# Install android-performance-analyzer with Homebrew Cask

Toolchain for profiling apps and games. Version 0.9.0 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cask:android-performance-analyzer
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew Cask (100%):

```sh
brew install --cask android-performance-analyzer
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew cask metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cask:android-performance-analyzer
- **Package manager:** Homebrew Cask
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/android-performance-analyzer>
- **Version:** 0.9.0
- **Source summary:** Toolchain for profiling apps and games
- **Homepage:** <https://developer.android.com/android-performance-analyzer>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://developer.android.com/android-performance-analyzer>
- **Source archive:** <https://dl.google.com/android/apa/install/v0.9.0/android-performance-analyzer-mac.dmg>
- **Generated:** 2026-11-04T12:20:42+00:00

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-11-04
- Package-manager version: 0.9.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://developer.android.com/android-performance-analyzer
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.
## Project history and usage

Android Performance Analyzer (APA) is Google's desktop trace profiler for optimizing Android games and Vulkan-based graphics workloads.

### Project history

Google introduced Android Performance Analyzer as a new profiler and performance-analysis tool for the Android ecosystem. The official download page distributes desktop builds for Linux, macOS, and Windows under the Android SDK license.

### Adoption history

Google positions APA specifically for profiling games and Vulkan-based graphics; its documentation directs developers of other applications to Android Studio profilers.

### How it is used

Developers record or import system traces, organize them in projects, inspect frame processing and memory behavior, analyze thread scheduling, and compare traces during performance experiments.

### Why package nerds care

APA gives Android performance specialists a dedicated trace-analysis workflow for graphics-heavy software, including Vulkan debug annotations, frame analysis, memory analysis, and comparison of multiple traces.

### Timeline

- 2026: Official APA documentation and cross-platform desktop downloads were published through Android Developers.

### Related projects

- Android Studio profilers provide the recommended profiling workflow for Android applications outside APA's current games-and-Vulkan focus.
- Android GPU Inspector and Perfetto occupy related parts of Android's graphics and system-tracing toolchain.

### Sources

- Android Developers APA overview and downloads: https://developer.android.com/android-performance-analyzer
- Android Developers APA quickstart: https://developer.android.com/android-performance-analyzer/quickstart


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for android-performance-analyzer. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew cask API
- **Tap:** homebrew/cask
- **Full Token:** android-performance-analyzer
- **Names:** Android Performance Analyzer
- **Depends On:** Arch: {'type': 'arm', 'bits': 64}
- **Artifacts:** App: 1, Target: 1, Uninstall: 1, Zap: 1
- **Auto Updates:** yes
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no


## Related links

- [Homebrew Cask packages](https://pkg.so/homebrew-cask-packages/) - Generated from Homebrew Cask package-manager metadata.
- [Homebrew Cask applications](https://pkg.so/homebrew-cask-applications/) - Cask artifact metadata includes an app bundle.
- [Desktop app packages](https://pkg.so/desktop-app-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [android-commandlinetools](https://pkg.so/cask/android-commandlinetools/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: android, apps.
- [android-ndk](https://pkg.so/cask/android-ndk/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: android, apps.
- [android-cli](https://pkg.so/cask/android-cli/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: android.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/android-performance-analyzer.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/android-performance-analyzer.yml)


## Sources

- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph