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[Android Apps and Games] t0ma5:
Latest version 2.2.1 crashes when open without an internet connection and sometimes the conversations load with errors, it I refresh it couple of times they load properly again (not the inbox but each particular chat)

Still, best wrapped in my experience :)
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Are you referring to the whole app or just the overlays? I noticed it for the overlays but haven't debugged it yet. Not sure if it happened on previous versions or not but that will be a priority.

It's on my long list of todos.
[Android Apps and Games] t0ma5:
Whole app. Also problems loading the messages, very often I have to refresh them multiple time until it loads correctly. Never experienced these two issues with private versions. Thanks for the support
[Android Apps and Games] Naudiz:
I just installed 2.2.1 yesterday and today I found out that I cannot comment under posts. The comment field is there (albeit only 1 line high, which is really hard to edit text), but the post button doesn't do anything.

Is this a known issue?

I'll probably revert to 2.1.1 later today and see if that helps.
[Android Apps and Games] t0ma5:
I found out that I have the same problem just now
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Can you confirm if the same error occurs in 2.1.1? What if you comment on a post in your timeline? I tested it from my secondary account on 2.2.1 and it works fine.

Additionally, for those who have a banner asking you to update your device (and are on 2.2.1), where are you seeing it? I'm getting reports of that, though I don't think it's with the new version. If you see it, let me know what device and android version you have as well
[Android Apps and Games] Naudiz:
No, but I can confirm that it now works again in 2.2.1 ?

So the problem was really on Facebook's end and it was a mere coincidence that it happened shortly after me updating. Sorry for the false report.
[Android Apps and Games] Eggstones:
When was the update released? I thought I had signed up for updates for this app.
[Android Apps and Games] mad jebon:
Latest version feed doesnt work,,any solution guys????
[Android Apps and Games] BillGoss:
I had a similar issue (same error) with another app. It happens only on Android Pie and it's caused by not using https. The other developer indicated that they needed to update some functions or services to Android 9.
[Android Apps and Games] mad jebon:
Hope next update dev can fix this,i use old version on pie no problem at all,
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Were you the one who posted on reddit?

I'm not having this problem while I'm on Android Pie. Clear text is blocked by default from Android 9 and on, but facebook uses https so I don't see why this is happening. While I can reenable clear text traffic, I'm not sure I will, since it's meant to be a security improvement. Facebook does recommend disabling it for their sdk, but I have yet to see if that also applies to their website.
[Android Apps and Games] Cryte-k:
Hi. I have the same problem .. with wifi works fine but with the mobile network no .. please update.
[Android Apps and Games] BillGoss:
I'm back on Android 9 and I can reproduce the problem. I don't get it when normally using Frost, but if I go to a Facebook page that has a link on it (http, not https) and click on it, then I'll get the error.

If I change my Frost settings behaviour to open links in the default app (which for me is Chrome), then I don't get the error because Chrome automatically uses https.

Here's a Facebook page that has a link in the About section: https://m.facebook.com/Photoflophotography.1/
[Android Apps and Games] mad jebon:
Any solution to fix this
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
The solution is either to enable all clear text traffic, which isn't very safe, or find a way to redirect all traffic to https where possible. I have yet to decide which approach I want to take, or if the latter is possible

If this ends up occurring a lot, I will either parse all urls to make them https or just enable clear text

Edit: Firefox Focus enables clear text traffic, so I guess as a browser I'll just enable it
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
What does not working mean? Nothing loads? Error message? If your mobile network does something special with facebook, like facebook zero, that may be why. But I didn't really change anything that should affect that since my other releases.
[Android Apps and Games] TheSSJ:
App works fine here on data and wifi, many thanks for this fantastic piece of software
[Android Apps and Games] Cryte-k:
Sorry.. This is the error
[Android Apps and Games] marlontravagli:
Here too.

With WiFi, works. With mobile, nope.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Okay. Those are the same error as previously reported (clear text traffic). I guess Facebook caches content more when on data, which is why it doesn't occur on wifi. I'll fix this in the next build, and if I have time it should be done within two weeks.
[Android Apps and Games] BillGoss:
Minor UI theming bug: I was unliking a page (using the AMOLED theme) and got a white popup with no visible text.

Here're screenshots with AMOLED and Default themes.

I'm on 2.2.1
[Android Apps and Games] :
The Frost logo is a nice one, but it takes long before the app is going to the timeline at startup. Soul it be possible to disable the logo at startup or make the time as little shorter?
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Thanks I'll take a look

The logo isn't just aesthetics; I do some operations in the background while the app starts. Disabling the screen won't make the start up any sooner. The only time I actually add artificial delay is after the introduction screens, just so the animations look nice. If I ever have ways to make start up faster in the future, I'll be sure to do so.
[Android Apps and Games] Cryte-k:
thank you very much .. I'll wait
[Android Apps and Games] MDV106:
im on wifi right now and im getting this same error everytime I open Frost starting from yesterday. Dont know whats causing it. I do use data during some hours of the day when im away from the house.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Can those who have the err_clear_text problem test build 2134. If it works and I fix a few other things I'll make a release
[Android Apps and Games] BillGoss:
I tested this new build on the same site I mentioned in https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-frost-facebook-t3685896/post78729426 and this time I got no error (and I'm on Android 9).
[Android Apps and Games] marlontravagli:
Works!!! Thank u so much!
[Android Apps and Games] MDV106:
This one works for me too on Nokia 8 with android Pie. thanks
[Android Apps and Games] wuub:
Working here too on S9 with ultimate rom 3.2
[Android Apps and Games] mad jebon:
Work fine for me on android 9 redmi note 4,thanks dev,no issue with error clear texr
[Android Apps and Games] Cryte-k:
works very well .. thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Mandraker64:
Working very well on rooted Oneplus 6 Oxygen OS 9.0.3, thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] Mandraker64:
Anybody else got no newsfeed but "find friends" instead of the newsfeed? I already disabled aggressive most recent in the settings .. Any advice?
[Android Apps and Games] :
Me too.

Build 2.2.1 on Essential PH-1 Android 9
[Android Apps and Games] Neutralite:
I'm going to load it and try and write down the details later.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
If you've disabled aggressive recents, it is likely on Facebook's end. You can choose to disable ad filtering as well, and then no post should be removed from your feed. I have blank feeds on my test account, which has friends and should have content as well
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
That's been fixed already in the test build above. I have another test build below before I make a release
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Please try test build v2159

It has a lot of internal changes to prevent some crashes, and you can now copy comments. There are a few theme fixes as well. If this build is fine I will make a production release
[Android Apps and Games] BillGoss:
Edited: my original post was based on testing of the stable version. I've re-tested on v2159 and only one issue remains.

I've deleted the issues that have been fixed in v2159, leaving only one issue that is present in the test version.

As you know, I love the AMOLED theme. Here a number of (small) issues:

2. Pop-up text of 3 dot menu on images is too dark to read - of prefer the text to be white.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
You're still getting clear text traffic errors? Are you sure you opened up the new test app and not the old release one? I also just fixed the issue in step 1 so I think it shouldn't have broken in the meantime. Menu and the text seems to be working in the release build as well, so this new update shouldn't have broken it.

Can you confirm again? Otherwise I'm unable to replicate any of the issues you've mentioned anymore
[Android Apps and Games] BillGoss:
I'm terribly sorry, I thought I had the test version installed and assumed I was upgrading to v2159. But I was running the stable version!

So I just re-did the tests, and you are correct, all of the issues do not exist in v2159 except for item 2. Unfortunately I can't find a public post that has this 3dot menu on a picture, only private ones.

Again, my apologies for testing on the wrong version.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
I'd have to look at the overflow menu later on. Feel free to message if it fixes itself
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Production release v2.2.2 is here. If you're using F-Droid, it should come out in a few days.
[Android Apps and Games] luly:
One question!

When I download videos trough with Frost, what quality is it?

I don't get the option to choose between SD and HD?

---------- Post added at 20:42 ---------- Previous post was at 20:41 ----------

One question!

When I download videos trough with Frost, what quality is it?

I don't get the option to choose between SD and HD?
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
It's in SD. It's pretty difficult to get the HD url from the mobile page so it hasn't been implemented yet
[Android Apps and Games] m0d:
Is the icon used for message options in message view automatic?

As I was looking for the delete option, but did not realize you needed to click that icon since it looks more like forward than options
[Android Apps and Games] middendorp:
Any possibility to remove the stories at the top?
[Android Apps and Games] t0ma5:
That would be great.. I would also appreciate it. :fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] Aramarth:
Hi there,

Can you please help me to understand how to share a memory?

Can't do it really...

I have the notification, I can only start the post but from that point I can't move on

Best
[Android Apps and Games] kryzeK:
Please add a button to mark as read all notifications
[Android Apps and Games] Jexx11:
This would be nice
[Android Apps and Games] Cospap93:
These app is safe to use?privacy etc
[Android Apps and Games] FloatingPoint:
I think most of us use Frost because we have more trust in it than in the official Facebook app. It's basically a wrapper for the browser version, so it doesn't need access to contacts etc. It's also open source.
[Android Apps and Games] Cospap93:
Very nice app.thanks for your work.

I have one issue.when refresh feeds it loose all of them.and it is empty for hours.
[Android Apps and Games] BillGoss:
Frost 2.2.2 just FC'd when I opened it from my home screen. It happened twice in succession. It opened successfully on the third attempt.

Logs attached.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
I have added the feature in the next build already. I plan on releasing it maybe next week

There's a chance the share button may be hidden. I'll take a look

This isn't actually trivial, given that you can only mark as read using the desktop page. The desktop page is extremely slow too, so I'll see how it performs

As mentioned, this app is built upon the mobile website. The main reason for using it is so that you are aware of all the background services. You can see that nothing fishy is going on, and to some extent I filter ads and trackers within the urls.
[Android Apps and Games] Aramarth:
Thanks a lot! :)
[Android Apps and Games] MDV106:
Videos and pictures don't download on my phone using version 222. Is there a way around this issue?
[Android Apps and Games] TheSSJ:
Hi there

My wife really loves your app, which enables her to use the messenger feature without installing Facebook bloat

She said that writing to a page is not working anymore though (I am not using Facebook so I assume I am not really using the correct terms). Writing to actual people still works, but when she tries to navigate to a public page of a random institution/company/etc , clicking on the messenger symbol doesn't do anything anymore, she is using version 2.2.2

If it helps, the page she tries to write a message to is a German site called Minoli

https://m.facebook.com/MinoLiii/?locale2=de_DE
[Android Apps and Games] FloatingPoint:
Within chats, long pressing an image doesn't open it. Instead, a menu pops up, the same which appears when long pressing a link. Images in the newsfeed behave normally.
[Android Apps and Games] MDV106:
suddenly, opening this app causes my phone to shutdown and reboot into recovery. I had to disable it completely to fix the issue. What could be the cause?
[Android Apps and Games] t0ma5:
I am using the latest version from github and it has been working great for months! Now waiting for the next update to be able to get rid of the "stories" on top of the feeds... thanks for a great little app!
[Android Apps and Games] jasilbrazz:
I'm using the latest version and I've got a problem:

Audio doesn't work with the video... When I press the speaker icon, the video pauses, if I press play it won't work... I then press the speaker icon again to mute it and press play so that the video works again, but no sound...

I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app several times, but the problem persists.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
[MENTION=5230774]asdfasdfvful[/MENTION] Did you noticed my post https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-frost-facebook-t3685896/post74128992 :eek: :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
I'm not sure if any improvements can be made on this. The speed does vary from time to time but it's as good as I can make it

This may be a long term feature

As per requests of others, I've actually already made the difference more obvious. It's a pretty notable difference of ~ #40ffffff, which is more than a standard ripple colour, but I can understand that it may be difficult to see outside.

This is probably the default implementation. I've currently opted to add my own long press options which copy the whole text. I think there's more use cases for that vs copying just a single word

Nothing is missing in the github release pages. Builds are made using github tags, so if anything, it's more complete. Opt into beta if you want newer versions for the play store
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
Version 1.5.5 is not in the github releases
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
https://github.com/AllanWang/Frost-for-Facebook/releases

They are. All the way up to 1.5.7. The play store versions are defined by git tags
[Android Apps and Games] D4ND310:
Quick note here just to say that my Play beta version only goes up to 1.5.6. I can see the 1.5.7 on Github, though.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
That is correct. Every tag I write first goes to the alpha channel which only I test. When I think it's good, I move it to beta for others, then production for everyone. 1.5.7 is an alpha build
[Android Apps and Games] D4ND310:
Ah, right. Thanks for clarifying. I was using the 762 test version until today, I updated to 777 but there was a problem loading the page each time I opened the app, where it would automatically redirect to some silly advert for some animated cat movie and wouldn't ever load the FB UI. I decided to just opt into the Play beta program afterwards, which seems to currently be the same as the 762 test build.

Thanks for the app, it's a nice wrapper and very lightweight, I've disabled my FB Lite for a few days while I test out Frost. It's working very well, while I don't really need the instant notification push that Lite has, it's the only feature I'm missing. I understand the reason you've decided to use the job scheduler option and it works well. Better for me than a couple of other wrappers I've recently tried, Material FB and Swift.

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Push notifications aren't possible, because it involves something on the server side to actively notify the app when a notification is received. Only Facebook has access to that. We rely on polling, which is where the client looks for notifications after a given interval. All third party wrappers use polling, and I've added to that by using a job scheduler so it's more inline with your native battery management. There's nothing more I can really do in regards to that
[Android Apps and Games] D4ND310:
Yes. I'm happy with that anyway. I'm not a hardcore Facebooker, if someone needs my attention fast then, don't rely on FB, damn well call me! ?
[Android Apps and Games] Heisenburn:
Will immersive mode be supported?
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
I tried doing it before. It's a bit hard to get the moving tabs working in full screen. It's still on my todo list after some other features

https://github.com/AllanWang/Frost-for-Facebook/pull/374
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
A little teaser

[IMG="Teaser"]https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6251823/31568216-333c3cba-b041-11e7-9fe8-f019508a512d.gif[/IMG]
[Android Apps and Games] nhicko95:
This would be great if you add material Facebook ui
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
The feed is going to remain a wrapper, but other parts will get native material ui. Either way, the frame is already material
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
Desktop site has live option. So if we add the desktop site link is it possible ?

Or what about adding different type of views in the app. Desktop view and mobile view ? So users can switch to desktop view to use live option.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
At that point it sort of defeats the purpose of including it in the app. I'd rather users just use the browser in that case and also avoid adding camera and microphone permissions. Features in the app also need to be polished or people will complain. Having a desktop layout is definitely going to have negative reviews.
[Android Apps and Games] ram4ufriends:
Have been using friendly for Facebook for some time now and used Frost also along with it for last 1 week..uninstalled friendly now and using only frost...quite a good app...couple of questions/feedback..

1. Videos are only played in small window, is there anyway to play them in full screen? Video download option is planned, so that's good.

2. Can you make the names to some blue color..they are currently in black and doesn't look too good...I know official Facebook app has them black, but friendly has them blue and it looks nice..attached picture

3. Not sure if it was already mentioned, but the app still has some web wrapper flavour. It would look wonderful if you can make it entirely material design.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
1. There is a teaser above. The layout will be very similar to Youtube's version with slide to dismiss. I may make it work where you can quit the app and keep watching the video, much like PIP for Android O, but backport it to Lollipop.

2. This is sort of personal preference. I can take a look to add some accents, but no guarantees. As of now, links should be a different color.

3. Where in particular? I'm quite sure we all use the webview for the newsfeed. The only parts that remain are the message threads (only the list, not individual messages) and notifications. I plan on adding native layouts to both of those.
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
Profile image is not showing in the latest version. In previous versions there is round profile image
[Android Apps and Games] ScreaMRooT:
How can i download pictures to my device which i am viewing?
[Android Apps and Games] MDV106:
Everytime i try to navigate to the inbox tab and open the first message the app takes me to the login screen.and requests my login details and wont go back until i enter my username and password again. Can you help fix this please.
[Android Apps and Games] sigibian:
very good app, thanks for your work :)

One suggestion: please make the search function better (autocomplete feauture).

Eg. im subscribed to many groups and if i want to find one by searching it by name it's not so smart.
[Android Apps and Games] KyleSforza:
Can you add a feature to save stories?
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
What happens when you try to download?

I'd have to take a look. I might not be handling the request properly.

Long press is a feature I added to support easy downloads. It looks like for messages, you can simply press it to have a download option from facebook.

Even if it was triggered by Frost, this doesn't really make sense. No app (especially rootless), should have the ability to reboot into recovery. Frost doesn't do much beyond using your webview, so something else might be wrong.

I have some time (hence the replies), so I'll also try to release it later today.

It's been reported here: https://github.com/AllanWang/Frost-for-Facebook/issues/1368

Unfortunately I can't replicate the problem, so I won't be able to fix it.

Not really sure what's going on, but a possibility may be that you require a different login for messages. Facebook has different websites per location, and I can't replicate this, so I don't really have a fix in mind.

The search function is entirely on Facebook. I don't have access to any api and can't improve it.

This would be very low priority for me so it likely won't happen. Others who know how to develop are free to implement it though. If facebook has a raw url for viewing then it should be straightforward, but otherwise it might not be possible.
[Android Apps and Games] Aramarth:
Hi, do you pls remember to show the button to share the memories?

Thanks a lot for your hard work, this is the best Facebook app imo :)
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
What's an example of a post like this? Or does it have to be one of those posts about past life events?
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
v2.2.3 is up

Add ability to hide stories

Remove fbclid from urls

Apply notification keyword filter to title as well

Remove round icon settings as they are the default in Facebook

Update theme
[Android Apps and Games] Aramarth:
Yes, past life events, when Facebook remember to you what happened 1 year before for example, when you look at the memories, you can't share it because there is no "share button".

Best
[Android Apps and Games] sigibian:
When im on a Facebook page if i press the Messenger icon it does nothing, please fix it (i have tried with both official Messenger and Messenger Lite installed).
[Android Apps and Games] khw1959:
Thanks for your attentiveness in development and maintaining of the app.
[Android Apps and Games] mixedguy:
I'm experiencing the same issue. Hope it gets fixed soon.

Edit - I found that tapping the video progress bar to skip ahead in the video a bit (While video is playing) and then pressing the crossed out speaker icon un-mutes the video without pausing it. Only workaround I've found so far.
[Android Apps and Games] jasilbrazz:
Thanks!

I had already found that solution as well...

Unfortunately it is not ideal though, but a bit annoying actually! Besides that, it doesn't always work.

Cheers.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Tracking here https://github.com/AllanWang/Frost-for-Facebook/issues/1362

I will be tracking this issue here: https://github.com/AllanWang/Frost-for-Facebook/issues/1381

Currently reproduced but I won't have time to fix it for a while

No problem!

Unfortunately I can't replicate it, so I won't be able to fix it. For me auto play is disabled (though my facebook settings have it enabled), and tapping is supposed to launch the pip viewer. The layout seems different on your end