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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cornelha:
Please read responses before posting feedback, the less I have to read the quicker we can get to a solution

After reading a few posts about the lack of a decent facebook application I have taken up the challenge and started developing an application for windows mobile. I asked kidnamedAlbert to help me with a theme based on a screenshot of iPhone facebook app and here is what he came up with:

View attachment 138122 Look !!!! a tiny screenshot

The base facebook library is working and has been tested over the last week. Hopefully I can get a very very Alpha release that at least does what it says on the cover out by the end of the weekend

Planned Features:

All the standard profile and friend goodies

Newsfeeds

Facebook chat

Mobile SMS

QVGA and VGA Support by taking advantage of .net docking and a really cool drawing routine (Forgot about this one )

Photo Upload and Download (Maybe video ?) I am thinking of using HTC Album to display the downloaded Photos if possible (Why reinvent the wheel if it has nice shiny mags

already)

Lets see what we can add here as soon as the above works flawlessly

I will start posting a changelog in the 2nd post and begin loading some screenshots. I have a few ppl interested in beta testing, but the more the merrier. I am going to try and adopt a "release early release often" strategy because I belive this will help me get to the bottom of most bugs as quickly as possible. As opposed to building a rom, I have more control over this app and will therefor be easier to patch and fix.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cornelha:
Let me clear a few things up

Right now the main objective is to get this app working correctly. Once that is done, I will spend time writing new controls to make it look like the mock screen. So many things are still going to change. Just dont see the point in writing controls only to find I am not going to use them.

After having a look at all the ideas being posted I finally started working on the chat interface. Should have a screen up latest tomorrow. The following bits are working just need to be made pretty

Retreiving Friends and Info

Retreiving Notifications

Retreiving Albums. (Still deciding if we should cache this locally for gprs user)

Uploading Foto to Album

I am gonna ask you guys to have a little patience since this is my 1st attempt at a Windows Mobile application and some Desktop habits are hard to break :P

14/12/2008

Okay so I am having a little bit of an issue with the pretty controls. The bottom tab is working correctly, doesnt slide like manilla but it hilights the button when pressed and activates the appropriate tab. Currently the testing is working in qvga portrait mode, As soon as I have the landscape stuff reallining properly the 1st beta will hit the post. This should be ready later tonight or tomorrow morning. Currently I am using standard tab controls. I want to make sure everything works as expected before I start making the custom controls.

One last thing. The program caches friends profiles and does a check when connecting to check for changes. This is currently taking just a tab too long for my liking. Do we need caching ?

15/12/2008

Bleh a virus delayed the beta release :(

Im cleaning up a little and should then be able to upload

16/12/2008

Guys I need a bit of help please. kidnamedAlbert is a little busy at the moment and I need someone who can please just help me with the images for the bottom bar. I have very crude images for the hilighting. Looks like crap since I am not an graphics designer.

17/12/2008

MS Seem to have swallowed a retarded pill and managed to "forget" to add the rich text box control to netcf 3.5. I am going to try something with the klistcontrols used by so many finger apps for the chat part of the program. A few more tweaks and I will have the beta up in about an hour from now (13:15 SAST)

13/01/2009

Okay so turns out work took a slice .. huge chunk of my time this month. Besides LOADS of bug fixes. The following features will be in the next beta (available by this weekend)

Inbox (Finally !!!)

Pokes and Poke back

View Albums and download images to Device

Create and Upload Albums (From file or Camera)

In order for the beta to work on your device you need to give the application access to facebook using the following url http://www.facebook.com/login.php?popup&v=1.0&api_key=eabf3403418e6503b8b6163552f7e0ef
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gofawkurself:
Wow. simply amazing. Can't wait!

No plans on a VGA though eh?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Keland44:
nice that would be great good luck i see your a fellow wizard user +1
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] eboy44:
wow this is really nice! i cant wait for the release!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shadowline:
I love the styling, It fits with both Facebook and a fresh and fast user interface for a touchscreen. I am expecting this is a fullscreen only app? (no top and bottom bars/curtains from windows mobile visable while using.)

And one big feature would be a 'poke' ability as the iPhone page does not, and only the m.facebook page has it. (did not see it on your feature list.)

