Hi Thunkable team and community,
I recently got a warning on Google Play Console for one of my apps, flagging that its optimization is below Google’s minimum threshold:
“App optimization is below our threshold. Improve your percentages in the following categories: Obfuscation (1%)”
Google explains that apps with more than 10 MB of DEX code need to reach at least 25% in optimization, obfuscation, and shrinking (via R8/ProGuard), or they may see visibility and publishing impacts on Google Play. More info here: https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/app-optimization/enable-app-optimization
I checked my app’s size breakdown in Play Console (Android vitals > App size) and confirmed the Code/DEX portion of my app bundle is around 18 MB — well above the 10 MB threshold that triggers this requirement. Yet obfuscation is sitting at just 1%.
Since Thunkable apps don’t give us access to the underlying build.gradle file, I have no way to enable minifyEnabled true / R8 optimization myself for production builds.
My questions for the Thunkable team:
- Is Thunkable aware of this new Google Play requirement?
- Are there plans to enable R8/ProGuard optimization (with appropriate keep rules for Thunkable’s runtime) on production builds?
- Is there any setting on our end that can influence this today?
This requirement isn’t strictly enforced yet (Google says enforcement starts February 2027), but it would be great to know if this is on the roadmap before it becomes a publishing blocker.
Thanks in advance — curious if other Thunkable developers are seeing the same warning on their apps.