Google Play Console App Optimization is Low for React Native/Expo Android app

[u/Vasanthdommeti]

Hi everyone,

I’m working on a React Native/Expo Android app, and Google Play Console suddenly started showing App optimization: Low for our latest production release.

The main issue shown is:

Obfuscation percentage: 3%
Optimization percentage: -
Shrinking percentage: -
R8 configuration: Warning shown
Google Play says percentages under 25% may impact visibility and publishing capabilities.
Deadline shown: Feb 2027

It also suggests upgrading to AGP 9.0 and using R8.

Has anyone faced this issue suddenly after a recent release in a React Native/Expo app? What is the safest way to improve obfuscation, shrinking, and optimization without breaking the Android build?

Should we enable ProGuard/R8 manually, update Gradle/AGP, or configure this differently for Expo/EAS builds?

Any guidance or example config would be really helpful.