After several requests for access to the beta test for building native apps — without any response or approval — I’ve decided to move my application to WeWeb + Supabase.
I truly value the tools and community Bubble has built, but the delay in accessing crucial features for my project has made it necessary to explore other solutions. an slot as a beta tester.
I have the web application ready in Bubble, but the delay for the native app is making me move to another tool, it’s frustrating.
@nick.carroll can you help me? I really don’t want to switch platforms — I would love to continue with Bubble — but I need to create a native app before the web app launch. It’s crucial for my project.
We received the private beta invite on Monday and filled out the Google Form immediately. Anyone been through this process and know how long it takes from when you submit the form until access is enabled?
Up! @nick.carroll Hello! I started my MVP on Bubble in 2020. The developer who was helping me said I would never be able to publish a mobile app on the stores using Bubble. I believed it, so we created MyVibes as a PWA and taught my users how to install it on their devices through the browser (shortcut on the screen).
Then, in 2022, I discovered BDK Native — and the magic happened! Later, Zeroqode launched AirNative, and my problems were solved.
I’m excited for the Beta and would be honored if it were enabled for my account, as my project is fully mobile, and I’ve always believed in Bubble.
hey @fede.bubble any update on when we’ll get payments? The team is thinking of buiding a new project in like a month. but we’ll need subscriptions. so should we be optimistic about that?
@nick.carroll do you have plans to allow resize image before upload (like web image uploader?)
Mobile images are massive and upload slow, which is slow user feedback to see what’s in the app.
Or maybe better than resize image: a way to view thumbnail of image before actual upload starts. So user can see photos in app and proceed with usage of app…then you can upload in background later.
Same place - the plugins tab. There’s just some that are native mobile-specific, but no way to filter for that right now. Also you can post in Mobile Beta for native mobile-specific questions
Offline question: I’ve heard people say that the Mobile App has offline read-only access and I’ve struggled to understand what that really means.
Does that mean that the page itself can be loaded but anything that relies on an object in the database won’t load?
Does that mean that the page loads AND I/the user can choose to have some objects available from when the user was last online? (like spotify/apple music has downloading audio files for offline listening)
I think I can safely assume that “read-only” does not include making database references to objects that were created/edited while the user was offline.
One of the many reasons I want to understand how the offline capabilities work is for user file management. My users upload files that they occasionally want in offline scenarios (usually rural work). Currently, in the Web App, I’ve provided a download link where they download the file to their local storage but then they have to go searching through their phone files to find it. (Many of my users perform this task poorly) I’ve hoped for a better experience for them to access their files while offline. (Usually PDFs)