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How the new Threads app is made

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Re: How the new Threads app is made

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> Threads has one of the largest plugins we’ve ever seen. BarcelonaShareExtension is 81 MB. For context, the largest Instagram plugin - InstagramNotificationExtension is 23.5 MB. TheInstagramShareExtension is 5.6 MB

Out of a 244.2 MB App on iOS.

Re: How the new Threads app is made

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Have there been any public plans for a fully featured web app? Having it be read-only on the web is a non-starter for me.

It's probably a non-starter for Meta since your non-use of an app that can siphon all sorts of precious "meta" about you for them to profit from is not available.

Re: How the new Threads app is made

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Any clues to what percentage is made with react native? https://www.threads.net/t/CuW_fXZOgPc/ would suggest to me the answer is "not much"

Hard to tell from just looking at the static analysis. The size of Compose is relatively small compared to overall dex, but our guess is that a lot of that has to do with sharing code with IG

Re: How the new Threads app is made

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> Threads has one of the largest plugins we’ve ever seen. BarcelonaShareExtension is 81 MB. For context, the largest Instagram plugin - InstagramNotificationExtension is 23.5 MB. TheInstagramShareExtension is 5.6 MB Out of a 244.2 MB App on iOS.

What could it possibly need that much code for

Re: How the new Threads app is made

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> Threads has one of the largest plugins we’ve ever seen. BarcelonaShareExtension is 81 MB. For context, the largest Instagram plugin - InstagramNotificationExtension is 23.5 MB. TheInstagramShareExtension is 5.6 MB Out of a 244.2 MB App on iOS.

Would be surprised if this extension doesn't shrink in a subsequent release

Re: How the new Threads app is made

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> Threads has one of the largest plugins we’ve ever seen. BarcelonaShareExtension is 81 MB. For context, the largest Instagram plugin - InstagramNotificationExtension is 23.5 MB. TheInstagramShareExtension is 5.6 MB Out of a 244.2 MB App on iOS.

What could it possibly need that much code for

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