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Google Play Instant feature plugin deprecation

52 points by el_duderino 8y ago

matchbok 8y ago
What a mess. Year 1: New android feature. Year 2: Nobody really uses said feature. Year 3: Feature removed.
- Infinitesimus 8y ago
  It's kind of funny cos today was the first time I got a prompt to opt in to Instant
- kumarm 8y ago
  Not true. Google is Simply nudging developers to use App Bundles to reduce the app size while providing same experience to end user. Its a win - win - win situation. Win for Google: Reduces Bandwidth requirements for Android app downloads. Win for Developers: Reduces uninstall rates due to reduced app size and increase in install rate (completion) due to faster downloads. Win for End User: Reduced App download size resulting in reduced phone bill. And somehow we find a way to make it look bad?
  - tinus_hn 8y ago
    The main win for Google of course is using one library results in smaller downloads, and Google gets to say which library that is.
- ehsankia 8y ago
  I think you (and probably most of the people upvoting this story) have misunderstood this change. It's just a simplification on how instant apps are created. Instead of using the feature plugin, you can use the simpler and newer app bundles, which you would want to use regardless.
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  This is not an Android feature being removed, it's about a dev. tool supporting certain features being deprecated (not removed, identified for future retirement) in favor of one supporting a more robust superset of features.
kumarm 8y ago
Surprising that this is on front page. Even /r/Androiddev has less upvotes regarding this change. (that too its on /r/AndroidDev for much longer). This is expected change to developers to move to app bundles. This helps in reducing app size while providing same instant app experience to end users.
- ehsankia 8y ago
  The title can be a bit misleading. I'm guessing most people thought this means Instant apps themselves are deprecated, whereas it's just an older plugin being replaced by a better and newer way.
  - notatoad 8y ago
    The title isn't misleading, people on this site are just way too eager to jump on the "Google discontinues everything" argument every chance they get
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carlosdp 8y ago
I assume this is getting upvoted because the headline reads as if Google is killing off instant apps, which is not what this says.

52 points by el_duderino 8y ago

matchbok 8y ago

What a mess. Year 1: New android feature. Year 2: Nobody really uses said feature. Year 3: Feature removed.

Infinitesimus 8y ago
It's kind of funny cos today was the first time I got a prompt to opt in to Instant
kumarm 8y ago
Not true. Google is Simply nudging developers to use App Bundles to reduce the app size while providing same experience to end user. Its a win - win - win situation. Win for Google: Reduces Bandwidth requirements for Android app downloads. Win for Developers: Reduces uninstall rates due to reduced app size and increase in install rate (completion) due to faster downloads. Win for End User: Reduced App download size resulting in reduced phone bill. And somehow we find a way to make it look bad?
- tinus_hn 8y ago
  The main win for Google of course is using one library results in smaller downloads, and Google gets to say which library that is.
ehsankia 8y ago
I think you (and probably most of the people upvoting this story) have misunderstood this change. It's just a simplification on how instant apps are created. Instead of using the feature plugin, you can use the simpler and newer app bundles, which you would want to use regardless.
dragonwriter 8y ago
This is not an Android feature being removed, it's about a dev. tool supporting certain features being deprecated (not removed, identified for future retirement) in favor of one supporting a more robust superset of features.

kumarm 8y ago

Surprising that this is on front page. Even /r/Androiddev has less upvotes regarding this change. (that too its on /r/AndroidDev for much longer). This is expected change to developers to move to app bundles. This helps in reducing app size while providing same instant app experience to end users.

ehsankia 8y ago
The title can be a bit misleading. I'm guessing most people thought this means Instant apps themselves are deprecated, whereas it's just an older plugin being replaced by a better and newer way.
- notatoad 8y ago
  The title isn't misleading, people on this site are just way too eager to jump on the "Google discontinues everything" argument every chance they get
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carlosdp 8y ago

I assume this is getting upvoted because the headline reads as if Google is killing off instant apps, which is not what this says.