feat(Instagram): Add Disable Reels scrolling patch

[xeydev]

This patch blocks two actions in Instagram:

1. Endless Reels scrolling
2. Refreshing Reels screen in order to get a new reel in the same view

The goal is to make Instagram less distracting.
You can still watch single reel if you open it from DMs or from the main feed.

[xeydev]

Same behaviour was previously requested in this issue #6094

[rodrigoswz]

Is it possible to disable the initial "tip" from scrolling?

When you do a clean install of Instagram, and you watch a first Reel, Instagram kinda forces you to make the gesture of rolling with a tip of how to do it.

And as far as I know, it's impossible to dispense with this tip unless you make the gesture at least once.

[oSumAtrIX]

Have you tried restarting Instagram?

[rodrigoswz]

Have you tried restarting Instagram?

Yes.

This is normal behavior on any modded Instagram (of the official one), but other mods have a toggle.

So you can easily enable scrolling block only after making the gesture to dispense the scrolling tip.

[xeydev]

And as far as I know, it's impossible to dispense with this tip unless you make the gesture at least once.

I can confirm that after a clean install the app showed me the "tip" animation, however it stopped on its own after a few seconds and hasn't appeared again since, even without restarting the app

[oSumAtrIX]

If this is the case, the patch description should reflect this quirk.

[ayuuuvauuu]

@xeydev which instagram version are you using.

i am using 401.0.0.48.79, in this reel scrolling is disabled but i can still refresh the reels screen to a new reel.

thanks for you work btw!

[xeydev]

@ayuuuvauuu I'm using the same version as you are and the patch is working fine
Could you please share a screenshot of how your reels players looks like, maybe we're in different A/B groups

[ayuuuvauuu]

@ahmet-umut u need to get a rvp (the thing that patches the apk).

follow this guide

u can clone xeydev's repo and then run "build pull request" workflow in the dev branch u'll get the rvp.