Eagerly waiting for this app!! The existing facebook app is useless...I got a good feeling that this app would turn out to be very good. It's an XDA product!
Hi, I actually got problem using image transparency in .NET Compact Framework.
I know that .NCF does not take this into account and try to implement it. I'vz found a lot of post on Internet, but it steel not working.
Has anyone know how to exploit image transparency (not changed a color to background color but real transparency) ?
I know that .NCF does not take this into account and try to implement it. I'vz found a lot of post on Internet, but it steel not working.
Has anyone know how to exploit image transparency (not changed a color to background color but real transparency) ?
Ok, I've been on holiday for the past 2 weeks and I'm finally getting back into the swing of things. Hopefully I can answer some of your questions and respond to your comments
If you want to be part of the dev team that would be great! I'll send you a PM with the details
Me too! Sopis is a great graphic designer and Fredz has done some great work implementing Sopis' designs. But really, anything is better than the Microsoft implementation...
Seriously...
As far as actual development, there is a link to the google code page on the first post. You can check the Update History there and see exactly what has been implemented. There are also some Wikis that have the development road map and where we want to go with the project.
As far as a timeline, I think Darth Helmet sums it up pretty well with this dialog:
Anyways, next week my wife will be out of town so that will get me some free time to really focus on finishing the data connections with facebook. Once that is done, we'll just need to implement the Views for the Models.
Hope that helps answer any questions!
If you want to be part of the dev team that would be great! I'll send you a PM with the details
Me too! Sopis is a great graphic designer and Fredz has done some great work implementing Sopis' designs. But really, anything is better than the Microsoft implementation...
Seriously...
What about actual development ?
As far as actual development, there is a link to the google code page on the first post. You can check the Update History there and see exactly what has been implemented. There are also some Wikis that have the development road map and where we want to go with the project.
As far as a timeline, I think Darth Helmet sums it up pretty well with this dialog:
Spaceballs said:
Anyways, next week my wife will be out of town so that will get me some free time to really focus on finishing the data connections with facebook. Once that is done, we'll just need to implement the Views for the Models.
Hope that helps answer any questions!
good progress I can't wait to see an alpha
donations when alpha is debuted but very good alternative to microsoft fb
donations when alpha is debuted but very good alternative to microsoft fb
been following this for a while now and its good to see some great work from you guys, it is exactly what you could call something to fill the so called 'gap in the market' as the sense FB integration is basic and the MS app is completely useless!
i would love to be a part of this project but have very little programming knowledge...
if you are in need of any beta testers i have both a WVGA and a QVGA phone that would be at your disposal
thank you guys
i would love to be a part of this project but have very little programming knowledge...
if you are in need of any beta testers i have both a WVGA and a QVGA phone that would be at your disposal
thank you guys
been following this for a while now and its good to see some great work from you guys, it is exactly what you could call something to fill the so called 'gap in the market' as the sense FB integration is basic and the MS app is completely useless!
i would love to be a part of this project but have very little programming knowledge...
if you are in need of any beta testers i have both a WVGA and a QVGA phone that would be at your disposal
thank you guys
Sweet! Stay posted
this week there should be a lot finished on the project. We will need as many screen resolutions as posible!
Sweet! Stay posted
i will do
my devices are at your disposal
As an update, the Facebook Backend data for the logged in User is able to be downloaded and parsed.
Today I'm going to work on Walls and Friends.
Tomorrow I hope to be done with downloading and parsing both Walls and Friends and maybe even start on News Feeds.
Photos will be last on the list, and hopefully by the end of the week it will all be good and ready for UI
As a side note, we've been having some issues with transparent images. Anyone have any experience with transparent and semi-opeque images?
Today I'm going to work on Walls and Friends.
Tomorrow I hope to be done with downloading and parsing both Walls and Friends and maybe even start on News Feeds.
Photos will be last on the list, and hopefully by the end of the week it will all be good and ready for UI
As a side note, we've been having some issues with transparent images. Anyone have any experience with transparent and semi-opeque images?
Oh thank God!
+1 I hate the MS app, and keep getting crap from the iPhone users I know about how they're facebook app is so cool - and it isn't even that good either!!!
I have a slightly unusual device - LG Incite - but it's QVGA if you need someone to test.....
AJ
+1 I hate the MS app, and keep getting crap from the iPhone users I know about how they're facebook app is so cool - and it isn't even that good either!!!
I have a slightly unusual device - LG Incite - but it's QVGA if you need someone to test.....
AJ
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3Hello
We are at the very beginning stage of development of new FaceBook app for WinMo.
If any developer/graphic designer wants to join, please feel free to do so
Please reffer to this google code project site:
http://code.google.com/p/xda-winmo-facebook/
To join the group, PM xda member: joe_coolish
Donations:
Promised Fullfilled
sinoo - $10 + $10
thekrautdog - $5
PS: The poll is from the old post. You can still vote on whether you want a new FB app.2Follow updates on Twitter! Use the #xdafb hashtag to spread the word!
Here is an article on what kinds of feedback we're looking for when helping test the public beta: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9227274
[UPDATED 12/7/10]
BETA 4.1!
**update** If you were caught in the infinite automatic-update, things should be fixed now. Also, I forgot to disable the Compose button in the inbox. It will crash the app if clicked on. Hopefully by friday I can have another version that has this part working
- Photo Albums! Pictures can now be viewed in XDAFacebook.
- Big pictures will open up in the default browser for the time being. Once I make a good photo viewer, I'll replace that.
- Also, the settings menu has a whole section dedicated to photos. Feel free to play with the settings, but numerical values == 0 or <0 will cause the app to crash! There is no safty net for this!
