{
  "id": 1781555,
  "title": "Tinder cuts app cold starts by 47% with new R8 Configuration Analyzer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/tinder-cuts-app-cold-starts-by-47-with-new-r8-configuration-analyzer",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-18T18:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Developers Blog",
    "slug": "android-developers-blog",
    "url": "http://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/08/tinder-app-cold-start-r8-configuration-analyzer.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tinder, a dating app, has improved the performance of its Android application by reducing cold starts by 47%, shrinking its file size by 28.98%, and decreasing user-perceived ANRs by 28%. The app's optimization potential was previously limited by keep rules that blocked the effectiveness of R8, an optimization tool. To tackle these challenges, Tinder utilized the new R8 Configuration Analyzer, which helped identify and eliminate optimization blockers. The analyzer tracked shrinking, optimization, and obfuscation scores to reveal areas for improvement. Key metrics displayed included shrinking, optimization, and obfuscation scores, which helped the team refine their keep rules and remove redundant or identical rules. The R8 Configuration Analyzer report also highlighted subsumed rules and problematic libraries that were hindering optimization. By addressing these issues, Tinder improved its app's performance, leading to tangible business growth and higher user engagement, especially in markets with low RAM devices.",
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}