Meituan Technology Team

Jun 2, 2022 · Mobile Development

Optimizing Android .so Library Size: Techniques and Practices

This article explains how Meituan engineers shrink Android native .so libraries by analyzing ELF sections, simplifying dynamic symbols, removing dead code, using link‑time optimization, garbage‑collecting sections, applying size‑focused compiler flags, disabling exceptions/RTTI, and merging or extracting libraries, achieving 30‑60% APK size reductions and faster load times.