[Android Apps and Games] evilwombat:
Hello. Somewhat of a catch-all reply here.

First things first: I just put up v6. This should be very very similar to v5 - the only thing different is a bugfix where "products shown" junk wasn't being hidden.

As for Messenger and SMS-

The version currently in the top post should already have everything you need for SMS to work in Messenger. In fact, I just uninstalled FB LC and Messenger and reinstalled them both, and I *do* get prompted for SMS functionality (rather sneakily, I might add). The only option you have at the SMS Upsell screen is an OK button, and you have click OK and then click 'No' in the dialog that pops up if you want to continue using your native SMS client. Could it be that you installed the old version of Messenger I posted? The top post contains links to various versions of Messenger, and you want one of the later versions (6/5/17). I just re-ordered the links to make this more clear.

This version of (re-signed) Messenger should have SMS support: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6eni851f277h9k4/messenger-121-403.apk

As for changing package names, this still continues to break for me. I've had to put this on hold for now. Sad face, but the package name is very pervasive in the big multi-DEX structure.

As for People You May Know / Invitations-

I have a problem with most of the crap I block because Facebook tries to pass off paid/promoted posts as if it were organic posts, and as if you are seeing them because that's what "the algorithm" actually thinks you want to see. Furthermore, I recently heard a story of someone who worked with FB's advertising team, who offered all manner of help on how advertisers could make their ads look less like ads and more like something a person would post, which is rather unsettling. Given how facebook was trying to use a push for more "acceptable" and more "relevant" advertising to justify its War On Adblock a few months ago, seeing them blur the line between organic and sponsored content (and then seeing them end up on the wrong side of that line) is especially troubling. That said, the "People You May Know" boxes seems like actually legitimate and sincere content, so I've decided to leave these alone for now. But, if people have a strong preference for getting rid of these, I might have an idea what to patch. These are already blocked from the Notifications menu (because come on) but the ones appearing in the news feed seem pretty legit.

As for updates-

Life has been busy lately, with a bunch of work-related stress (and some decisions on whether I want to change jobs). I am fairly happy with the way v6 looks today, though there have been instances in the past where FB flips a server-side switch and previously-dormant crap becomes active (leading to a new hunt through the bytecode). If history is any indicator, it looks like FB will start sending "Your app is out of date" notifications when the base APK version is a little under 2 months old. So, I have tentatively settled into a two-month major release cycle. Given how v6 is based on an APK from 6/1/2017, I expect it to start nagging for updates in about a month, and with any luck the next base version should be from early August. This is of course a bit of a guess, but fingers crossed. It will then take some time to re-apply all the patches, which very much depends on how much has changed in the base APK, and on what new crap FB had added (for example, in the 6/1 release we got Marketplace Stories). The zoomable news feed seems appealing, but since the patching process is still very manual, I prefer to avoid rebasing the patches to a new APK until the current version starts nagging to be updated (unless people really really want this feature now).

Anyways, that's the end of my rant for now. As always, good luck and have fun :)