The application starts more than 9 seconds

I think

–prod = optimize and shrink javascript size
–release = tell cordova to use my certificates to sign my apk, because I could only upload signed apk to the play store

so yep, for development with a faster build time, try to run “ionic run android --prod”, but if you rather care about build time than boot time “ionic run android”…I mean I guess :wink:

About boot time, just started this post today: