News for Developers

Introducing Relay Hooks: Improved React APIs for Relay

This article was written in collaboration with Juan Tejada, a Software Engineer at Facebook. Today, we are excited to release Relay Hooks: a set of new, more developer-friendly Relay APIs built using React Hooks. ...

Open Source 2021

March 9, 2021

ELI5: Litho - Simplifying User Interface for Android

In this post, we discuss Litho, a framework for building efficient User Interfaces (UI) for Android. If you're interested in watching a video on this topic, check out an episode of ELI5 series about this open source project on our Facebook Open Source YouTube channel. Why Litho? Most mobile applications today look pretty similar: endless scroll...

Open Source 2021

March 1, 2021

Introducing Facebook Graph API v10.0 and Marketing API v10.0

Today, we are releasing Facebook Graph API v10.0 and Marketing API v10.0. This release has many announcements, updates, deprecations and “undeprecations” that may impact how your application(s) integrate with our platform. This post outlines these updates and the necessary steps developers need to take to avoid disruption where applicable. ...

Business Tools Platforms

February 23, 2021

Facebook Open Source Community Spotlight Wrap-Up

This article was written in collaboration with Cami Williams, an Open Source Developer Advocate at Facebook. We wanted to take the time to thank the open source community members who have inspired and motivated us in the last year. In our Community Spotlight series on the Facebook Open Source Twitter page, we featured the following individuals for...

Open Source 2021

February 18, 2021

ELI5: Hack - Programming Productivity Without Breaking Things

This article was written in collaboration with Joe Previte, an Open Source Developer Advocate at Facebook. In this post, we explain Hack, a programming language focused on productivity and type safety, in a way that is super simple to understand (or, as it’s commonly known online, ELI5). If you're interested in learning by watching or listening,...

Open Source 2021

February 16, 2021

ELI5: Yoga - Cross-Platform Layout Engine

In this post, we will discuss Yoga, an open source, cross-platform layout engine. If you are more of a visual learner, watch our short video on this topic on our YouTube channel. Why Yoga? People will often view the same website across a variety of devices, browsers and screen sizes. Since every platform has its way of displaying content, web...

Open Source 2021

February 1, 2021

Open Source: 2020 Year in Review

This article was written in collaboration with Dmitry Vinnik, an Open Source Developer Advocate at Facebook. There is no denying that 2020 was a challenging year for many of us in so many different ways. Despite these challenges, we saw more projects going live and more people contributing to the growth of open source worldwide. ...

Open Source 2021

January 28, 2021

Introducing Instagram Content Publishing API

Today, we are launching a new feature on the Instagram Graph API Platform to make it easier for businesses to publish content. With this feature, Instagram Business accounts can schedule and publish posts to their Instagram Feeds from third-party platforms. We've heard from businesses that they don't publish content to Instagram spontaneously,...

Business Tools Platforms

January 26, 2021

Facebook Login Updates: A New Limited Data Mode

Facebook Login now offers a Limited Login mode that implements safeguards designed to prevent the fact that a person used Facebook to log into your iOS app from being used to target advertising or measure advertising effectiveness. To implement this new version of Facebook Login, update your Facebook iOS SDK or Facebook SDK for Unity to version...

Business Tools Developer Policy

January 19, 2021