paodalQ: Hi guys.
Just a few questions, but I need you be very detailed, please:
1) What are the differences with FlutterFlow? In particular I found FlutterFlow too much complicated, because of the Google Firebase settings. The ideal would be to have an internal database, but since I understood you don't have any, I guess that if I can use a simpler db like Airtable, I could use it. Is it possible connect an App to an internal DB and, if yes, how much space I get?
2) I would like to make a meditation app, so that even if users have their phone offline they still can listen to the audio files. Is it possibile?
3) I need to send native notifications programmatically when users are not listening audio files for a couple days, for example. Can I do that (easily)?
Thanks.
anas_nowa
May 15, 2024A: Hey paodal,
Nice to hear from you again! To replay back to your last questions:
1. Comparing to Flitterflow, we give you much more freedom in building your app the way you want to especially in the design aspect. Making custom UI with Nowa is the easiest between all no-code options available outthere. You can try it out yourself and see the difference ;)
2. For the audio player widget it will be able to play offline and online sounds, you need to provide to the widget either the audio file itself (offline) or a link to the audio file, it will work exactly how the Image widget works right now in Nowa, you can pick the source between offline image available in the assets or an online one with a link field.
3. That widget will be added definitely, it's called a file picker and you can specify what kind of files you need the user to pick from their files, then using "Circuit" you can use a node to simply encode the file then send it as HTTP request. This use-case is very necessary and needed for alot of use-cases therefore it's one of our priorities to implement it. You will get an email when it's there with tutorial of how to use it.
4. For tier 3 you get litterly unlimited freedom in everything! You definitely can create unlimited apps and deploy them as pwa, you can also have as much domains connected to the apps as you like! When you deploy you get the app as html, css and js files exactly how a normal developer will get after programming their app, afterwards you can host it on any server of your choice and connect as much domains as you like to it, it's all under your control ;)
5. Yes! With offline pwa it will need the user to specify the location of the previously downloaded file and it will play it.
If you have any further questions please ask me here or on our email or discord server. We are here to help you;)
Hey Paodal,
Thanks for your question, so the whole purpose behind Nowa is to provide a tool that is very easy and intuitive to use, but also very flexible so that you can do whatever designs and logic you think of. Most of the no-code tools out there are either too complicated to use or limited in terms of what designs you can make or what features you can build. But for Nowa building an app feels like drawing on paper! you get a smooth experience but also the freedom to do whatever you like!
Right now we don't support internal databases but they will be supported for sure, right now you can use an external one like Subabase, Airtbale, Google Sheets, your REST API, or Firebase (very soon!). For the internal database, its size will be part of the total storage size that is supported in your plan.
2. Sure you can! you can upload your sound track as your assets and let them run offline for your users, however, be careful that those tracks take storage so as to not exceed the storage limit on your account. To do that also need a widget that plays sound track, which is coming soon to Nowa!
3. For notifications you can't right now but will be able to soon! if you check our roadmap a full system of notification management is coming to Nowa in the coming weeks and you will be able to pragmatically send notifications!
You can always check out our roadmap 🛣️to see what is coming soon 🔜, submit a feature that you need 🆕, or upvote for suggestions made by others ⬆️here: https://www.nowa.dev/road-map
Hope this was helpful for you🙌 If you have any more questions please don't hesitate to ask me here, or send us an email at [email protected] or on our discord server (https://discord.com/invite/ByKfn3H7gX). Remember: we are here to help you with everything you need to build a great app! 🔥
1. It's still unclear about what are the differences with FlutterFlow and how do you plan to differ from it in the near future?
2. I understood that there is an audio player widget on its way. It's still not clear, though, if a user can listen to an audio file when they are offline.
3. Is there a widget to upload an audio file, so that an author can add new audio just logging in?
4. In a first phase I plan to make a PWA, so I would like to know, as an AppSumo user who bought the third tier, I read that I can make unlimited apps, right? How many domains (CNAME records) can I have, for different apps?
5. With a PWA can users listen to previously downloaded audio files when they are offline?
I read "a full system of notification management is coming to Nowa in the coming weeks" but it was last year...
What's the ETA regarding notifications?