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Ask HN: What it the tech stack of the new WhatsApp desktop?

2 pointsby grumblingdevover 1 year ago
Uses UIKit.<p>How to tell if its React Native, SwiftUI or just Cocoa?

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mk89over 1 year ago
Typically I use the activity monitor to analyze the file content. There is always 1 lib at least that a specific framework brings along, even in case of native programs.<p>When that is not enough, you can also get some cues from the Accessibility Inspector to &quot;guess&quot; what a program uses.
grumblingdevover 1 year ago
Messenger seems to be React Native evident by RCTView everywhere. It also uses NSView instead of UIView.<p>WhatsApp seems to use UIView, but I couldn&#x27;t find evidence of SwiftUI, so am assuming its just a UIKit app.<p>There are some very similar UI components to the mobile app, so I am guessing they want to unify as much as they can between the two codebases.<p>WhatsApp Windows seems to be a native Windows app.