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Frost is primarily distributed through XDA Labs (and no longer through the play store). The app is completely free and open sourced. All that I ask is you rate the app if you like it and give me feedback if there are issues so I can improve it :).

Alongside the release builds, there are automatic builds which are generated with each commit. Use this at your own discretion.
[Android Apps and Games] kos25k:
thanks!but I am realy anxiety by the time when a FB app come out with option to see only photos from friends in news feed!
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
That's not a feature yet, but there can be filters that only show certain topics
[Android Apps and Games] kos25k:
how dude?for example I want to see only photos.I didn't find till now such an app neither option.I am really fed up with fb algorithm.full of craps are appearing in my news feed and for an unknown reason I dont see all of my friends photos..
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Types of posts typically have different classes of attributes. You can use that to your advantage to filter out air you don't want to see. The downside is you are loading a lot of content that you don't actually need.
[Android Apps and Games] xk0niR:
Is it possible (maybe with a small Substratum theme?) to change the App Opening/ Splash Screen to pure black?
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Even though the app itself is fully themable, I wrote it with substratum in mind. Overlays can replace the splash color, which should change the splash screen color.

I can add options in the future to toggle this without other modifications, but they have to be hardcoded and the activity package will need to be switched.
[Android Apps and Games] nhicko95:
is it better than swipe for facebook?
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
I've talked with the dev of swipe before. If you want my honest opinion, I can't say that Frost is objectively better (right now). My app was made about 4 months ago, and I'm a full time student. Swipe was made well over a year ago, and is now the dev's full time job. We do have different backgrounds, and my background allows me to perhaps better structure my app, but the time difference means that swipe has more features than mine at the current stage. Some features are on my todo list, but it'll take time.

With that said, our apps offer different features. I don't have PIP Videos or Chat heads, but I have a lot of the points mentioned above. Some of them are exclusive to Frost as well. I'd say Swipe did a very good job in being innovative in this field, and I'm sure Frost will become another contender among its competitors.
[Android Apps and Games] nhicko95:
i see thanks for that
[Android Apps and Games] Anvith Lobo:
Man I always hated the Facebook app! but damn this app is beautiful.

PS: does anyone know anything similar to instagram
[Android Apps and Games] kos25k:
this is your modded instagram dude

https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/2-october-2017-v1-00-instagram-t3683899

bytheway..is it possible to hide fb active online status as x messenger privacy xposed module does?
[Android Apps and Games] littlejohn1109:
Just downloaded. Will try to see whether it will drain more battery. Thanks dev.:good:
[Android Apps and Games] jerryn70:
Add this app to fdroid :D
[Android Apps and Games] Skittles9823:
Not sure if ive just messed up or if facebook is broken but i cant get the actual website portion of the app to load.

-EDIT-

Never mind. Just checked m.facebook.com its its straight up down.
[Android Apps and Games] bacwolf:
Same here - seems to FB is (temporary?) broken..

Have try'd another FB App - same error message
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Are they open source? Do you have a link? I stumbled across an accidentally feature that did that a while ago, but now it isn't working. If it's something feasible I may consider implementing something.

I've seen your request on github. I still have to change some things before it's compatible, but hopefully it will make its way there eventually.

Wow... thanks for the info. Within the past half hour I've received 4 one star ratings because of this and I wasn't sure what was going on. Hopefully Facebook fixes itself...
[Android Apps and Games] Skittles9823:
No worries dude. Yea those normal users do love to one star for reasons out of the devs control. Even though im yet to see facebook loading, it still looks beautiful. Love the transparent theme, fits perfectly with Quetzal Dark.

-edit-

Facebook mobile is back up.
[Android Apps and Games] reference2myself:
Just built from GitHub, very nice app. One question, is there a way to download images from a post that has multiple pictures? I can't find a way to see them full screen or to download when it's a multi pic post.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
This has been an issue for a while, and is because the album images are displayed differently than the other images on the website. It shouldn't be too hard for me to add JS specific to that, but my best case scenario would be to parse everything and add a more native album viewer. All this has been set aside until I actually get Frost in an app store again (PR for F-Droid here).
[Android Apps and Games] reference2myself:
The FB app Friendly handles it really well, I don't think it's open source though.
[Android Apps and Games] digiscales:
Please release on fdroid great idea can I make a feature request please. I find that often if I have looked at posts for a while I got down thru many can we have a bookmark where you scroll to and rather than refresh from latest post when errors occur rendering or stuff glitches it normally goes back to latest post and it takes ages to get back to post I was reading further down that would be great so. So a button maybe to refresh from start or refresh from last scrolled positions post. Get in contact if you would like to me to explain request better thanks great app only one I use for facebook now shame about google play issue
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
You can click the tab you are currently in to jump back to the top, then click again to refresh
[Android Apps and Games] TheAtheistOtaku:
Can't find it in the playstore anymore. Playstore link also broken. Any news?
[Android Apps and Games] BillGoss:
See https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-frost-facebook-t3685896/post75948383 and following posts
[Android Apps and Games] TheAtheistOtaku:
Woah. Bummer
[Android Apps and Games] dangerberry:
Notifications no longer working and when I open messages it pulls from desktop site it seems. They may have broken it
[Android Apps and Games] BillGoss:
Yeah, something weird is going on. Only happened in the last hour or so.

