# RE: Chat app In Thunkable drag and drop **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [May 24, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/re-chat-app-in-thunkable-drag-and-drop/1303818 "2021-05-24T11:13:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asmisethi9585oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@asmisethi9585oy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/asmisethi9585oy)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/re-chat-app-in-thunkable-drag-and-drop/1303818/1 "2021-05-24T11:13:47Z")
> [@Chat app In Thunkable drag and drop](https://community.thunkable.com/t/chat-app-in-thunkable-drag-and-drop/1297119/10): > > Hi there, This realtime DB block is the same as this cloud variable block: [image] And this realtimeDB block is the same as this cloud variable block: [image] I am using [dynamically named variables](https://docs.thunkable.com/variables#dynamically-named-variables) here, so you don’t even need an initialize block! Does that help you understand how to use cloud variables instead of the Realtime DB component in your Drag and Drop project? Hello @jane Your example helped can you help me locate the “in Realtime DB” block. the purple block? ---
**Author:** ![jane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jane/32/27575_2.png) [@jane](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jane)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:39am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/re-chat-app-in-thunkable-drag-and-drop/1303818/2 "2021-05-25T06:39:11Z")
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**Author:** ![jane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/jane/32/27575_2.png) [@jane](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jane)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:39am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/re-chat-app-in-thunkable-drag-and-drop/1303818/3 "2021-05-25T06:39:23Z")
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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/re-chat-app-in-thunkable-drag-and-drop/1303818/4 "2024-11-08T13:22:21Z")