App Startup Time

ideas.md

App startup

• Start on iOS is comparable to other apps I use. 3-4 seconds.
• Problem mostly seems to be Android.
• Meteor waits until ddp connection made before closing launch screen. We don't need to do that.
• Try upgrading crosswalk plugin.
• Maybe the launch screen plugin?
• https://medium.com/@gautham.gg/reduce-the-launch-time-of-a-meteor-mobile-app-e2f009951011?source=linkShare-2a8267bb006f-1469058209
• Code splitting?

Tests

• try with different launch screen settings. could be delay or autohide?
• try with closing launch screen immediately on load of app
• try without launch screen plugin (see if main.html gets rendered?)
• try without any cordova plugins
• try with disabling wait for DDP connection
• try with newer crosswalk. meteor locks at 1.6, 1.8 is out
• i really don't want to but if it's bundle size then try with webpack code splitting (i don't think it's bundle size)
• use network safari debug pane and iOS sim to see what actually gets loaded from server on load
• test build with all our app code commented out
• test blank project

Hockey Builds

• 942: no launch screen
• 952: no app code + meow

Screen capture of app with all application code commented out:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6n3aofu51wgnydh/android-no-code.mov?dl=0

Sadly, this supports the idea that it's our bundle size