I Shaved 187MB Off United Airline's 439mb iOS App

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  • toucaan

    The Toucaan submodule.

    It is possible to shave the remaining 252MB as well by using webassembly, a webview wrapper from a service like Red Goose, and an intrinsic css framework like Toucaan.

    [1] https://github.com/Toucaan/toucaan

  • ImageOptim

    GUI image optimizer for Mac

    Apple could and should run this as part of their compression routine. They should also optimise images - it's very common for apps to bundle images that can be shrunk without any quality loss. ImageOptim is a decent tool to throw your images at: https://imageoptim.com/mac

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