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Facebook App idea...

over the past 4 months there has been some awesome mod/hacks to the vibrant/android device, like android runing on the iphone, angry birds coming from the iphone, ninja fruit, the same, lag fix, gps fix, new Roms etc etc... I was wondering, Facebook App for the iphoneis is the best fb app now, how hard would it be to port this app into the android OS.
I guess this questions is more for all the Vibrant/android's developers.
i know there are two totally different OS, but i think we need a better facebook app for the android.
What do you guys think?

isn't the newest fb app pretty much the same as the iphone one? i mean it's by fb so i imagine they want consitency between platforms...

From what I have heard, the facebook app for android is **** compared to the iphone.
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i use facebook touch and works great for me..

The FB app for android is missing some real common features. Like clicking on a notification takes you to the mobile site instead of the app, wtf? Can't tag photos and no Facebook chat.
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speoples20 said:
no Facebook chat.
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you say that like it's a bad thing...

Missing the ability to chat. I am OK with the rest. No complains. I am loving it but missing that key element.

the layout pretty much looks the same as the iphone version with the exception of chat and that everything isn't incorporated in the app itself...
I also don't like the little photos at the bottom. They seem to just lag up the app.

The android fb app also doesn't have "favorite people" a feature in the apple version that lets you go straight to that particular persons fb page for ex. Your best friend or girlfriend.
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Check it out, its very similar to the iohones fb, Sociable, ill post a link to to dowload it with your permission of ofcourse, 3 votes
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funeralthirst said:
isn't the newest fb app pretty much the same as the iphone one? i mean it's by fb so i imagine they want consitency between platforms...
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no push notification, no tag photo, no chat, slow, and when you open a notification you been redirect to the browser.

so a question to the Developers here, can this be possible?

Post it.
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Check it out, its very similar to the iohones fb, Sociable, ill post a link to to dowload it with your permission of ofcourse, 3 votes
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I think the android face app sucks balls, I have it installed just to see the newests posts. Then use the FB's mobile website to look at pictures because theyload so much faster.
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I've used both for iPhone and Android. The iPhones app is far superior. I use Launcher pros friends widget (awesome) for a quick look then I have to bounce around the FB app and the web to get anything done. This stinks. The iPhone app did it all. I am never going back to Apple, but they got a jump on the good apps and app writers. I have seen a steady improvement since app devs have started to realize that there are great Android Phones now to write too...
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I agree, the FB app I had on my iPhone over a year ago completely destroys the current FB app for Android, its really disappointing, I hate not being able to tag people in pictures I upload from my phone and being redirected to the browser for most of the functions. Lame

iwillkillyou said:
Check it out, its very similar to the iohones fb, Sociable, ill post a link to to dowload it with your permission of ofcourse, 3 votes
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can u post the link.
i thinks this is what is was taking about is 1.99 found it on the market "SOCIABLE"
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/social/facebook-client-sociable_bebn_download.html
i wish this pay app had like trial version...

huasamaya said:
can u post the link.
i thinks this is what is was taking about is 1.99 found it on the market "SOCIABLE"
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/social/facebook-client-sociable_bebn_download.html
i wish this pay app had like trial version...
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You have 24 hours to get a refund if you don't want it anymore

For those who actually want to get on fb chat w/android, check out eBuddy. It's not perfect app, but it works well enough.
Doesn't change the fact that in order to do anything semi-complicated (even looking at friends of friends), it's basically impossible to do it with the fb client.
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New market place

Hope no one posted this here yet.
Engadget Info: http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/12/google-updating-android-market-app-on-phones-adding-movies-and/
Nexus one thread w/ APK: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166045
*Mediafire link: http://www.mediafire.com/?vdocx41t37rnn6y
*Thanks kotaro_14 for the link

I hate the look of the new market. It is using the game UI design as WP7 and I HATE how WP7 constantly hides things off screen and you have to just swipe madly to 'discover' if things are there or not.

ya its work on gs2

Scared27 said:
I hate the look of the new market. It is using the game UI design as WP7 and I HATE how WP7 constantly hides things off screen and you have to just swipe madly to 'discover' if things are there or not.
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I don't think the update will be mandatory. Guess you can stick to the same old version, if you hate the WP7 look-a-like

I'm digging the new style, much easier to find things

It seems to be slower than the old market and consumes a lot of power (12% of my battery usage in 20min)

Ahh, you beat me to it. But, yes the App Market has a nice new graphical overhaul. I'm actually a fan of the WP7 UI, it's quite unique and fits my taste. Alas, I did not buy a WP7 b/c non of them sported dual-core processors. But that new WP7 SGS II is begging me to buy it, but I'll wait for quadcores and hexacores to come out, I'm fine with my SGS II.
Here's a mediafire link if anybody wants it @mcchimney could you post it on the first post there as well: http://www.mediafire.com/?vdocx41t37rnn6y.

