We announced the Facebook SDK v4 for iOS and Android at F8 2015. This version significantly improved your programming experience for Login, made it easier to automatically handle errors, and reduced the size of an app using our SDK. Starting next year on June 1, 2017, we will no longer support v3 of the Facebook SDK for iOS and Android or versions...
FbStart is our program focused on helping mobile startups worldwide succeed by providing free tools, services, partner benefits, and mentorship. I'm excited to share this year's winners of the annual FbStart Apps of the Year competition that recognize the most successful mobile apps from the program. Enthusiasm for the awards was very high this...
We've heard feedback from many of you about ways we can make it easier to build with Facebook. Today, we are launching new tools and updates that make it easier to develop and maintain apps on our platform.
Localized Technical Documentation
More than 70% of Facebook developers are located outside the U.S. As we talked with you over the past year,...
The Graph API is the backbone of our developer platform, powering Facebook-integrated experiences around the world and serving an average of 890 billion API requests per day. In the latest version of the Graph API (v2.6), we're introducing new and updated features that enable you to build even richer app experiences across Messenger, Facebook Live,...
Account Kit helps you grow your app or website by giving people a choice to sign in with their phone number or email address without the need for a password. It's a complementary solution to Facebook Login and doesn't require people to have a Facebook account.
Here's an example of how Account Kit works:
Most people find remembering passwords...
Facebook Sharing tools help people easily share and engage with the things that interest them, both on and off Facebook. Now we're introducing new ways for people to share, along with new tools to measure those interactions so you can optimize sharing and increase growth.
New Ways to Share and Engage
Quote Sharing: Makes it easy for people to...
More than 2,600 developers joined us today in San Francisco at F8, our annual global developer conference, to hear about the new technologies and tools Facebook is building to help build, grow and monetize apps.
Our community is more global than ever. Hundreds of thousands of developers are building with Facebook products, with more than 70% of...
Last F8, we introduced Facebook Analytics for Apps, a free mobile analytics solution—and now over 450,000 apps have used it to reach and grow their audiences. Based on your feedback, today we're launching new features to help you understand and engage your audience, including people insights, push notifications (beta) and more. We've also...