🎉 Admob now Available on Thunkable ✕ 2019-03-12

[Chris]

@domhnallohanlon

I don’t fully understand what you mean by this. We have 11 or 12 very commonly used UI components as well as the 3 main types of navigators to get people up and running quickly with creating their own apps.
Do you mean that there are certain properties in these components that you would like to see added in? Or are you thinking of a specific component that you need for one of your own apps.

Well, where should I begin… There are no essential fields such as date and time picker, there is no way to add custom fonts/icons, textinput & navigators are really buggy and not capable of continuing to the next textbox, Maps component cannot even get its own coordinates on touch event, markers can’t be removed or called in a function, you can barely use any sensors, there are no push notifications, the navigators cannot be styled properly, no way to add a kind of FAB even tough that is essential in Material Design,… There are many essential features missing that would have been much more important to implement than “Payment by Stripe” or “Admob” What should people pay for or how should I make money with ads if my app is just poorly made and doesn’t have any value for the end-user…?

@domhnallohanlon

I see no progress in improvement of the platform

I think it would be helpful to keep an eye on the release notes and the #Announcements but in the interest of clarity, since launching in June of 18 the following (visible!) additions were made

I did check the release notes every 1-2 weeks hoping Thunkable would finally ad one of the most needed features or fix one of the annoying bugs but barely anything happened besides the addition of unnecessary new stuff like ads, changing the starting screen logo, reducing size 8mb…

@domhnallohanlon

Creators are strictly limited to 1 banner per page and 1 interstitial and 1 rewarded video per app.It might be worth pointing out that this is the maximum an app can have, not the recommended amount or the minimum amount.

That still does not ensure quality content in the app. Nobody wants or needs “Hello World” style apps in the App Store, neither without nor with ads. Apple is pushing and enforcing quality standards for apps more and more and it’s not the first time they rejected an app because it has no overvalue and/or does not match with Apples UI/UE guidelines for apps. Once they realize tons of crap apps are created with a platform like Thunkable I am pretty sure they will blacklist apps created with Thunkable X just like they did with other drag & drop builders because they want unique apps with value for the user…

@domhnallohanlon

also you do not care about bugs and reports and do not reply even after one sent you the files as requested

I’ve gone through my inbox for the last 3 months and, apart from one bit of back-channel, I can’t see a single PM from you with a shared project or bug report. If I’ve overlooked it in error, please ping me and I’ll do my best to get you an answer.

What I meant with the issue where I should send the files was this:

Display Glitches Screen load/switch

annoying glitches even appear when editing text or just by using switches: [IMG_0621] Thunkable X has so much of an early Alpha feeling… I am really trying hard to create a neat looking app by bringing a successful project over to X but there are so many bugs, limitations,… it’s really no fun to work with

But there are many other bugs / problem reports on here and on github that do not seem to be taken care of…

@domhnallohanlon

We have been pretty clear about what our 2019 development roadmap looks like, having revealed it back in October 2018, so it would be great to know what sort of apps you’re working on at the moment, what your main goals/milestones are, and how you feel that we can help you be a more successful creator.

Most of the apps I created or want to create rely on a solid map feature. I would love to bring several of my classic apps to Thunkable X and even tried to create workarounds but I would have to make so many workarounds that the outcome quality of the app would just be bad… I tried to recreate my project Kältemeldung | Temperature alert for street workers but neither is there a possibility to add markers on touch, nor to remove markers created, nor create date/time picker and also the text boxes field move on to the next one which makes the user experience bad and they are really buggy like i posted already (link above).

So maybe you see why I think right now it is impossible to create a powerful nicely designed app with value to the user in Thunkable X… Even the sample apps are not useful at all and if you take a look at the “top community apps” they are (no offense) just crap… And those are real examples of what you are capable of creating with Thunkable X right now.

Best, Chris