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astrosplatt

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Hi guys!
Facebook has decided to block all my requests to gain the access to the permissions.. so I updated to app to follow their rules. That's really sad, I hope they will change their mind.:(

Anyway I am building a new messenger app, tomorrow I will give you more info!
Gee, Facebook being a pain in the butt? Surprise surprise.
 

JC1988AD

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Isn't this now the only replacement left? I can't see any of the others on the play store any more...

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taomorpheus

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Isn't this now the only replacement left? I can't see any of the others on the play store any more...

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Facebook is sending emails with big lists of apps that they are tring to remove from the market. THey use a company to do that. It's crazy, that's not freedom, it's just bull****.
Anyway I managed to fix a lot of issues with them, there is always a solution, never give up.
Is this the Web view version? It's not native I think.
A lot of features now are web because of the new rules, api and bad communication with devs. :/

How to play videos inside the app ?
The webview has a new plugin to show full screen a video.
 

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Facebook is sending emails with big lists of apps that they are tring to remove from the market. THey use a company to do that. It's crazy, that's not freedom, it's just bull****.
Anyway I managed to fix a lot of issues with them, there is always a solution, never give up.

A lot of features now are web because of the new rules, api and bad communication with devs. :/


The webview has a new plugin to show full screen a video.
Awesome updates brother.
 
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taomorpheus

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Fast 3.0

Hey Guys!!! It was a long pause from my last post, anyway I am here to present my latest update, Fast 3.0!!
As you well know, Facebook put me and a lot of devs in a corner and tried to close all third party apps. I am still here, Fast it's still alive!
I have managed to find a way to still support some features, with this update it will be possible to select favorite pages and get their feeds in one view. Pretty nice, uh?

You can download right now the update, PRO version will come in 2 days too.


Changelog:
- New Favorites tab! Now you can add your favorites pages and access to the feed on the main view.
- New Main Tab, now there 5 icons, the first one to view your feed, the second one to access to Facebook website, the third one to your favorites, the fourth one for private messages and the last one for notifications.
- Improved status update features
- Improved stability and perfomance
- Reduced apk size
 

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Hey Guys!!! It was a long pause from my last post, anyway I am here to present my latest update, Fast 3.0!!
As you well know, Facebook put me and a lot of devs in a corner and tried to close all third party apps. I am still here, Fast it's still alive!
I have managed to find a way to still support some features, with this update it will be possible to select favorite pages and get their feeds in one view. Pretty nice, uh?

You can download right now the update, PRO version will come in 2 days too.


Changelog:
- New Favorites tab! Now you can add your favorites pages and access to the feed on the main view.
- New Main Tab, now there 5 icons, the first one to view your feed, the second one to access to Facebook website, the third one to your favorites, the fourth one for private messages and the last one for notifications.
- Improved status update features
- Improved stability and perfomance
- Reduced apk size
Sounds awesome. Can't wait for the Pro version. Thanks brother.
 
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sbk_hbk

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I ve used this application long timr ago. I would say its one of de fastest fb app ever i was satisfied with. But there is one facility which i was looking for which is not done yet.
I couldn't tag my friends in comment. Do you thing this feature ll ever be implemented?

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taomorpheus

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Any plans to update this with Material UI?

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That's tricky because some UI elements are already material, others not! I don't know what I will update because of facebook restrictions. I will think about it.

I ve used this application long timr ago. I would say its one of de fastest fb app ever i was satisfied with. But there is one facility which i was looking for which is not done yet.
I couldn't tag my friends in comment. Do you thing this feature ll ever be implemented?

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Friends tagging is my dream too. I am sorry but facebook has no plans to open its API... thank you for using fast!
 

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    Hi guys!
    My new creation is a fast and slim facebook client called Fast Facebook.
    For now is in beta, but I want to build a complete app for a full but fast facebook experience.

    Please I need feedbacks, translators and maybe someone deeper involved in the project. I am the only one programmer!

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    Fast on google play


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    This is our facebook page Fast on facebook


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    This is our translation community Fast on getlocalization.com
    Actual Release 2.8.0


    Features:
    Comment, share and like
    Real-time Home feeds
    Write new status
    Read notifications
    Access to news, status, photos, etc etc
    Send private messages
    Chat
    Personal Profile
    Search friends, people, pages and everything else
    Write on friends'wall
    Friends Management
    Read your private messages
    Add Photos
    Add locations (check-in)
    View Videos
    View Galleries
    View Members Profiles
    Background themes (grey, app theme or photo loaded from your Device)
    High security level: Facebook takes care of your user and password, we don't store anything!
    Android 4.0 Design
    Access to Groups

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    All feedback are useful and I try to follow every request. Don't put 1 star or judge bad at the first impression. Thank you!
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    App permissions and differences with Facebook app.

