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Android Vitals Checklist Tool
Understand Android Vitals — crashes, ANRs, and stability — with a checklist to keep your app healthy on Google Play.
Android Vitals Checklist Tool is part of APKLint, an online toolkit for inspecting Android APK files. Understand Android Vitals — crashes, ANRs, and stability — with a checklist to keep your app healthy on Google Play. Work through the checklist on this page — there is nothing to upload; it is a guided review.
- Crash rateKeep user-perceived crash rate under the 1.09% bad-behaviour threshold.
- ANR rateKeep user-perceived ANR rate under the 0.47% threshold.
- Main-thread workMove I/O, parsing, and DB work off the main thread to avoid ANRs.
- Cold start timeTrack and reduce cold start; defer non-essential init.
- Frozen framesMinimise frames that take over 700ms.
- Slow renderingKeep janky frames low; target 16ms (or 11ms for 90Hz).
- Excessive wakeupsAvoid frequent alarms/wakeups that drain battery.
- Wake locksRelease wake locks promptly; avoid stuck partial wake locks.
- Background battery useStay within background restrictions; batch work with WorkManager.
- Stuck partial wake / excessive networkWatch background network and CPU in Vitals.
- Permission denialsMonitor features failing due to denied permissions.
- Watch by device & Android versionSome regressions only show on specific hardware or OS versions.
- Set up alertsUse Play Console thresholds so regressions are caught early.
Free reference. No upload and no account needed — just open it and work through each point.
About Android Vitals Checklist Tool
Understand Android Vitals — crashes, ANRs, and stability — with a checklist to keep your app healthy on Google Play.
Android Vitals Checklist Tool is part of APKLint’s google play & compliance toolkit — Prep your listing, policies, and release for the store. It’s free to use and needs no account.
It’s a free reference — there’s nothing to upload and no account needed.
When to use Android Vitals Checklist Tool
- Best for
- Understanding Android Vitals, crashes, ANRs, and stability, with a checklist to protect your Play standing.
- Not the right tool for
- Not a live dashboard; it explains the metrics rather than reporting yours.
- What you get back
- A stability-focused checklist tied to the Vitals thresholds Google watches.
- How it differs from related APKLint tools
- Where the Performance Analyzer is broad, Android Vitals is specifically about the crash/ANR metrics in Play Console.
- Limitations
- A reference, last reviewed 22 September 2026; your real numbers live in Play Console.
How to use Android Vitals Checklist Tool
- Open the checklist — Everything you need to review is laid out in plain language.
- Work through each item — Check your app against every point on the list.
- Fix what's flagged — Update your manifest, build, or listing where needed.
- Re-verify before release — Run through it once more before you publish.
Current core vitals and upcoming technical-quality requirements
Google Play's current core technical-quality thresholds (overall, user-perceived) are:
- Crash rate — below 1.09%.
- ANR rate — below 0.47%.
- Excessive partial wake locks — the 5% overall bad-behavior threshold. This metric is currently in beta; Google says exceeding it does not yet reduce Play discoverability. Still, use wake locks correctly and move deferrable work to WorkManager.
- Excessive battery usage (Wear OS) — below 1% per watch model.
On August 26, 2026 Google announced further requirements that phase in later:
- From February 2027 — new bad-behavior / optimization thresholds covering app memory usage, bitmap memory usage, and DEX (code) optimization.
- From April 2027 — apps that support user sign-in (optional or mandatory) must support Zero-Tap Sign-In restoration when users restore to a new device, subject to Google's applicable scope and exceptions.
Thresholds and dates are set by Google and can change — confirm the current numbers in your Play Console (Android vitals) before you rely on them.
Native code: 64-bit and 16 KB page-size support
If your app — or any SDK it bundles — ships native code (.so libraries), Google Play adds two requirements on top of the target-API rule. 64-bit support: every supported native architecture must comply with Google Play's 64-bit requirements — for example, provide an arm64-v8a library when you ship the corresponding ARM native code (you don't need to add ABIs you don't already build for). 16 KB memory page-size support: apps targeting Android 15 (API 35) and higher must support 16 KB page sizes on 64-bit devices, which means rebuilding the affected libraries 16 KB-aligned. Apps written purely in Java/Kotlin qualify by default. From February 1, 2027, updates that don't support 16 KB page sizes can't be released.
Form-factor deadlines are earlier: Android TV has required 64-bit + 16 KB since August 1, 2026, and Wear OS requires them from September 15, 2026 — these apply even though those form factors can still target a lower API level, so don't assume an API 34 TV app is exempt. Check the Play Console compatibility warnings and confirm the current deadlines before your next release.
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How it runs
No analysis engine — this is a browser-only checklist.
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Runs in any modern browser, on desktop or mobile.
Frequently asked questions
What does Android Vitals Checklist Tool do?
Understand Android Vitals — crashes, ANRs, and stability — with a checklist to keep your app healthy on Google Play.
Is it free to use?
Yes. Every tool on APKLint is completely free, with no sign-up and no account.
Do I need to upload anything?
No. This is a free reference checklist you work through in your browser — there's nothing to upload and no file is analyzed.
Does it cover the latest Google Play requirements?
This is a static reference guide, last reviewed 22 September 2026. Android and Google Play requirements change over time, so verify time-sensitive policy details in the Play Console before publishing.
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