In any regard, great ideas and work so far by both you and kidnamedAlbert.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] AllTheWay:
This looks great. Looking forward to your release :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thecasimir:
look nice, my touch hd wil love it :-)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ramontrotman:
that makes 2 million of us my man...push on!!!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Wlofea:
Nice one dude :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] WildSioux:
Congrats! Lookin forward to it :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ekksman:
Looking forward to this also
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Iceman692:
THANK YOU GUYS! I am extatic! That screen shot looks great!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] karch4:
Looks terrific.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Iceman692:
Nevermind, found it!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] derekwilkinson:
Wow, that looks really good!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kidnamedAlbert:
sorry but this screenshot is what i came up with in photoshop :/
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] bedaweed:
Cant wait for the release...

and the screenshot looks amazinggg!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ajones7279:
Nice!!!!! Will be waiting.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Antboy:
I work with Photoshop & After Effects all day. If you need some buttons, I'm sure I can do something in the next couple of hours. It's always slow at work during December. :)

Just tell me the specs (what icons they need to be, resolution and image format).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Iceman692:
Sweet! i would offer but I dont have photoshop at work and my time is a bit pressed this week.

The developer is in a different time zone. he usually post in the early hours of the morning for me and you. So you may have to wait until tomorrow.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DannyJD:
did I miss a link or .cab to test this out?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ptyindian:
no it is still not out we are still waiting there is some delay with graphics and stuff.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ptyindian:
@ANTBOY

you should pm him as well maybe for a faster response.

i am not that great with photoshop but i can try and help let me know
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] roxorz:
maybe just maybe we could get some vga support
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ptyindian:
we will be eventually
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ..::DAVE::..:
i could help with images i yuo tell me resolutiona and other specs.

;) byez
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] smotrs:
Download Gimp, I haven't found anything I could do in Photoshop that I couldn't duplicate in Gimp. It's free and open source.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jhw549:
And there's a portable version so if the company doesn't allow you to install it on the work comp, just bring it on a thumb drive...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Antboy:
Here's some bottom button examples I've emailed to him.

I made them at VGA resolution and scaled down. I'm not sure if people prefer the rectangular buttons around the icons or not, so I made two sets.

Also, I used the Segoe UI font. I like Segoe as it's a WM standard these days, but I'm not sure if I like the serif on the capital I. Any other recommendations?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ptyindian:
looks awesome man great job!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] diomark:
Too slow to be usable.. -m
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Antboy:
I noticed I was a pixel or two off in the Friends icon, so I fixed that up and sent it off.

Here's the centering fixed, in VGA.

Update:

Added a page sample for QVGA as well. (there's no artifacting on the original PNGs).
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gbm85:
CMYK? :p :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itwasntme187:
Loving the look, and looking forward to trying this on my Kaiser!

BTW the buttons without the rectangles look better IMO :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] smotrs:
Separate+ ;) :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] internetadam4657:
looks great! IMO i think that the buttons look better without the rectangles though.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kidnamedAlbert:
PLEASE USE ANTBOY's GRAPHICS

that might even be better than what i wouldve come up with escpecially since when i downgraded to windows xp, i lost the photoshop document so if i were to make them i would start from scratch.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Iceman692:
I think that they should use the rectangular buttons AS THE SELECTED BUTTON and use the one with no rectangles for the normal menu. (like when you press it the rectangle lightens)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] htctoucher:
i agree.. iphoneesque.. but nonetheless.. they do know what looks good ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cornelha:
OMGWTF you downgraded to XP ? ai jai jai :P dude I really appreciate your help. Using antboy's gfx for the bottom bar.

Next up landscape
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chrisrc1985:
any eta on the release my friend?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ather:
read the 3rd Post, an hour from now :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rjgraves:
Never mind, it appears to have worked just fine.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] eranyanay:
i dont get it..

I dont understand..is it published already??

What is it this link?

How can I try the beta and see how it works?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Travis997:
i cant get that link to work for facebook. when i click allow it says its been either deleted or never existed
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 93Akkord:
I'm getting this error:

"The application you are trying to use does not exist or has been disabled."