- There is a number for concurrent image downloads. This number should be between 6-10. Any more can cause slow down, and less and the effect seems non-existant. I've gone as high as 25 and felt pretty good about it. But I haven't dared push it to the limit!
- New albums had a few bugs so I held back on this release. It will be coming soon!
- Older Posts! Feel free to browse the older posts I've successfully gone about a days worth of posts back w/o any lag.
- Searchable Friends List! I added a search box at the top of the friends search list
- Memory Management! Special Thanks goes out to Corwin9S. He helped me look at the memory usage. I reduced the CPU cycles by ~30%. It still takes up about 3-6 mbs of RAM. This is caused by Form Allocations, DLL imports, etc. Most of the space is just allocated space that I can't get rid of. I will try to find more ways to make the RAM usage go down, but from what I've been told by some people at MSFT, this numer isn't uncommon or bad. CPU cycles are what count and that's what I'm trying to optimize
- GUI fixes! I finished the drop-downs, so they look a little more professional. I also added the numerical counters. There are still more that can be done on them, so I will continue improving their apperance and performance.
- Rollup of bug fixes
- And finally SPEED!! This version should be the fastest yet. Rendering times are super quick and load times seem to be back to where they belong.
Instructions for Localization:
Please create a blank language file (instructions are above) and edit ONLY the text in between the quote marks "". The quotes need to remain!
Verify that your text doesn't fly off the screen. Anywhere that the text is too long for the graphic, try shortening the word or pick a different one (if that's possible) if not, let me know (via picture) and I'll make the necessary changes.
Once you have a translated file, save it as <Language>.txt and upload it to your device. Place it in the same directory where you got the Blank.txt.
Please share your translations!
ALSO! Since the app will be transforming and new features will be being added, the translation process will be ongoing.
If you click "Create Blank Language File" and you already had an alternate translation loaded and working, the Blank.txt will only have the new strings in english, so you will only need to translate the changes.
Unfortunately, after a couple of hours searching the web and looking at platform SDKs, I have learned that poking is not supported by the Graph or REST APIs (what I use to interact with facebook). I've been looking, and I might be able to hack something that might work, or I could have the option to support Pokes via SMS. I need your feedback. Which option (or both) sounds the best? Does anyone even Poke anymore?!
Wall posting is very basic at the moment. I will be making an advanced text editor that has more options for posting links, privacy settings, etc.
I also changed the road map a little. Let me know if that works for everyone!
Hope everyone likes the new updates!
I also wanted to make a road map of releases leading up to the final release of Version 1.0:
BETA 4.X
- This beta release will focus on posting data to Facebook and making sure everything works well.
- This beta release will also include newer GUI pieces, such as Inbox!
BETA 5.X
- This beta release will focus on Chat!
BETA 6.X
- This beta release will focus on App Completeness! Or making sure all the functionality of a full Mobile Client have been implemented
RC 1
- This release candidate will focus on Bullet-Proofing! All minor bugs should be worked out
RC 2
- This release candidate will only happen if major bugs are discovered in RC 1
Release 1.0
- Hopefully all is well!
That is the road map I have planned. I don't anticipate Beta 3 to be out very long (unless there are major bugs). I want to get to beta 4.X as soon as possible. I also might mix and match But that is the proposed roadmap to Release 1.0!
Devices that this beta has been tested on:
- HD2 WVGA
BUGS!!!
- Authorization should be working, but using the new URL is a lot cleaner (I think). Go here to authorize directly. Once you see the browser transfered to "Success" then try the application again
- Friend names that are really long hang off the edge.
- I've fixed this bug for the next release, long names will be clipped with Ellipsis
And the status of this beta is:
ENJOY!2thank you for the reports
I'm going to be doing a ton of work for the next couple of hours. follow my progress on twitter (if you're bored and need something to do! also ask me questions on there and I'll be able to respond quickly.
wish me luck!1Skinning instructions
Design instructions:
- Download screenshots.zip
- modifiy images in favorite image editor (that supports .psd and layers)
- post concept image in thread/send us the .psd file
- (OPTIONAL) Make skin with concept
Skin the XDAFacebook app instructions:
- Download zip file
- extract all images and place them in the \Program Files\XDAFacebook\Resources folder
- launch application
- enjoy!
Ok, instructions on how to skin the app are as follows:
- Find the image that you want to replace.
- Create new image and give it the specific name.
- Special "tags" at the end of the name give the image special features.
- copy the images to the \Program Files\XDAFacebook\Resources directory
- _alpha this will take the first pixel of the image and make it the images "Alpha Channel". Make sure that the image is solid in that color and that there are no artifacts!
- _trans_### where ### is a number (ie 200, 100, 10. Not 001). This number represents the total opacity for the image. The higher the number, the more opaque. Range 255-0.
- _trans_png. This only works with 24 bit PNG files!!!! This is also very resource intensive, so make this a last option. This will preserve the images alpha channel. It is the only way to make partial transparencies.
List of files: This list will increase and until final release is up for change!
- header 480x50
- house 50x50
- XFPanelHome 480x552
- alphabar 50x648
the dimensions are based on 800x480 res screen. If someone wants to experiment and give me dimensions for other resolutions, please do so!
If you have any questions about where these images are, let me know and I'll tell you
Good luck and send me the zip with your skins and I'll post the best ones here1Thank you all for your support! XDAFacebook has a new home
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9779193#post9779193
Please update your links. I will not be monitoring this thread any more.
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Joel - Photo Albums! Pictures can now be viewed in XDAFacebook.
