Performance Optimization

Tune LiteP2P for reliability, battery life, bandwidth efficiency, and latency. The right defaults depend on your use case.

Baseline recommendations

• Start with conservative peer limits (see PeerConfig).
• Prefer small, structured messages; batch when appropriate.
• Measure before tuning: latency, reconnect rate, CPU, and battery impact.

Connection stability

• Implement retry with exponential backoff.
• On Android, follow OEM guidance (see Battery Optimization and OEM Behavior).
• Use foreground services when continuous connectivity is required.

Bandwidth and payloads

• Compress text payloads; avoid compressing already-compressed formats.
• Use channels to separate latency-sensitive messages from bulk sync.
• For large payloads, prefer file transfer APIs rather than chunking messages manually.

File transfer tuning

• Pick a chunk size that balances throughput and resume granularity (see TransferOptions).
• Enable resumption for unreliable networks.
• Verify integrity for user-visible files.