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Is Supabase targeted towards webdev "apps" or mobile "apps"? As a mobile dev I got excited to check out a Firebase + serverless alternative, but the docs seem v

Is Supabase targeted towards webdev "apps" or mobile "apps"? As a mobile dev I got excited to check out a Firebase + serverless alternative, but the docs seem very targeted towards webdevs and non-native apps. I see there's a 1.0 Swift library that's available, would love if someone can chime in with their experience using that in an iOS app.

MrOwnPut 3y ago
They seem to have Flutter support but the lack of React Native support is non starter for me.
- kiwicopple 3y ago
  Actually React Native is supported with the JS libs. While we don't have React Native docs, here is one for Expo which should be easy enough to convert: https://supabase.com/docs/guides/getting-started/tutorials/with-expo https://supabase.com/docs/guides/getting-started/tutorials/w... We also support swift: https://supabase.com/docs/reference/swift/introduction https://supabase.com/docs/reference/swift/introduction One more thing - we will have some more announcements for mobile (specifically auth) tomorrow.
  - MrOwnPut 3y ago
    I see, awesome. Thanks for the clarification!
- paradaux 3y ago
  I'm working on several RN + Supabase projects and it just works ! There were a few kinks initially, like URL polyfil being missing from RN and the need for AsyncStorage alongside supabase.js but they've all been rectified by the team or made more clear using their Expo instructions in the docs — Although maybe it'd be clearer for people that the expo guide is for RN? People who haven't started using RN might not know the connection? It's such a pleasant stack, we're experimenting currently with edge functions in place of an API in certain places, so far it's just to use Cloudflare Turnstile to insert contact form records into a database, but it's super trivial. Excited for the future of edge functions!

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Is Supabase targeted towards webdev "apps" or mobile "apps"? As a mobile dev I got excited to check out a Firebase + serverless alternative, but the docs seem v

by trevor-e 3y ago

MrOwnPut 3y ago
They seem to have Flutter support but the lack of React Native support is non starter for me.
- kiwicopple 3y ago
  Actually React Native is supported with the JS libs. While we don't have React Native docs, here is one for Expo which should be easy enough to convert: https://supabase.com/docs/guides/getting-started/tutorials/with-expo https://supabase.com/docs/guides/getting-started/tutorials/w... We also support swift: https://supabase.com/docs/reference/swift/introduction https://supabase.com/docs/reference/swift/introduction One more thing - we will have some more announcements for mobile (specifically auth) tomorrow.
  - MrOwnPut 3y ago
    I see, awesome. Thanks for the clarification!
- paradaux 3y ago
  I'm working on several RN + Supabase projects and it just works ! There were a few kinks initially, like URL polyfil being missing from RN and the need for AsyncStorage alongside supabase.js but they've all been rectified by the team or made more clear using their Expo instructions in the docs — Although maybe it'd be clearer for people that the expo guide is for RN? People who haven't started using RN might not know the connection? It's such a pleasant stack, we're experimenting currently with edge functions in place of an API in certain places, so far it's just to use Cloudflare Turnstile to insert contact form records into a database, but it's super trivial. Excited for the future of edge functions!