    Android app permissions

    Fast:
    • <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
      This is the main permission just to access to internet.
    • <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
      This is a permission to get your gps position. It's triggered only when you do a checking, I never check the position or have any analytic about where you are.
    • <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE"/>
      For the vibration of the chat
    • <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
      I use it to check if your phone is connected or not
    • <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
      This is used only to store the images and for data caching to save bandwidth.
    • <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
      This one is triggered only when you open the camera view and take a photo.

    Facebook app:
    This app has access to these permissions:
    • Your accounts
    • find accounts on the device
    • create accounts and set passwords
    • add or remove accounts
    • Your location
    • precise location (GPS and network-based)
    • approximate location (network-based)
    • Your messages
    • read your text messages (SMS or MMS)
    • Network communication
    • view network connections
    • receive data from Internet
    • full network access
    • change network connectivity
    • download files without notification
    • view Wi-Fi connections
    • connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
    • Your personal information
    • read calendar events plus confidential information
    • add or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owners' knowledge
    • read your own contact card
    • Phone calls
    • directly call phone numbers
    • read phone status and identity
    • Storage
    • modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
    • System tools
    • install shortcuts
    • test access to protected storage
    • send sticky broadcast
    • read battery statistics
    • Your applications information
    • run at startup
    • retrieve running apps
    • reorder running apps
    • Camera
    • take pictures and videos
    • Other Application UI
    • draw over other apps
    • Microphone
    • record audio
    • Your social information
    • write call log
    • read your contacts
    • modify your contacts
    • read call log
    • Affects battery
    • prevent device from sleeping
    • control vibration
    • Audio settings
    • change your audio settings
    • Status bar
    • expand/collapse status bar
    • Sync Settings
    • toggle sync on and off
    • read sync settings
    • Wallpaper
    • set wallpaper
    • adjust your wallpaper size

    Crazy. Just crazy.



    Facebook permissions.
    Fast:
    Fast asks for a lot of permissions because there is no way to access to your data or write a new object without them. The good thing is that the app does what you want to do and there is no background process that spies or catch your information. There is no analytic or hidden services. At the first installation the app asks if you want to post a status with information about Fast, but you can choose if you want this or not.
    This is the list of permissions that Fast can ask you (all are optional, if you need a feature you accept, otherwise you can decide to decline):
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    So, if you need a client that is triggered only by your actions, Fast it's your choice. The app doesn't have any control on your sms, contacts, phone data and status. It's not connected to any spying web services and there are no logs or personal information that are sent to me. I have no idea who is using Fast, what the user is doing. I just have Facebook data about active monthly user, geographical stats (only countries percentage), language and stats about how many api calls are made + api errors.

    Facebook App:
    The thing with official app is that you can't decide what permissions you can give to it, because it's official and it can do everything. If you loose your phone and you don't have the proper security level, everyone can do everything on your FB account with the Fb app.
    Moreover, you don't know what kind of analytic, hidden services and hidden processes are on the app. You have to give so many android permissions that you literally give the app a full control of your phone.

    I know that I am no one, and it's hard to trust, but Fast is here from almost 2 years and people trust my app. You can check the ratings and all the discussion here, I am always open to change the app, follow feedback and fix everything. My motto is to be transparent and always open to accept critics and new ideas.
    If someone needs more info, feel free to write here!!



