Timeline native mobile

Hi @petr (and everyone else), we appreciate this feedback. As the product manager of the mobile team, I’d like to take some time to address these concerns. As Petr has pointed out, progress on mobile improvements has indeed slowed, and its frustrating for us as well. Over the past few months, we’ve encountered a number of unforeseen setbacks, including losing some key talent with domain expertise, that have severely impacted the timelines for planned features and improvements. We have not been slowing down progress or shifting resources away from mobile development on purpose - in fact, quite the opposite. We are working on doubling the current engineering capacity on the mobile team (and more generally across the rest of the engineering teams) to get the product to where it needs to be.

In the meantime, we have two top priorities on mobile:

  1. In app purchases
  2. Improving performance and reliability

In App Purchases update:
We demoed a functioning prototype of mobile in app purchases at Bubble Tour last month. We are now working on getting subscription support production ready. We have shifted some resources around to ensure we can keep the momentum on this mission critical feature. We will have a timeline update coming in the next few days. Regardless, I can promise you it will be worth it :slight_smile:

Performance and reliability update:
Last week, we added a validation step during the setup flow to make the build process more reliable. Earlier this week, we made some changes to the update app screen behavior and how OTAs are applied, which should result in a much cleaner end-user experience. We are now turning our focus to a host of mobile rendering issues, especially on Android devices.

Previously planned features:
The setbacks mean that we have unfortunately had to de-prioritize other planned features like deep linking and the native mobile plugin editor. As we grow the team, we plan to take these projects on again - most likely at the top of the new year.Until then, there will be no updates on these features.

We (Bubble) are actively listening to your feedback and committed to making mobile the best product in the market. We are making the necessary investments behind the scenes to make this happen. While we’ve had some setbacks, we expect things will start ramping up again soon. Thanks again and excited to see what you continue building!

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