Re:React Native at Instagram
by whatever_dude on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @10:16AM
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> Do Android apps regularly encompass over 65.3k methods?
No. I've built huge applications that didn't come nowhere near that. I don't dispute some apps might run into that, but it's not a regular occurrence at all.
The real problem here is that it depends on what kind of libraries you're using. If you're liberal with adding a lot of all-purpose libraries when you only need a feature or two, you can run into that limit fast.
For example, look at the comparison table ("Replacing existing libraries") here:
Re:React Native at Instagram
by ronocod on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @12:16PM
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It depends, Picasso is smallest but doesn't support GIFs. Glid is larger and does support GIFs. Fresco is larger again but has more advanced memory management and better transition handling.
No. I've built huge applications that didn't come nowhere near that. I don't dispute some apps might run into that, but it's not a regular occurrence at all.
The real problem here is that it depends on what kind of libraries you're using. If you're liberal with adding a lot of all-purpose libraries when you only need a feature or two, you can run into that limit fast.
For example, look at the comparison table ("Replacing existing libraries") here:
http://jeroenmols.com/blog/2016/05/06/methodcount/
If you just need to load an image, do you want a library with 12k methods (!) or 800?