official facebook app now live

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The official Facebook app for Android is now available in the market. Looks a pretty solid release. Loving the widget.

A lot of people, at least in Sweden is reporting it to crash at startup. I'm running latest MoDaCo ROM.

How come application is released by katana-something. How do one actually know this application is an officially one?

Originally Posted by bear78

A lot of people, at least in Sweden is reporting it to crash at startup. I'm running latest MoDaCo ROM.

How come application is released by katana-something. How do one actually know this application is an officially one?

crach here to. Modaco 2.0

Crash here on HTC Generic 2.73.405.5 with radio 63.18.55.06EU_6.35.06.18

Doesn't look like an official application to me, no matter what it says in the description.

According to the application link

http://www.facebook.com/apps/applica...id=74769995908

On the left hand side in the information box

This application was not developed by Facebook.

Okay chanced language for the os from danish to english and now it works just fine

seems slow and laggy and has less options than a mobile site :/

Developers email: facebook.android@gmail.com

About as official as a 419 scammer purporting to be from the IMF with an email address like mr.james.jim.imfbankNOTaNIGERIANscammer@hotmail.co m, with an offer of a share of a few million quid!

Regards,

Dave

Alright... Somebody should change the thread title

Yes and no. It IS the "official" Facebook app, and most certainly must have been developed WITH Facebook. Actually, even the iPhone app development page said it was not developed by Facebook up until v. 3 (I think). --And it definitely was. They just gave credit initially to the FB employee who had done the coding. The story behind this app is that Google "lent" FB an Android dev to create this app.

The Palm, Blackberry, and other "official" FB apps also say they were not made by Facebook. Click "mobile" on your computer at the bottom of the screen and check them all out. FB does this for some reason. Also, any previous apps that have been developed have been forced to remove the word "Facebook" from their names. Bloo was originally called something different, and he was forced to change the name. This is why we have "Babbler", "Bloo", "Fbook", etc. You know every one of those devs would have preferred to name their apps "Facebook". I have no doubt this app is developed officially in conjunction with Facebook.

http://androidcommunity.com/facebook...rket-20090908/