Facebook open-sources its Litho UI framework for Android

The Facebook app for Android isn't great, but it's far better than it used to be. Last year, the company began working on a new user interface framework for its Android app, called Litho. The goal was to achieve smooth scrolling performance on a wide range of devices, and now Facebook has open-sourced the library for anyone to use. Litho is designed to be faster and more efficient than Android's RecyclerView, which displays elements from large data sets (like a social media timeline) by recycling views as soon as they leave the user's sight. Read More Facebook open-sources its Litho UI framework for Android wa s written by the awesome team at Android Police. Android Match ae http://androidmatch.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default