"The Silph Road's APK Teardown of v0.91.2 is complete!"

#PokemonGO: After a look through the new APK for v0.91.2 we only spotted a few changes of note, travelers.This version appears to be a bug fix update primarily, but it also did something curious...Let's dig in!1. Small Tweak for Pokemon Vertical Offset RenderingA tiny new addition appeared that we believe may impact how Pokemon are offset vertically in Gyms/combat. This doesn't appear to be a scaling fix for the odd scaling sizes introduced on the overworld map, etc, but keep an eye out and see if you can spot the difference!2. Font TweakThe only graphical asset updated in this patch appears to be a font tweak. No new badges or event graphics this time. :)3. REMOVAL of New Quest Feature MetadataIf you recall the last APK teardown for v0.91.1, Quests were introduced in the metadata.In a curious move, much of the newly introduced code has been removed from the APK in v0.91.2's patch.Why would Niantic do this? A few likely scenarios come to mind:It caused a performance issue on some/all devicesThey're pulling the featureThey simply never meant to push itThey haven't got final approval from TPC Inc. on the feature's final mechanics, and the news circuits have gotten out from under that approval process.They simply reverted from the Quests feature branch to an older branch to patch a few bugs. (Thanks /u/Cllydoscope for this idea!)Updated: The latest theory we think most likely is one that /u/Cllydoscope proposed below: that Niantic, in order to quickly patch a bug or two, has switched back to an older branch as progress on Quests has continued and may introduce new issues or bugs if pushed already.This would result in rolling back the Quests code in the live APK, but may hint that progress on Quests has moved forward in the meantime.Either way, this is a very interesting move to see! We'll be watching the development of the Quests feature with great interest moving forward.And that's it! See if you can spot any other bug fixes or performance upgrades, travelers.Until then, we'll see you on the Road!- Executive Dronpes - via /r/TheSilphRoad http://ift.tt/2stYGwU