App performance guide
This guide provides an overview of libraries, tools, and best practices you can use to inspect, improve, and monitor performance on Android.
Users want apps to launch quickly, render smoothly, and require little memory and battery usage. This guide's sections provide information and insights into tools, libraries, and best practices that help you achieve better app performance.
Get your App Performance Score
Inspect performance
Improve performance
Monitor performance
Improve performance with Baseline Profiles
Improve app startup with DEX layout optimizations
Featured samples
Macrobenchmark
Microbenchmark
JankStats
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A collection of samples using the performance libraries.
Multiple samples showing the best practices in performance on Android.