VKontakte is the official client of the social network of the same name. More than a hundred million users of the application rated it at 4.5-4.8 out of a possible 5. By installing the application on your Android device, you will be able to access the popular social network without launching your browser.
Installing VKontakte
By installing the VKontakte app for Android on your device, give permission to access your information, passwords and logins, later you will have to enter these data again. Your device will remember your data after the first time you enter it.
Getting Started
The compactness and versatility of the application makes it easy to find your friends, groups, content, listen to music and watch videos directly from your social network page. If you have been a long-time user of VKontakte and you installed the utility for the first time, it will reflect your page in full. Just continue to work and communicate the same way you did before, from your computer.
Application settings
Going into the program settings (the "nuts" icon at the bottom), you can change them, prohibiting users, for example, to leave comments under your photos, entries on the wall, invitations to games and applications, groups, events, etc. You can also manage your "Black List" to block unwanted contacts.
Privacy
Privacy settings allow you to hide your friends list, comments, audio recordings, page entries and other information. You can choose who you trust to see this information, or you can set it to "Only me." The latter option automatically blocks access to all of your information. To allow your friends to view your posts and messages, change the checkbox to "My friends" or "Only some friends". This will require you to list the names of those to whom all or part of the information on your page is open.
Interface
VKontakte for Android, open on your smartphone and tablet, looks different. On the tablet, News, Replies, Messages, Friends, Groups, photos, etc. are located in the left, very narrow, vertical row. On the phone, they take up most of the page. When you open News, Groups or Messages on the tablet, access to all other program options and settings is visible (horizontal row of icons on the left). The phone opens one page. Access to the rest of the application's functions is opened with a swipe.