Looooove love love the new market!
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Niiiiiice a lil bit slower IMO but nice
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Anyone else not able to bill your carrier account now?

i thought at first this is black market apps
nice sharing here. thanks

There is also something strange about the market... I am seeing games like Modern Combat 2, BackStab, and Nova 2 on the Market. Last time I checked, Gameloft didn't release their games on the Market and my device can't play those games.
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Simply beautiful, i love it
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With the exception of modern combat two the others you can see but not touch LOL. Try finding link hehe.
Larry94 said:
There is also something strange about the market... I am seeing games like Modern Combat 2, BackStab, and Nova 2 on the Market. Last time I checked, Gameloft didn't release their games on the Market and my device can't play those games.
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This is only for the US market not the UK or anywhere else
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Scared27 said:
I hate the look of the new market. It is using the game UI design as WP7 and I HATE how WP7 constantly hides things off screen and you have to just swipe madly to 'discover' if things are there or not.
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It looks alot better than the update they did earlier..with that big green "U" that was blocking half the screen.
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Does this work for the UK?

So wheres the lawsuit about this?

Downloaded Market from http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/07/12/download-the-new-android-market-v3-0-26-with-support-for-movies-and-books/ I am not sure when it will go live in my country so Downloaded from there..I love it but Kinda fell Lag.I think it is new so might take few days/weeks to fix it over it is SO COOL on SGS2 but I have a Problem I can't see Movies Option I think Movies option is not Available in my country yet

I hope they have intended some issues of old market in this new one. For example, there is no differentiation between Honeycomp & cellphone Androids during search. Also, they most drop the compatibility recommendation that makes some unable to download some apps. eg. I have a SGSII & ROM Manager is incompatible while all of you are running it!!!!.

Best facebook app for our tf101

Trying to figure out which one you guys feel is the best for our tf101. What do you think?
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I use friendcaster. It might not be perfect but this is much better than the official Facebook application. The official is very slow and is pretty useless in low network connectivity condition.
Gabriel

Since all of the browsers and apps are terribly glitchy for me, the best solution is using Splashtop HD to remote desktop my computer and view from there... Rather roundabout but it's fast and Doesn't Glitch!

I think there are three real tablet Facebook apps:
FaceDroid (paid app)
Friend Me
Friendcaster.
I'd say Friendcaster is the best one, gives you a very nice Facebook experience with all needed features and a nice UI, plus good widgets.

Definitely not the Facebook app! Too clunky
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Arjoma said:
I think there are three real tablet Facebook apps:
FaceDroid (paid app)
Friend Me
Friendcaster.
I'd say Friendcaster is the best one, gives you a very nice Facebook experience with all needed features and a nice UI, plus good widgets.
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how is that facedroid app? I heard its pretty good as well. Anyone have any experience with it?
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I like facedroid,but I think that fbm is better . But with facedroid if you have a problem or find a bug and report it to the developer, he will E-mail you back within a couple of hours on how to fix your problem or within a week or so you will see an update that fixes that bug.So the great support is worth the money alone.But it does show those pesky game updates in the feed like anyone needs to see that jeff married his cousin on farm ville.Without the games in the feed it would be the best fb app in my opinion.
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gideo said:
I like facedroid,but I think that fbm is better . But with facedroid if you have a problem or find a bug and report it to the developer, he will E-mail you back within a couple of hours on how to fix your problem or within a week or so you will see an update that fixes that bug.So the great support is worth the money alone.But it does show those pesky game updates in the feed like anyone needs to see that jeff married his cousin on farm ville.Without the games in the feed it would be the best fb app in my opinion.
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hmmm interesting. What is fbm btw? Anyone else give a +1 to facedroid? Gideo how is the UI compared to friendcaster?
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I've never tried friendcaster,but the UI is pretty clean,and fbm has a nearly identical look to the official fb app with the ability to upload pics and post YouTube links and has notification,but it does not crash,and when you open it it just works....best part is when you turn it off it is off and does not use 30 to 50mb of ram all the time like official fb app.
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Use the default facebook app or facebook website if you want to see all your friend's posts.
Use third-party apps if you don't mind missing posts, but like the customization.
Remember, third party apps can be blocked by your friends so they not only see your posts, but you don't see theirs either.
Unfortunately, the stock Facebook app is a memory hog, but it works.
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EP2008 said:
Use the default facebook app or facebook website if you want to see all your friend's posts.
Use third-party apps if you don't mind missing posts, but like the customization.
Remember, third party apps can be blocked by your friends so they not only see your posts, but you don't see theirs either.
Unfortunately, the stock Facebook app is a memory hog, but it works.
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Not only is it a memory hog but it kills sleep eating up your battery. So get your friends to allow 3rd party apps to see their posts.
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I've been looking for one too that works 100%, I love the look of Friendcaster Pro and have been using it for 6+ months but it screws up a lot and either doesn't post my comments/status updates or when I try and load something it will be like "Friendcaster received an invalid response from Facebook". The notification Window annoys me on the official app because it's so tiny and only shows about three or four things, not to mention I still can't figure out how to share things from it. Is it even possible to do so?
I'll give Facedroid a try and see how it is.
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pierrekid said:
Trying to figure out which one you guys feel is the best for our tf101. What do you think?
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Friendcaster is good.
Using Firefox beta (v14) with agent set as Desktop/ipad is also good enough. (Desktop-like interface)

