Performance

Profiling Xamarin.Android Startup

August 14, 2020 Aug 14, 2020 08/14/20

Measure, optimize, and fine-tune the performance of your Android apps build with Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms with these tips and tricks using great tools.

DevOps for Android App Bundles

January 15, 2020 Jan 15, 2020 01/15/20

James Montemagno

Android App Bundle is a new app packaging format from Google for Android applications that dramatically reduces the install size for end users.

Boost Performance with Compiled Bindings in Xamarin.Forms

September 4, 2019 Sep 4, 2019 09/4/19

James Montemagno

See how compiled bindings for Xamarin.Forms XAML can help boost performance in your apps and also give immediate feedback when developing apps if you have a typo in your bindings.

Join the Xamarin Android Performance and App Size Challenge

August 20, 2019 Aug 20, 2019 08/20/19

Jon Douglas

The Xamarin.Android team has worked hard to delivery amazing features that every Xamarin developer should be using. Now through the end of August, we challenge YOU to give them a try and get rewarded with some awesome Xamarin swag!

Optimize your Xamarin.Android Builds

August 7, 2019 Aug 7, 2019 08/7/19

Jonathan Peppers

When debugging, your project has a single, simple goal: build fast. In day-to-day development, we want you writing code with the bulk of your time, not waiting for builds. Learn more about how to optimize build times!

Faster Xamarin.Android Builds & Smaller Dex Files

June 24, 2019 Jun 24, 2019 06/24/19

Jonathan Peppers

One of our current focus areas in Xamarin.Android is build performance and reducing the multidex count. Developer productivity is directly impacted by the "inner dev loop": the time it takes to make a small code change and see the result on a device or emulator. Performance is a feature!

GlideX For Fast Images on Android

March 28, 2019 Mar 28, 2019 03/28/19

Jonathan Peppers

Unlock the power of Glide with “GlideX”: a simple library to swap-in Glide’s image loading implementation in-place of what Xamarin.Forms ships in the box.

Android’s D8 dexer and R8 shrinker

January 28, 2019 Jan 28, 2019 01/28/19

Jonathan Peppers

Learn more about Xamarin.Android’s D8 and R8 integration and deep dive on how R8 is being developed for Xamarin.Android and D8 as the next-generation DEX compiler to speed up and shrink Android apps.

Android Build Performance and Reliability

November 21, 2018 Nov 21, 2018 11/21/18

Jon Douglas

As a Xamarin developer working on Android apps, you may be well-aware of two issues that slow down your everyday development build times and the correctness of the build. If you aren't sure what the latter is, think back to the last time you had to manually remove your bin/obj folders within your project in order to fix a failure.

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Profiling Xamarin.Android Startup

DevOps for Android App Bundles

Boost Performance with Compiled Bindings in Xamarin.Forms

Join the Xamarin Android Performance and App Size Challenge

Optimize your Xamarin.Android Builds

Faster Xamarin.Android Builds & Smaller Dex Files

GlideX For Fast Images on Android

Android’s D8 dexer and R8 shrinker

Android Build Performance and Reliability

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