Is this because the application isnt ready yet and I need to wait till release?

Also, if you can, please release as .cab on this site so I can download it at work from my phone. My job blocks syncing with any usb devices.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chrisd1a1:
keep trying, it worked for me on the 3rd go, think everyone from xda is trying at the same time:)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 93Akkord:
I just logged out and tried again, but it won't let me back to the page to allow again. All it does is ask for my password again then from me to the home page :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] PRTEQ:
That happen because you already allow it..go to the list of aproved apps and you'll see it there.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] trinode:
My opinion would be:- browse the thumbnails in this app, when one is clicked, cache it to a local directory and open with the default viewer, even better, if the stylus is held over a thumbnail offer to open or to save to a specific directory, that would be ideal!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mykkk:
Make that one vote for the Internal Viewer
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] -PiLoT-:
3rd party it may be a hassle but itll keep the application as light as possible
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itwasntme187:
i say leave it to open with the HTC album viewer already installed in our devices... this way the app doesnt need to take up any more room when installing,

i think i know what im talking about :s
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 93Akkord:
Where do I check approved apps? I checked my apps listed and I don't see it there.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itwasntme187:
go to applications and look on authorised apps, it should be right at the bottom under desktop apps...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Maskeo13:
How can I get beta access to this? would love to help ya out.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itwasntme187:
just read the post on the first page....

we are all waiting patiently.... *twiddling his thumbs*
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Maskeo13:
:0( im sitting here at work and refreshing like crazy...haha
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itwasntme187:
i dont think we are the only ones.... :P
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] PRTEQ:
On facebook, go to applications and in the area all apps, look for the name of the app.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] WildSioux:
I vote download them to view in a 3rd party app (i.e. HTC, or S2V, etc...). It would keep your app smaller. Patiently waiting for a beta to test!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Kainous:
I vote internal viewer
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itwasntme187:
just thinking if the album was set to download to a configurable location (my documents, storage card) then we can manage the size taken up by this function and not worry about the caching? also what about limiting the photo download sizes down to a certain mb/kb per pic? this way gprs users can watch what they download???

Just an idea...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rockfshr:
use the internal viewer,hey its already there and can always be modified from data gotten from the beta.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cruzzmz:
waiting for the cab ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] StyL3-Ivan:
use the default image viewer is better. it helps to cut the resources used and also less conflicts
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alt236:
I guess it depends on the functionality you want to include....

If its simply along the lines of Select Album->Move Forward/Backwards->tag picture then I would go for internal one (even directly using a Webbrowser Tool would be enough if no caching will be used).

Properly using an external viewer to achieve the same effect will be more complex and possibly more expensive for someone who doesn't have unlimited net access...

Adding the option of uploading/downloading whole albums, is not a bad idea though.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jhw549:
You definitely aren't, I keep XDA and certain threads (like this one) open all day, work, refresh, work, refresh, work, refresh..... lol
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mahd-leb:
i vote for internal viewer 3rd party viewer is nice and would keep the app lighter but internal one would make the app better and would make it more professional
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ptyindian:
Beta Has Been Released!!!!!!!!!!! See Post 2
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chrisrc1985:
yah..im with you on teh refreshing like crazyyy lol

when i go to allow the xda app on facebook I get this message: Invalid API Key

The application you are trying to use does not exist or has been disabled.

anyone recieve that as well?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jhw549:
I've been waiting for this since I saw the thread! w00t!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mssmison:
First thing I notice is the login screen should be a little taller and scrollable, my keyboard just about completely covers up the password box.

Also it should mask the password.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itwasntme187:
so im guessing we copy all the files to the ppc and just run it there?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ptyindian:
hmm i guess this thing wont work on the raphael just yet :(
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] -PiLoT-:
not working on omnia. i knew resolution would be iffy but it coming up with sumthing else somethin bout facebook controls
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 93Akkord:
yeah...I get everything open and running. Enter my username and password, then the application closes. I guess thats what betas for ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itwasntme187:
not letting me log in... im using a kaiser... it just tries to login and then just disappears :s
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ptyindian:
i cant even install mine. Can u tell me how you did it?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itwasntme187:
just copied all files over to device and ran the .exe there
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mssmison:
I get the same on my touch vogue, running wm 6.1.

The error log it generates contains nothing. I've tried through active sync and via data connection. With tf2d open and closed.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jhw549:
and I get disappointment >.<

the application crashes after inputting log in info and attempting to communicate, the errors.txt log file is empty so no help there.

I'm running on an HTC Titan/Mogul OEM WM6.1 from Sprint
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chrisrc1985:
tilt user here

I attempt log-in.

does not log in..sends me back to root folder.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jhw549:
lol, same error across the board, I think we found a bug :-P

Edit: and it seems to have kicked my off of my log in on the actual Facebook website.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] theelite:
can't get past the login screen cause keyboard dissapears after i type in my username and there is no button to bring the keyboard back up.

If I press the login button the app crashes.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chrisrc1985:
lets get this bad boy workin so i can talk to my girl while im at work, and not get caught all the time! haha ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drawde:
+1 on the app closing after clicking login.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Iceman692:
I second this! this would rock!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ptyindian:
Yup same exact problem here on the fuze
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] trinode:
Same here, type my username, and password (which should be a password box) and it sits there a while and crashes out. Hope it's a simple fix...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] b1iZZaRd:
can some one make a cab file for this
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itwasntme187:
ok after several tries... no luck

i have moved the files around on the device, tried putting it in the Windows folder and running it from there but still no luck! :(

i did find that the harware keyboard does work to type in the username and password in landscape on my kaiser, even though the writing is blank whilst in landscape but when you flip it back to portrait it shows the username and password entered... only to close on me once i try to login
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ptyindian:
yeah keyboard works for Fuze as well and the screen actually switches to landscape and everything. Only thing is the password shows up and is not not protected but that is not a problem. Hopefully that can be corrected later on,
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] StyL3-Ivan:
change to WM6.1 orginal keyboard which is smaller so u can type ur password. but it still kick out of the prog.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jhw549:
There's no point at the moment, the application crashes after login, I'm sure once the application has some stability it will be put into a cab, for now it's going to change to much, to cab, recab, recab, etc...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] diar:
same crash issue here. i ran it from my documents, program files and windows with no luck. i'm not even sure it succeeds in logging in.

i also use skybook and after it installs, it installs some kind of certificate. maybe that's what's missing.

EDIT: by the way, i'm temporarily using my tilt. haven't tried it on my fuze yet.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lennie:
same here crashes after I enter login details.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Iceman692:
why in the world would you need a cab for a couple files?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jhw549:
I'm almost positive it does succeed in the log in, it kicked me off on my desktop computer immediately after log in on the program.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itwasntme187:
anyone here apart from cornelha able to use this on a wizard? maybe its a device thing??
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cornelha:
Its not a device thing. Its a malformed url which I am looking into right now. As soon as I figure it out I will post an update
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itwasntme187:
There is hope! :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ather:
ok i tried on my wizard, it just crashes when i click login, after a while though and creates an empty crash.txt
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Iceman692:
ya! the man we've all been waiting for. look forward to next release :p
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] trinode:
Could you change the password box to an actual password (masked) box?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Antboy:
Here's a full screen VGA treatment, with none of the three tabs selected.

BTW, I'm having a blast doing this, so if anyone needs a hand for their own apps. :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chrisd1a1:
size wise this fits the screen on my diamond, the only issue is that the sip spot is hidden by the app. (you cant call the sip if it's running)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] _4saken_:
same here with the crashing after login window.

also the problem with the keyboard not getting back after hiding it needs to be fixed. I can only enter the password with the default windows keyboard which sucks. also masking the password with asteriscs would be awesome.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cornelha:
SIP Wil come up when selecting an Input Control
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] drawde:
one comment on the color scheme if i may.. it seems (to me anyway) that the dark blue used a little too dark.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chrisd1a1:
cheers let us know when the url is fixed and you will get some very positive (constructive feedback
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cornelha:
All the colours are taken from facebook style sheets found in the "How to style a facebook application" tutorial
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] b1iZZaRd:
i think the color is just fine
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] AllTheWay:
I think the cosmetic issues should be the last priority at this juncture.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jhw549:
I definitely second that one