    Old changelogs
    Code:
    [B][SIZE="3"]Fast 1.9.8.7 Build "cops"[/SIZE][/B]
    •	Updated to the latest Facebook© SDK for android
    •	Modified login behavior in order to be in compliance with the Facebook© Policy
    •	Fixed comments in notification detail view
    •	Improved News Feed parser
    •	Fix of some crashes
    •	Improved graphics layout
    [B][SIZE="3"]Fast 1.9.8.4 Build "Eldar"[/SIZE][/B] 
    •	Added photo tagging (for album and “just uploaded” photos)
    •	Added new tablet landscape layout
    •	Added full private messages history (if you are on top of the message history the old messages are loaded automatically)
    •	Added possibility to post a photo directly in a status update
    •	Added Friendship request
    •	Added custom color background selectable with a color picker
    •	Added search bar in sliding menu 
    •	Added birthdays in friends list
    •	Added button to go to the top of the main feed list if new stories are loaded (it shows also how many new stories are loaded)
    •	Added counter of likes in a page
    •	Added text description for same action bar buttons
    •	Added progress update in webview login
    •	Added in sliding menu the profile photo of the actual user 
    •	Added confirm to leave status update (tap back too)
    •	Updated write on wall feature following the new Face-book© Rules: [url]https://developers.facebook.com/road...leted-changes/[/url] 
    •	Updated main view action bar
    •	Updated languages
    •	Updated sliding menu layout
    •	Fixed main news feed jump when load new stories
    •	Improved chat loadings
    •	Improved messaging
    •	Improved status update 
    •	Added landscape view for security view
    •	Removed main news feed update on resume of the app (if you want a refresh just type the refresh button in the action bar or pull to refresh)
    [B][SIZE="1"]Fast 1.9.8.2  Build "OnOff" [/B]
    •	A lot of improvements on memory management
    •	A lot of improvements on images show and cache
    •	Reduced size of the app from 3.5MB to 2.9MB
    •	Fixed notifications red button bug
    
    [B]Fast 1.9.8.1  Build "wii" [/B]
    •	Less ads! Removed ads in detailed news view (free version)
    •	Once you tap on a banner you will not see it for 24 hours (free version)
    •	Improved chat and private messages layout
    •	Improved user-page-group feed list
    •	Removed some bugs and crashes
    
    [B]Fast 1.98 Build "logan" [/B]
    •	New 3 graphic designs of news feed for both themes 
    •	Main news feed accessible offline
    •	Changed profile-page-group layout
    •	Improved loadings of main news feed and friends list 
    •	Improved main news feed scrolling
    •	Improved sharing features
    •	Improved zoom feature for pictures
    •	Improved recommend feature
    •	Reduced a lot the flickering on main news feed
    •	Polished layout for the action bar 
    •	Removed a (rare) crash on exit and other bugs
    
    [B]Fast 1.97 Build "bee" [/B]
    - improved news feed management
    - improved tutorial
    - improved first time login management
    - faster and smoother scrolling
    - fixed grey theme
    - added recommend fast to your friends
    [B] Fast 1.94 Build "Gordon"[/B] 
    •	New icon design
    •	Added endless load of comments (now is possible to scroll down until the last comment)
    •	Added splash screen (during the splash Fast starts to load data)
    •	Added module to link Fast Notification add-on to Fast for Facebook 
    •	Updated Facebook SDK to the latest version
    •	Bigger images on tablet layout
    •	Improved visualization of photos and pictures in gallery and in save view
    •	Added dedicated link and picture link space in status update and user/page/group wall
    •	Added preview of the last comments on every posts with less than 20 comments (like Facebook website)
    •	Added direct open of Youtube videos trough video preview
    •	Added external share
    •	Fixed external picture share
    •	Fixed external share
    •	Fixed page-user gallery
    •	Fixed the page - user view
    •	Fixed notification open
    •	Fixed a bug in friends list
    •	Fixed avatar preview
    •	Fixed bug in passkey code reset
    •	Fixed security lock
    •	Fixed layout issues in grey theme and with white font
    •	Changed search layout (now is possible to search using keyboard action search)
    
    [B] Fast 1.9 Build "Lime" [/B] 
    •New login system
    •Added multi user access (up to 6 users)
    •Migration to new Facebook SDK 3.0
    •Added dynamic list for user online in chat (now when someone enters or lefts the chat, his name will appear or disappear from the online list)
    •Added themes for status update view
    •Added widget preview 
    •Added permissions check when posting something on Facebook
    •Friends list completely rewritten, now is blazing fast
    •Improved layouts
    •Improved connectivity
    •Updated all languages
    
    [B] Fast 1.86 Build "Apple"[/B]
    •	Added album selection when upload a pic inside the app
    •	Added link manager in order to open a link with the chosen external app
    •	New action bar
    •	Improved album management
    •	Fixed YouTube link
    •	Fixed crash when resume news reader from background
    •	Fixed various bugs and crashes
    
