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  1. How will the Instant app affect the already existing app ? When its out in the market does it mean that all the existing app must be made compatible to be behave like instant app ?
  2. Does anyone has any idea if these could be integrated with the Hybrid apps?
  3. Will it be using the run-time permission mode ?
  4. What will happen to the games app and other apps that has information stored about the progress of the players and the current state ?
  5. Does this seems to be the future of the apps? What is the actual benefit in having the instant app?
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    These will be fine questions sometime **after Instant Apps exist**. Right now, it is merely a set of statements made at a conference and [a very short FAQ](https://developer.android.com/topic/instant-apps/faqs.html). – CommonsWare Aug 22 '16 at 13:06

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Instant Apps documentation has been published: https://developer.android.com/topic/instant-apps/index.html

Instant Apps are opened through URLs. If the app is installed, then this behaves like a normal deep link. If the app is not installed, the Instant App can be launched instead.

Instant Apps must support runtime permissions.

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Android Instant Apps enables native Android applications to run in response to launching a URL, without installing the app. Instant apps can use many Android APIs and you use Android Studio to build them.

How do they work? When Google Play receives a request for a URL that matches an instant app, it sends the necessary code files to the Android device that sent the request. The device then runs the app.

Note: Android Instant Apps only work on Android devices running on Android 5.0 (API level 21) or higher.

Reference:- android Developer Instant app

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