Android may get a better Facebook app soon

June 8, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka

A “real” Facebook Android app? Thousands of Android fans have wondered when they would see one, only to be dissatisfied with wrappers and incomplete Facebook apps in the Android Market. A real Facebook app may finally come once The Facebook Android App is released.

Still under development, TFAA looks to be the first Android app to get Facebook right. Though Facebook has declined to develop an official app for Android, independent developer Dimitris Couchell plans to bring many of social-networking website’s most prominent features to Android, including:

The ability to comment on or “like/unlike” FB status (yes!)
Friend feeds that include status updates, wall-to-wall posts, photo uploads, comments, and YouTube video posts
Real-time loading and filtering of activity stream
Notifications for upcoming events, birthdays, and new comments
Improved photo and photo album support/navigation
Tag photos and view photo tags

Dimitris Couchell has chronicled his efforts to build a Facebook application for Android at his FBAndroid blog. The progress showcased on the blog, and the Facebook group in support of the project, is a promising sign of what’s to come. Couchell’s app seems to fill in many of the gaps left by other Facebook apps that either have limited features or just wrap the FB mobile website.

The tentative release schedule for this app is late June – early July. Couchell hopes to be finished within the next six weeks but cautions that there’s still “room for improvement” and more work left to be done. You can count on a full review from Androinica once the app is released.

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5 Comments

Maff said: On June 8, 2009

I really hope this does well for him, he seems a sound lad and he's putting in a lot of effort

I hope this becomes THE app that everyone uses rather than there being a few different ones.
There's 7 million active iPhone users of their app and 6 million users of the Blackberry one (both built with the help of Facebook), let's hope that with all the Android devices coming out (apparently 20 by the end of this year) this will become the "standard" one and we outnumber the iPhone and Blackberry!

Jon said: On June 8, 2009

This is great news! I can't wait to use it.

It's so ridiculous that Facebook wouldn't create an app for Android. It seems really unprofessional that just because the companies don't "get along" that they would hinder thousands if not millions of their users by not giving them a proper app. It is a really bad tactic.

Sexy man said: On June 14, 2009

I’m so sexy it hurrrts

Mike said: On July 18, 2009

Can't wait, we should have had a proper Facebook app months ago. Kudos to the dev for all the time and effort into making this happend.

Boris said: On June 4, 2010

Can we fb chat? I mean, I’ll do with out it, but why not you know? It’s a pretty integral part of fb imho.

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