    [B]Fast 1.85 Build “Strawberry”[/B]
    •	new read view with horizontal swipe and new functionalities 
    •	new like system: now is possible to see who liked what
    •	new memory management to avoid heap overflow
    •	new facebook sdk changes 
    •	new big screens layout (5" +) 
    •	new comment system for like, share and likes visualization
    •	new image download system with notification
    •	added autofocus in camera
    •	added autoflash in camera 
    •	added notifications refresh
    •	added messages refresh
    •	added Bulgarian language 
    •	faster chat access 
    •	changed layout in user-page-groups profile ( now is possible to write directly on the timeline)
    •	pics in main wall are now tapable
    •	changed chat layout
    •	now chat show only online and afk users
    •	now pictures are in full size in the zoom view
    •	updated all languages
    •	bug fixes
    
    [B]Fast 1.8 Build “Pineapple”[/B]
    Change log:
    Added photos view for groups
    Added save picture feature in album 
    Added notification icon type
    Added notification time
    Added theme in photos album
    Added theme to news details view
    Added album name in album's view title bar
    Notifications view and management completely rewritten
    Now all notifications are read if notifications main button is tapped
    
    Improved albums load and management
    Improved performance and memory management of images loading
    Improved user experience of settings
    Improved notification details loading
    Updated Turkish, Russian and Portuguese (Brazil)
    Fixed settings for main theme
    Fixed a lot of crashes and bugs
    Fixed home news feed order bug
    Fixed private messages notifications number bug
    
    Beta 10 v1.7
    Added share post, link and status with picture
    Added linkified text in main feed, user feed, chat and comments. Now you can tap on websites, email, phone numbers and locations
    Added friends tag in status updates and share news improved loading friends list
    Added tutorial 
    Added endless load in the page, user and group views
    Added description to news details view (better understand what is button for)
    Added progress indication to update status view
    Added location info in each post (if present)
    Added Indonesian, Romanian, Serbian and Thai languages
    Added black arrow for pull to refresh in white screen
    Added groups notifications
    Added load of notifications related to friends lists
    
    Fixed some chat bugs
    Fixed private messages that doesn't show in some cases
    Fixed private messages layout
    Fixed bug "Facebook error" 
    Fixed portrait in chat notification
    Fixed text dimension in pull to refresh
    Fixed notifications list load 
    Fixed some search bugs
    
    Improved speed of private message loading
    Improved speed of loading notification details
    
    Expanded types of readable private messages 
    Expanded limit of viewable photos in each album (from 25 to 100)
    Now is possible to delete own post created in fast
    Updated all translations of all languages
    Search people need a complete name to show a result
    
    
    [B]Beta 9 v1.6[/B]
    - Improved connectivity 
    - Fixed the bug of sporadic endless loadings
    - Profile-page-groups visualizations
    - Fixed notifications unread number in main view
    - Improved and fixed all share features
    - Improved profile-page-groups loading speed
    - Added copy text of chat message
    - Added icon in chat to hide online-offline people list
    - Changed chat layout in order to save space
    - Fixed bugs and force close 
    - Default theme is now White
    - Fixed scale type in photo preview in gallery
    - Added indonesian and thai
    
    [B][SIZE="1"]Beta 8 v1.55[/SIZE][/B]
    - Fix private messages and chat history
    - Added languages:
        Finnish
        Catalan
        Czech
        Greek
        Arabic
    - General bug fixes and improvements
    
    
    Beta 7 v1.5
    General
    Share with customized privacy options
    Review of the sharing content before real sharing
    Added Cross Promotion, this is not admob or similar. It's only a PNG! No bandwidth consumption
    Front camera bug fixed
    
    Layouts
    Added bookmarks menu for pages and groups
    New swipe between news
    New layout for share menu and news visualization
    Improved chat layout
    
    Graphics
    Added white theme and dark font
    
    Pictures and photos
    Zoom
    Download
    Higher definition
    
    [SIZE="2"]Beta 6 v1.4[/SIZE]
    General:
    - Optimized loading and connectivity 
    - Introduced an advanced cache that automatically loads images and minimizes the internet usage  
    Thanks to this system is faster too
    - Fixed bugs and problems reported by users
    - Ability to delete own comments
    - Ability to delete status from your profile 
    - Grouped sharing icons on the main screen, by pressing the button "+" the icons appear
    
    Appearance:
    - After a report by Facebook, We changed name, icon and graphics 
    - Updated some icons
    - Introduced a higher quality and larger fonts for TABLETS
    
    Bulletin board:
    - Increased the number of news readable in the main screen
    
    Chat:
    - Optimized the loading speed
    - Adjusted the position of notifications to avoid overlapping of action bar.
    
