multi-module Android application

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An Android app was split from one large Gradle module into 40 modules to speed builds: full builds fell from ~36s to ~31s with parallel modules and incremental edits from ~14s to ~10s for well-structured splits. Techniques include using implementation instead of api to limit recompiles, extracting heavy bytecode tooling (example: moving Realm bytecode weaving into its own module, cutting a 6m46s build to ~2m20s), watching annotation-processing scope, and using Dagger Android support plus dynamic feature modules to avoid cyclic dependencies.

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1. 0:00Multi-module Android apps
2. 1:13Modularization benefits and types
3. 6:41AGP 3.0+ build speed
4. 18:26Measuring build time
5. 24:28Speedup with plugins
6. 30:37Dependency design for builds
7. 35:29Horizontal module splitting
8. 39:39Vertical feature splitting
9. 44:16Migrating to multi-module
10. 50:53Summary and outlook

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