This looks like a step in the right direction. In previous HN discussions, Facebook's approach to mobile app development hasn't gone over so well: Dalvik patch

This looks like a step in the right direction. In previous HN discussions, Facebook's approach to mobile app development hasn't gone over so well: Dalvik patch for Facebook for Android | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5321634 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5321634 > I can't believe an app requires 8M RAM just for method names! > They actually did have the stonkingly huge arrogance to monkey patch the OS > Basically these engineers decided to be really clever, painted themselves > into a corner, smashed a hole in the wall so as to escape from said corner, > and then bragged about how great they are. Updated Facebook for Android requires "Retrieve Running Apps" permission | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5543363 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5543363 > Is there any good reason they don't split the functionality to the > appropriate applications? Then maybe they wouldn't have to hack dalvik to > run a simple facebook client.