week

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Ben Weiss Nov 20

Run this and let me know the output:
`grep "dontoptimize" app/build/outputs/mapping/release/configuration.txt`

In case it's not empty, you definitely should watch this https://youtu.be/QqO2jZ-NZko?t=341

Boost Android app performance with the R8 optimizer | Spotlight Week

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Ben Weiss Nov 20

Customizing the cache window lets you prefetch content on Jetpack Compose LazyLayouts. Combining it with pausable composition and text prefetching is a winning combination.

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/deeper-performance-considerations.html#:~:text=for%20further%20reading.-,Jetpack%20Compose%20performance%20improvements

Deeper Performance Considerations

News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

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Ben Weiss Nov 19
Let's talk you through R8 Keep Rules, take the edge off and give your app the performance boost it deserves. https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/configure-and-troubleshoot-r8-keep-rules.html
Configure and troubleshoot R8 Keep Rules

News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

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Ben Weiss Nov 19
There's more to g-R8 performance. Profile Guided Optimizations, Jetpack Compose 1.10 and background work considerations are on the menu of today's read.
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/deeper-performance-considerations.html
Deeper Performance Considerations

News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

Android Developers Blog