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The Time Profiler

How it works under the hood + how to profile your apps

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Jacob Bartlett
Jan 07, 2025
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If you want a high-performance iOS app, Instruments has you covered. The Time Profiler is your bread-and-butter profiling tool. It’ll help you track down and eliminate the bottlenecks in your code. If you’re noticing animation hitches, overheating, or sluggish responsiveness, the Time Profiler can pinpoint the problem down to the exact function calls.

Today, we’re going to learn two things:

  • How the Time Profiler works under the hood.

  • How you can use the Time Profiler to improve your apps.

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