I just read some comment in facebook saying that t...

# compose

[Aldi Kitta]

I just read some comment in facebook saying that threads an instagram app, is made with compose, is this valid information?

[Foso]

https://www.threads.net/t/CuW_fXZOgPc/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D

[ephemient]

in fact it looks like they shipped with the Compose tooling left in the app, including PreviewActivity…

[Colton Idle]

That's weird. Isn't that supposed to compile itself out? Or are they doing weird apk dex stuff again?

[francisco]

The developers claim is mostly compose saying that the main “surface” is compose.
Someone decompiled the apk and also found react native, so a little bit of everything

[ephemient]

Meta product likely means Buck (or Buck2) build which doesn't have flavors/variants (by default), so there's no separation between debug/release dependencies (by default)

[ephemient]

@Preview should be tree-shaken out (as long as nothing from entry points transitively references it) but PreviewActivity itself is in AndroidManifest.xml so it's considered an entry point

[romainguy]

@francisco They explained they share some stuff like login with other apps (IG). But the main experience is Compose

[francisco]

NICE