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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.