mobile-performance

Testing & Quality

App startup, memory management, battery efficiency, network optimization, and profiling tools

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Mobile Performance

Profile, diagnose, and optimize mobile app performance.

Key Metrics

Metric	Target	Tool
Cold Start	<1.5s	Xcode Organizer, Play Console
Warm Start	<0.5s	Systrace, os_signpost
Frames	60fps (16ms)	Profile GPU, Perfetto
APK/IPA Size	<50MB	size-report, analyzer
Memory	<150MB	Xcode Memory Debugger, Memory Profiler
Network Latency	<200ms p95	Proxyman, Charles

Startup Optimization

iOS

Reduce dynamic framework loading (prefer static libraries)
Lazy-load non-critical services
Profile with Instruments - App Launch
Use dispatch_once for singletons

Android

Apply App Startup library for content providers
Profile with Android Studio - Startup Profiler
Use baseline profiles (Android 12+)
Defer heavy init to background threads

Memory Management

Watch for retain cycles (weak/unowned references)
Image caching: use NSCache/LruCache with size limits
Monitor for OOMs in production with crash reporting
Release view controllers when off-screen

Network Optimization

HTTP/2 multiplexing for concurrent requests
Response caching with ETags
Prefetch data predictively
Compress with Brotli or gzip
Use Protocol Buffers over JSON for large payloads