Make mobile apps using Airtable, introducing miniAppMaker!

[Moe]

miniAppMaker is a tool that allows anyone to make a mobile app without coding by using Airtable as the backend. Here’s how it works:

1. Design your app in Airtable
2. Add your Airtable IDs (API, base, tables, fields) to miniAppMaker
3. Test your app. Wa-lah!

This project is inspired by Airtable’s mission to “democratize software creation”. People are already doing amazing things with Airtable. We believe its power can be magnified if we allow people to turn their creations into mobile apps to share with the world. Especially when an entire app can be made in 30 minutes!

Examples of apps that can be made:

• Internal business tools: operations manager for workflows, processes, tasks, inventory, delivery tracking…etc.
• Appointment/event management: classes, workshops, RSVPs or employee scheduling. For salons, spas, gyms, clinics, catering, tourism, photography…etc.
• Catalog/directory: a community-curated list of restaurants, recipes, apps, events…etc.
• Marketplace: for anything where there is supply and demand. Airbnb for X!

We’re just starting out in Beta and eager to hear your feedback. Try it out at miniAppMaker.com

Backstory: I first heard of Airtable when I was a freshman in UC Berkeley. I met the founder in 2014 while he was visiting campus. 5 years later, I’m still a big fan!

[Nat]

Great work on this @Moe! We added miniAppMaker to the Airtable resources list here: https://builtonair.com/resources/

[Sundar_Sundares]

Great product with a lot of potential!

Question: how do you create form views for two different tables? Looks like it supports only one table for form entry…

[Justin_Barrett]

Welcome to the community, @Sundar_Sundareswaran! :grinning_face_with_big_eyes: Correct. Any view in a table is tied to that specific table, and form views are no different. If you need to make a form that updates (or creates records in) more than one table, you’ll need to use a third-party tool like JotForm or TypeForm to create the form, and something like Zapier or Integromat to process the form’s output and send the data to the appropriate tables.

Another option (which I wouldn’t recommend) is to use a single Airtable form, which would put all of the data into a single table, and then use Zapier or Integromat (or Airtable’s own scripting action beta) to copy the relevant field data to a second table. The downside is that you’ll have extra fields in the first table that only act as temporary placeholders for that second table’s data, which just adds clutter and confusion, even if you leave those fields hidden.

[Jason_Mitchell]

I can’t get your app - when I click the link to download the app the App Store says that your app isn’t available in my country or region. Does that sound right (Im in the USA)?