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Hi everyone,
I’m pulling some pretty big species datasets via the FishBase API (sometimes 15–20 MB JSON responses) and noticed the built-in Android JSON parser can take 600–900 ms on mid-range devices.
Out of curiosity I compared it to how fast CapCut 15.10.11 handles similar-sized timeline metadata + 4K frame buffers on the same phone and it’s parsing everything in <300 ms with almost no CPU spike.
Has anyone benchmarked FishBase responses with different JSON libraries (Gson vs Moshi vs custom) on Android?
Trying to figure out if there’s a lightweight trick I can borrow from video editors to speed up large API payloads.
Thanks!