Playstore Issues

Guys I'm hoping someone can explain the following.....
I was looking for a simple RSS reader, I'm sat next to my mate, he's got a gnex too and suggests greader by Google inc, I can see it on his phone and in his market.
I've searched my play store and have a greader app but it's by noinnion even though the asp looks similar to the ogival Google product
Either way I cannot see the original Google version of the reader and he can? Why is this?
Were both in the same geographical area, same os version build, bought them from the same place and have the same regional settings etc but I get totally dif search results
Wtf?!
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I've read Google were going to remove it; it seems they have now as it's not on mine either.

Spec-Chum said:
I've read Google were going to remove it; it seems they have now as it's not on mine either.
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OK cool thanks for that.....
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Must have apps and or games

Wanted to start a new thread, right now I'm very into the game, "World Of Goo".
5 Stars
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twodboy.worldofgoofull
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xda-developers app -
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quoord.tapatalkxda.activity
WhatsApp -
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp
9GAG also)
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Definitely Cerberus for anti-theft and BaconReader for Reddit. I would totally post links but can't since I'm a new user.

gf1723 said:
Definitely Cerberus for anti-theft and BaconReader for Reddit. I would totally post links but can't since I'm a new user.
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Agreed on Cerberus, but I prefer RedReader for Reddit.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.quantumbadger.redreader

killrhythm09 said:
Agreed on Cerberus, but I prefer RedReader for Reddit.
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Thanks, I'll have to check it out. BaconReader was the first one I installed and never really looked back since it got a fair amount of updates.

Google apps policy client. It's a device locator and anti theft app and more. You'll need to be a Google apps user though.
WhatsApp
Titanium Backup pro
Friendcaster and Tweetcaster (both pro)
Radar Now! (paid weather maps)
Tapatalk
SwiftKey (keyboard replacement)
-- Android: It's a UNIX thing. You wouldn't understand.

Man I could never get into the swift keyboard. I guess I should play with it longer.
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I love SwiftKey, it saved me from putting my S3 through a wall.
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joew134 said:
I love SwiftKey, it saved me from putting my S3 through a wall.
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Definitely. I hate the stock keyboard. Swift key makes it usable.
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The new version has swiping built in now. You don't even have to switch. You can use both in the same message if you want.
-- Android: It's a UNIX thing. You wouldn't understand.

I don't use the swiping option.
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SwiftKey is definitely a must have.
Everything just works.
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Got SwiftKey when the whole marketplace transitioned to play store. They had a ten cents sale. Best typing ever although it performed better when rapid could be chosen.
Who else is irritated Google retired Reader AND latitude?! Loved both of them dearly.
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Adfree is not in the play store. And the version of adownloader that has search built in is 1.1.0.1 also not in the play store.
Love love love screebl pro. Never was satisfied with the Samsung smart stay apps.
Oh and don't forget adobe flash although I don't really consider that an app so much as a plug in.
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Light manager is very handy. I've used it to reprogram the notification LED, now it lights up when I charge and different colours for different apps.
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Mx player is a necessity and swift key
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jfriend33 said:
Who else is irritated Google retired Reader AND latitude?! Loved both of them dearly.
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I saw that you're using feedly, I've been using it for several years and they really stepped up with feedly cloud and api when reader went away. But I started using the gReader app (compatible with feedly) as a mobile interface and I actually like it a lot better than the feedly app. I would recommend it.

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I saw that you're using feedly, I've been using it for several years and they really stepped up with feedly cloud and api when reader went away. But I started using the gReader app (compatible with feedly) as a mobile interface and I actually like it a lot better than the feedly app. I would recommend it.
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Right! Love greader. But for some reason after an update, it fails to add my feedly account so I just gave up. I saw on play store other people were experiencing the same issue.
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jfriend33 said:
Right! Love greader. But for some reason after an update, it fails to add my feedly account so I just gave up. I saw on play store other people were experiencing the same issue.
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Weird! I hope they fix it... and until I read otherwise, I'm not taking any updates. I think I have a backup from a couple weeks ago, do you want me to dig up the apk (free version)?

bananapeapod said:
Weird! I hope they fix it... and until I read otherwise, I'm not taking any updates. I think I have a backup from a couple weeks ago, do you want me to dig up the apk (free version)?
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that would save me the trouble of googling which version works. so heck ya! thank you!

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that would save me the trouble of googling which version works. so heck ya! thank you!
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Here's the apk I have that's working fine for me...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/w57in5n6zj1ob6x/com.noinnion.android.greader.reader-1.apk
Let me know if it works for you.

bananapeapod said:
Here's the apk I have that's working fine for me...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/w57in5n6zj1ob6x/com.noinnion.android.greader.reader-1.apk
Let me know if it works for you.
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It's working! You are awesome! Now I can spend hours commenting on the Zimmerman trial!.... NOT
But no, thank you!!
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