    Safety:
    - Introduced optional security system that works every time you close the application. The system allows to open the app only  by inserting pin previously set. The system is optional and enabled / disabled from the settings menu.
    
    Camera:
    - Added the ability to take pictures and to upload your photos immediately. It’s possible to take  
    and upload multiple photos at once.
    
    Quick Links:
    - Quick link to update own state.
    
    Widget:
    - Introduced 2 widgets for quick access to sharing features (new state, new checkin, new picture taken from camera, new image, new Private Message)
    
    Languages:
    - Update German, Hungarian
    - Added turkish, Portuguese, Polish
    
    
    Miscellaneous:
    - Tuned refresh pull down.
    - Fixed bug on ICS for the display of text written in Search and Chat
    - Slightly increased the size of the friends online list in chat
    - Improved  management of notifications
    - Introduced the ability to directly open the photo album in case a notification refers to multiple photos
    - Introduced a dialog in the case when there are connectivity problems
    - Optimized external sharing 
    - Optimized photos upload 
    - Optimized friends list loading 
    - Optimized login / logout
    - Increased font size in some sections
    - Added donate to support us
    
    Beta 5 v1.36 
    New languages:
    Croatian 
    German
    Hungarian 
    Danish 
    Chinese
    
    Improved load of main screen
    Bug fixes
    
    Beta 4 v1.3
    - Mainscreen:
    Increased the number of types of news 
    User Photos in the News
    News and news in detail horizontal view
    Color identification for each type of news
    Added Groups (Reading, Comment, Like, Share)
    HD Images
    PinchToZoom on Pictures and news
    Possibility of removing "Likes" by a news
    
    -Chat:
    Added  New Chat system
    Added list online / offline Friends
    Real-time notification in the chat with multiple users simultaneously (no background)
    Added search form for Friends in chat
    Friends List expandable and reducible
    Chat also in horizontal
    
    -Friends:
    Optimized scrolling speed of Buddy List
    Quick Search form 
    Cover photos and friends time line
    
    -Settings:
    Login / Logout
    Added menu backgrounds
    Performance settings added (Ability to change the performance settings and option to free up cache)
    
    
    -Image Gallery:
    Added Albums
    Added comments displayed for each image
    PinchToZoom on each individual photo
    
    
    -Private Messages:
    List messages with details of the person you contacted
    Easy searching of the person that you want to contact
    Possibility to send private messages directly from your profile page
    
    -Improvements
    Optimized loading speed
    Optimized pagination News
    Optimized the update rate Notifications
    Optimized speed of loading images
    Optimized search speed
    Fixed all the bugs found
    Added possibility to open notifications in Groups[/SIZE]
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    Hey Guys!
    I am sorry that I have not written in these days. I will reply to all the posts!
    Anyway I had a terrible flu, but in the meanwhile I worked on Fast (slowly but I've worked on it xD ). The good news is that facebook has released a new SDK that is much better than the older one. So I am in the middle of a really big transition from old SDK to the new one.
    After this I will continue the work on push notifications.
    A new design will be also introduced, I saved some money to pay a really good designer and we will start soon to restyle the app.

    Thank you for the support!
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    Hi Guys.
    I've decided to take a risk and re-enable Fast in the next days. It will be a version without like-comments icons, without status tag and other small tricks in order to be in some ways more in compliance with their stupid policy.
    In the meanwhile I will build the new app, Fast 2.
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    1.94 Changelog
    • New icon design
    • Added endless load of comments (now is possible to scroll down until the last comment)
    • Added splash screen (during the splash Fast starts to load data)
    • Added module to link Fast Notification add-on to Fast for Facebook
    • Updated Facebook SDK to the latest version
    • Bigger images on tablet layout
    • Improved visualization of photos and pictures in gallery and in save view
    • Added dedicated link and picture link space in status update and user/page/group wall
    • Added preview of the last comments on every posts with less than 20 comments (like Facebook website)
    • Added direct open of Youtube videos trough video preview
    • Added external share
    • Fixed external picture share
    • Fixed external share
    • Fixed page-user gallery
    • Fixed the page - user view
    • Fixed notification open
    • Fixed a bug in friends list
    • Fixed avatar preview
    • Fixed bug in passkey code reset
    • Fixed security lock
    • Fixed layout issues in grey theme and with white font
    Changed search layout (now is possible to search using keyboard action search)









    Update almost there! :D