

But a rapid increase in functionality sometimes leads to an upsurge in technical requirements. TikTok is constantly introducing new features. To avoid issues like these, the TikTok team continuously tracks the overall app performance through ongoing data monitoring, peer benchmarks, and user surveys. If the app is slow to load, or playback gets stuck, users will feel frustrated and might abandon the app altogether. All users want a smooth, responsive app experience, no matter which device they use.


TikTok is one of the most popular community-driven entertainment platforms with 1 billion people across the globe publishing and browsing video content every day.Ī diverse user base naturally means diverse network bandwidth conditions and devices with different screen sizes, available memory and processing power. If you want to learn how the TikTok team improved their app experience to achieve better business performance, please read our business article here. TikTok's team was able to significantly improve their overall performance by following Android’s performance guidance, and employing their deep understanding of development tools such as Android Gradle Plugin and Jetpack libraries. Ensuring an excellent app experience in all these scenarios is paramount. Other users are using entry level devices with limited memory and storage. With users around the world, it’s inevitable that some of them experience network issues such as slow, intermittent, or expensive connectivity. TikTok serves a wide range of user groups. Posted by The Android Developer Relations team
