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Devices:

• Nexus 5, Android 6.0.1 (API level 23)
• iPhone 6S, iOS 11.0

Applications:

• NativeAndroidApp - a simple native Android application.
• NativeIOSApp - a simple native iOS application.
• NativeScriptTsApp - a simple NativeScript Hello World application built with TypeScript.
• NativeScriptNgApp - a simple NativeScript Hello World application built with Angular and TypeScript.

Android Results

Release	NativeAndroidApp	NativeScriptTsApp	NativeScriptNgApp
Cold Start	301ms	1s512ms	1s858ms
Hot Start	281ms	1s375ms	1s670ms

iOS Results

Release	NativeIOSApp	NativeScriptTsApp	NativeScriptNgApp
Cold Start	141ms	517ms	694ms
Hot Start	102m	411ms	589ms

How to build the NativeScript apps?

As a prerequisite you need to setup the NativeScript CLI with its dependencies.

Steps:

cd NativeScriptNgApp # NativeScriptTsApp
npm install

Build for Android in Release:

npm run build-android-bundle --uglify --snapshot -- --release --keyStorePath <keyStorePath> --keyStorePassword <keyStorePassword> --keyStoreAlias <keyStoreAlias> --keyStoreAliasPassword <keyStoreAliasPassword>

Build for iOS in Release:

npm run build-ios-bundle --uglify -- --release --for-device