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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon AllanWang

Facebook Watch

Open BienGudBoy opened this issue 3 years ago • 4 comments

Describe the feature Watch videos just like in the official Facebook app.

Workaround

  1. Add Saved Messages to the main activity tabs
  2. Add a new post, with https://facebook.com/watch
  3. Save the post to Saved Messages 4.Go to Saved Messages tab, and tap on the new saved message, Facebook Watch will open

It works pretty good, although with some minor bugs, like:

  1. Refreshing the page usually doesn't pull new/other videos (possibly even after you watched it). After a while (which can take a very long time), it will pull new videos.
  2. If you go to the comment section of a video while it's playing, and then you go back to the previous page, there's a chance that Frost will reload Watch to the beginning, which is pretty annoying.
  3. If you are watching a video and you have Overlay Full Screen Swipe to Dismiss enabled, if you try to swipe, instead of going back to the previous page, it'll go back to Saved Messages tab (probably because it's loaded in WebView)

Btw, Happy New Year 2022!

Screenshot: Screenshot_20220101-145342_Frost

BienGudBoy avatar Jan 01 '22 08:01 BienGudBoy

Happy new year! If watch works, I can create a side bar and tab action.

AllanWang avatar Jan 03 '22 05:01 AllanWang

Describe the feature Watch videos just like in the official Facebook app.

Workaround

  1. Add Saved Messages to the main activity tabs
  2. Add a new post, with https://facebook.com/watch
  3. Save the post to Saved Messages 4.Go to Saved Messages tab, and tap on the new saved message, Facebook Watch will open

It works pretty good, although with some minor bugs, like:

  1. Refreshing the page usually doesn't pull new/other videos (possibly even after you watched it). After a while (which can take a very long time), it will pull new videos.
  2. If you go to the comment section of a video while it's playing, and then you go back to the previous page, there's a chance that Frost will reload Watch to the beginning, which is pretty annoying.
  3. If you are watching a video and you have Overlay Full Screen Swipe to Dismiss enabled, if you try to swipe, instead of going back to the previous page, it'll go back to Saved Messages tab (probably because it's loaded in WebView)

Btw, Happy New Year 2022!

Screenshot: Screenshot_20220101-145342_Frost

That's a lot of steps just to go to: https://m.facebook.com/watch.

Only thing needed is the device user agent.

creativetrendsapps avatar Jan 03 '22 12:01 creativetrendsapps

That's a lot of steps just to go to: https://m.facebook.com/watch.

Only thing needed is the device user agent.

The goal is to make a button for faster access, not by opening in a browser...

BienGudBoy avatar Jan 04 '22 14:01 BienGudBoy

That's a lot of steps just to go to: https://m.facebook.com/watch. Only thing needed is the device user agent.

The goal is to make a button for faster access, not by opening in a browser...

You do realize Frost is basically a browser, right? What I stated was adding the link in Frost without all the steps you stated you've done. Just makes it easier is all.

creativetrendsapps avatar Jan 05 '22 16:01 creativetrendsapps