From 1d65887e015a067196f5a84db486fff355c96596 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: brosssh <44944126+brosssh@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 21:28:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(Instagram): Add `Hide explore feed` patch (#5856)

---
 patches/api/patches.api                       |  4 +++
 .../instagram/hide/explore/Fingerprints.kt    |  9 +++++
 .../instagram/hide/explore/HideExploreFeed.kt | 33 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 46 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/explore/Fingerprints.kt
 create mode 100644 patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/explore/HideExploreFeed.kt

diff --git a/patches/api/patches.api b/patches/api/patches.api
index 6d4c6e065..70df3fdcc 100644
--- a/patches/api/patches.api
+++ b/patches/api/patches.api
@@ -264,6 +264,10 @@ public final class app/revanced/patches/instagram/ads/HideAdsPatchKt {
 	public static final fun getHideAdsPatch ()Lapp/revanced/patcher/patch/BytecodePatch;
 }
 
+public final class app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/explore/HideExploreFeedKt {
+	public static final fun getHideExportFeedPatch ()Lapp/revanced/patcher/patch/BytecodePatch;
+}
+
 public final class app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/navigation/HideNavigationButtonsKt {
 	public static final fun getHideNavigationButtonsPatch ()Lapp/revanced/patcher/patch/BytecodePatch;
 }
diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/explore/Fingerprints.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/explore/Fingerprints.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63402788b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/explore/Fingerprints.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+package app.revanced.patches.instagram.hide.explore
+
+import app.revanced.patcher.fingerprint
+
+internal val exploreResponseJsonParserFingerprint = fingerprint {
+    strings("sectional_items", "ExploreTopicalFeedResponse")
+    custom { method, _ -> method.name == "parseFromJson" }
+}
diff --git a/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/explore/HideExploreFeed.kt b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/explore/HideExploreFeed.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25ff17907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/instagram/hide/explore/HideExploreFeed.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package app.revanced.patches.instagram.hide.explore
+
+import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.getInstruction
+import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.replaceInstruction
+import app.revanced.patcher.patch.bytecodePatch
+import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.instruction.OneRegisterInstruction
+
+@Suppress("unused")
+val hideExportFeedPatch = bytecodePatch(
+    name = "Hide explore feed",
+    description = "Hides posts and reels from the explore/search page.",
+    use = false
+) {
+    compatibleWith("com.instagram.android")
+
+    execute {
+        exploreResponseJsonParserFingerprint.method.apply {
+            val sectionalItemStringIndex = exploreResponseJsonParserFingerprint.stringMatches!!.first().index
+            val sectionalItemStringRegister = getInstruction<OneRegisterInstruction>(sectionalItemStringIndex).registerA
+
+            /**
+             * Replacing the JSON key we want to skip with a random string that is not a valid JSON key.
+             * This way the feeds array will never be populated.
+             * Received JSON keys that are not handled are simply ignored, so there are no side effects.
+             */
+            replaceInstruction(
+                sectionalItemStringIndex,
+                "const-string v$sectionalItemStringRegister, \"BOGUS\""
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+