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Dev tools · April 18, 2017

Litho

A declarative UI framework for Android by Facebook

Litho launched on April 18, 2017 with 11 votes, #816 of 3,007 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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What it does

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One challenge in Android development is achieving smooth UI performance. Developers can spend a lot of time optimizing, squeezing out every bit of speed from their UI code, and yet still experience lag and dropped frames in complex scenarios. At Facebook, this problem is relevant to us because more than 1 billion people use our app on Android every month. The devices they use range from typical, low-power phones to the latest high-end models. We want to support best-in-class performance regardless of how people are accessing our products on Android. Last year, we shared that we were working on a new framework for creating efficient UIs on Android . Building on the success we’ve seen…from engineering.fb.com

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