Monzo, a UK digital bank with 15 million customers, achieved a 35% reduction in ANR rate and significant scroll performance improvements by fully enabling R8 optimizations. The key change was replacing the default `proguard-android.txt` config file with `proguard-android-optimize.txt`, removing the `-dontoptimize` instruction.

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Unlocking broad performance wins with R8 full modeEnabling optimizations with a single changeImproving scroll performance with Baseline ProfilesKeeping up with modern Android development

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