Though it may be FB that's changed things.
[Android Apps and Games] MEKCHR:
Hello,

When I run Frost, I find original Faceboook mobile site and white background, It is broken and messed

It was working fine 3~4 hours ago
[Android Apps and Games] drogos:
Also looks like mbase facebook view saw :(
[Android Apps and Games] Tompla:
Hello! Unfortunately I'm having the same issue
[Android Apps and Games] Catterday:
Same here. White backgrounds with very light text even though I am using the glass theme. I really love this app. Going to miss it. [emoji26]
[Android Apps and Games] Mjamocha:
Yup, same issue here.

The App is not on Google play anymore either.
[Android Apps and Games] xKillerXSmileZx:
I'd also like to report in that the app looks broken and isn't even on Google Play anymore. Did Facebook change the layout of their mobile site or something or did the dev kill it? And can anyone recommend another Facebook wrapper like Frost? An AMOLED theme is a huge reason why I use it.
[Android Apps and Games] sonnettie:
same here
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Hey all,

I am aware of the issue and I will be looking into it soon. Expect an update by the end of today (currently 9am, EST). There is no need to download and install any of the github releases until a post is made, as there will be a series of tests and updates done to address certain issues and incompatibilities.
[Android Apps and Games] trvbone:
Swipe for FB sucks imo. Using for now thanks for the acknowledgement developer
[Android Apps and Games] Zero Computing:
Sent a video directly to dev last night of issue captured with DU recorder... Though he's probably already aware.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Try this test release.

Everything should be fixed here. In the future, I will try to set up a download manager within the app so updates are fetched automatically
[Android Apps and Games] :
Everything seems to be fine. themes work, notifications are there again, thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] marlontravagli:
All working again. Thanks for your work!
[Android Apps and Games] Eggstones:
On my phone it installed it as frost test, should I uninstal the previous version as I have two versions on my phone now?
[Android Apps and Games] vinboy3:
The rest release is good so far. However because of the previous issue, I deleted the app wanted to reinstall from Google play. The app is still not available on Google play yet?
[Android Apps and Games] BillGoss:
And it won't be available. See https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-frost-facebook-t3685896/post75948383
[Android Apps and Games] vinboy3:
Thanks for the link! I did not see this.
[Android Apps and Games] Tompla:
It looks like it's working, thank you!

What should we do with the old app?

And do you know what has happened to it? Has Facebook tried to bring It down?

EDIT: I've just read the explanation post, so all my questions have been answered. Thanks again
[Android Apps and Games] xKillerXSmileZx:
The test release is working great. Thanks a lot for updating us. I also only found out today about the situation with the app being pulled from Google Play and that's pretty unfortunate since other Facebook web wrappers are not flagged (but maybe they eventually will be). I really do appreciate your efforts to make it FOSS and possibly adding it to F-Droid but I don't mind downloading it from GitHub or wherever.
[Android Apps and Games] creativetrendz:
If you're going to try to flame me, at least tell the truth. I asked users to flag those apps because of them not following the license. You also left groups, not the other way around. Have a nice day though.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Regardless of the situation on the play store, it was actually nice this time around to be emailed/messaged about the issue rather than getting up and seeing a bunch of 1 star ratings. Not having a rating based system does take away from assessing the quality of apps, but at least it also leads to more conversation. If there is any blame occurring between developers, whether it is valid or not, please also keep it away from this thread. For the record, every single third party facebook app violates Google's terms of service of acting as a page's webview without permission, including tinfoil for Facebook.

As for the versions, the test builds are packaged with every commit I make. The ones I link will be no different from the ones I release (especially since there are no more play store features), and for now it is the only one available. Once I get github releases working, I will sign it with the same key used in the play store, and those who still have the old play store version can install it as an update and avoid having to sign in again. That's the only difference, so if you're okay with setting the app up again, feel free to uninstall the play store version (no guarantees when I'll be able to update).

Others have asked me about the pro features. I covered it in the update post as well, but basically, everything now is 100% free, with no catch. I will be adding donation links in the future, much like how Material Glass used to operate, if you wish to support.
[Android Apps and Games] Catterday:
Thank you for the fix! This app is so beautiful. Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] Mjamocha:
Thanks for the fix sir!

This is an awesome app.
[Android Apps and Games] kos25k:
hello again after sometime..Any news of my old request to have option to see just friends photos?thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] access9:
Thanks for this, it's working great!
[Android Apps and Games] Eggstones:
There is a minor bug in the current version. If you click on events friends are interested in you bet a broken link page. Bar that the app works very well
[Android Apps and Games] jwchips:
Quoted for visibility. I was viewing in mobile chrome, had to switch to desktop view to check most thanked to find the post. It may be worth considering a link in the OP.

PS thanks for the update and hard work in general!
[Android Apps and Games] Naudiz:
Since we are on xda:

How about releasing and updating on xda labs?

And what about F-Droid for that matter?
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
I mentioned this before, but I have already prepped everything and sent a request to F-Droid. They just take a while to get to the requests. xda labs is an okay alternative, and I'll see if I want to do that.
[Android Apps and Games] khw1959:
I 'm thinking "Test Complete"

I can't find a flaw/bug yet.
[Android Apps and Games] SHARING IS GOOD:
Hi, I just want to say thanks for creating this app. Facebook group is the only thing that makes me can't leave facebook. The feature that put group in main activity tab is beautiful and a good option for me since facebook group app is no longer around. It's just a little glitch appears when I tap group, I only see blank space, but if I tap randomly on that blank space, I can enter into a certain group.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
PM or email me with screenshots so I can get more info
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Frost is now on xda labs!

For anyone who is not explicitly testing a build I have sent them personally, please switch to this. You may need to uninstall the play store version, as I remember now that they resign the apk themselves, so it won't match. For now, this is also the official and only source of download apart from Github. As a reminder, I have sent out a build to F-Droid, but they take long to accept it, and I likely won't be pushing them to look into it now that I have another source.

If you enjoy the app, feel free to also rate it! The download count is officially back down to zero, and I'd love for more people to know that this is another option for them when using Facebook
[Android Apps and Games] SHARING IS GOOD:
Sorry for unable reproduce the issue. I already uninstall it and reinstall using this version, and it's working flawlessly now. Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] Naudiz:
Thanks for the xda-labs release. This is awesome.

Small issue:

When trying to view an image at original size, I get "connection error".

Can anyone reproduce?
[Android Apps and Games] bytes2bits:
Same here. I think you meant "view full size"? At least when I clicked on that I got the error.

I should note... I just noticed if you long press on the image (prior to clicking on it) it will open to full size and be zoomable. I actually prefer this method now that I stumbled on it.
[Android Apps and Games] Naudiz:
Yes, I didn't know the exact wording, as my Facebook is in another language
[Android Apps and Games] bytes2bits:
No problem. I edited the above post... just discovered a better way to get full size picture.
[Android Apps and Games] iunlock:
Thank you [MENTION=5230774]asdfasdfvful[/MENTION] for all your hard work.

I really like that this is open source and was wondering if you could elaborate a little more as to how much better this app is compared to the data mining FB apps out there, including the original one.

There are many of us that don't like FB due to who's really behind it, but unfortunately have to use it for work purposes.

How much better is Frost over the stock FB in terms of privacy/security?

Is Frost the best option over apps like Simple Social Pro in terms of privacy/security?

Thanks in advance and I have pretty much everyone at work that will happily switch to Frost, as we're all aware of the truth about the evil FB.
[Android Apps and Games] arturo0891:
Any news about inplementing full screen news feed view (autohide all nav bar)?

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[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
I will take a look if I can reproduce it.

I wrote a bit about privacy/security on Reddit here. In short, we can only limit Facebook's probing on the client level, but not whatever you do while on the site yourself. You are also putting a lot of trust in the third party developer, because we essentially have access to your account, which is why I believe open source development is important, especially for something as important as Facebook accounts.

I haven't taken a look at this in a while do to some scrolling issues. It may still be on my long term todo list
[Android Apps and Games] Odenwälder:
Dunno why i can't rate the app (maybe because i just linked my acc with xda labs), but i want to say nice app mate. Thumbs up!

The starting process is convenient and the app has some nice tweaks and runs smooth on my V20. Some settings are also a nice addition.

Open Souce is also a big plus.

I switched to this app because of all the privacy violation from official facebook and the battery drain while the app steals private (meta) data like running apps, phone calls, SMS etc... Oh i hate those data thieves so much...

Thanks pal!
[Android Apps and Games] arturo0891:
I am not developer and I don know how it working but MaterialFBook is also open source and have full screen view. May you can look to code how there is done.

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[Android Apps and Games] Tompla:
Reacts/notification bug

Hello everyone!

First of all I wanna thank you, because I've been using Frost for a while and I'm really loving it.

I have noticed a bug: when I get a notification about a comment, if I tap on it then I can just like the comment, while it's impossible to react to it.

Thank you :)
[Android Apps and Games] Listy2021:
Started seeing suggested ads with the 2.0.0 release, despite them being turned off in the Frost settings
[Android Apps and Games] FloatingPoint:
Just came across a post with comments turned off. The piece of text that tells this is unstyled (white text, white background).
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
What happens when you long press? I can't replicate the issue.

That's a bit weird. The code hasn't changed, so I will take a look in the future.

I noticed that and I've fixed it for the next build
[Android Apps and Games] Tompla:
Nothing happens :confused:

Anyway it doesn't happen just to me, it happens also to a friend of mine.

Actually she was the one who noted the causality of the problem after having selected the notification, I thought it was happening randomly
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Can you also confirm that you can use réactions in your browser for the same post. And what type of post is it?
[Android Apps and Games] Tompla:
I confirm. I've just tried it.

I've just got tagged in a comment in a group, if I tap on the notification I can only like the comment and if I long press nothing happens.

If go on the search bar, put the name of the group, look for the post and look for the comment I've been tagged in then I can use reactions.

If you want I can also record the screen (even though I wouldn't know how to upload it here, as you can see I'm new :rolleyes: )
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Given that old user agents are used to ensure messenger still works, there is a chance that Facebook did not implement that feature for that user agent. That's the only reason I can think of, and that unfortunately cannot be fixed.
[Android Apps and Games] ruydoitgame:
is there any way to play video on hd? Everything is perfect for me expect the poor quality when playing video.
[Android Apps and Games] CaptainBeaky76:
Getting an issue where Frost notifications only show up when I open the app (and only show in Frost, not in the OS notifications). The only way I can get them to appear in the Android notification area is when I go into Frost Notification settings and manually fetch notifications. Didn't have any issues with the last build on the Play store and don't have any issues with other Android app notifications. Any ideas? Really dislike having to use Folio or Swipe in the interim!
[Android Apps and Games] CaptainBeaky76:
Not to worry, I uninstalled, rebooted, and reinstalled. All appears ok for the time being.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Haven't found a way to do that yet.

I think notifications do seem to be broken. Does it work for you periodically now without opening the app? It's something I will look into.

As another note, I'm moving the public channel to slack once again. (Link is still being tested since it redirects from my site). I never use Telegram anyways and it's another app I have to keep installed, so I will be deleting it soon.
[Android Apps and Games] Smartphones13:
Does this support FB Live?
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
Frost is limited to what the mobile website supports, and I don't think it supports live.
[Android Apps and Games] asdfasdfvful:
v2.0.1 is released in the beta channel on xda labs. This will be the last release in a while, as I have finals coming up.

I've taken the liberty to fix most of the pressing issues, notably the notifications not working and view full images.

There are also a few small tweaks and theme updates. For those of you who worked on translations, I have not forgotten about it. I just need to wait until I am more free to merge them, because they do take quite a while (I do quality checks).

Site note: The view full image issue is actually broken on the mobile site. If you go to your profile from m.facebook.com and click it, you'll see the same page. Facebook is trying to move away from their mobile site, and you can probably expect more issues like this coming up as time progresses.
[Android Apps and Games] kam333:
Good luck with your finals [emoji1474]
[Android Apps and Games] selw0nk:
Deleted.
[Android Apps and Games] Borys123:
I'm also getting the issue with full size pictures. All images show up very small and I can't view them in their full size, I get the connection error.
[Android Apps and Games] Listy2021:
Yep, same connection error here, even with 2.0.1 stable. Also if I try to hide, for example, a "your friends are using Instagram" info/ad; upon clicking on the three dots to try and hide it I get "there was an error processing your request" and nothing else
[Android Apps and Games] kojak1989:
not all of the application's phrases have been added to the Polish translation.
[Android Apps and Games] FloatingPoint:
One more idea: currently, opening a desktop link in Frost actually loads the desktop version of the page. I guess the mobile version is just an 'm.' prefix away? So that could be added to it automatically.

EDIT: Also, it would be good to be able to manually choose the app's language. (I set my phone's language to English only to enable Google Assisstant.)
[Android Apps and Games] ChayzzDevyant:
Bug with app 2.0.1

I can't view the images in full view and when I hit share an error page shows with a ! Symbol
[Android Apps and Games] arturo0891:
I have suggestion to display images from edge to edge (no margins). Any chance to implement?

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