iOS

Implementing Dark Mode in iOS 13

How we implemented dark mode at Instagram

Making Direct Messages Reliable and Fast

Over the last few years, Instagram Direct has grown to be a core part of sharing content…

Instant Feedback in iOS Engineering Workflows

Building Type Mode for Stories on iOS and Android

Instagram recently launched Type Mode, a new way to post creative, dynamic text styles and backgrounds to Stories. Type Mode was an interesting challenge for us because it is the first time we were going to create a way for people to post…

Launching IGListKit 3.0

The Instagram engineering team in New York City are excited to announce the release of IGListKit 3.0! We’ve been…

Bringing Wide Color to Instagram

Last September, Apple announced the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, which include cameras that capture a greater range of colors than previous models, and screens that can display that wider color range. We’ve just finished updating Instagram to support wide color, and since we’re…

IGListKit 2.1.0 released

We are excited to release IGListKit 2.1, following our original 1.0 announcement just a couple months ago. We are especially proud that version 2.1 was driven entirely by the open source community!
 
 In addition to all of the feature and fixes included in version 2.1, our 29…

Open Sourcing IGListKit

Today, we are excited to announce that we’re open sourcing one of Instagram’s core frameworks: IGListKit. This framework powers how we take data from the server and turn it into fast and flexible lists. 
 
To do this, we combined a familiar data-driven UICollectionView architecture with…

Lessons learned with 3D Touch

Last week, Apple released the latest iPhone line, starting with the 6s, which adds a new hardware feature called 3D Touch. As part of the screen, there are new sensors that can tell when you are pressing firmly on the screen and measures precise changes in pressure.