Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app
by PascLeRasc on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @03:40PM
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For some reason it's really funny to see how much room Fastmail's notification sound takes up. Your analysis for Spark also has a send sound bundled but it's one of the stock Apple ones (Blow). Is there a reason why they have to include their own copy instead of relying on a system sound file?
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Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app
by sond813 on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @04:16PM
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We've seen this happen with system fonts as well, apps sometimes bundle the San Francisco font with an app instead of relying on a system font. There may be some reasons to include the font or sound file, such as if it changes in different versions of the OS. Of course that would make the app inconsistent with the rest of the OS, which may not be the best behavior. We discuss some other tradeoffs with bundling these system resources on our blog post which covers the Spark app: https://www.emergetools.com/blog/posts/7AppsThatCouldSaveYou...
Re:I shaved 187MB off United Airlines' 439MB iOS app
by PascLeRasc on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @08:30PM
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That article was a wild ride, thanks for writing it.