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Launch HN: Glide (YC W19) – Mobile Apps from Google Sheets

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Re: Launch HN: Glide (YC W19) – Mobile Apps from Google Sheets

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I believe my issue is different. I wasn't seeing the normal Google auth screen; I signed-out to see if there was an account sync issue, and I can't seem to sign back in now. I click sign-in, the normal Google auth screen pops-up, I select my account, and the button in the bottom-left corner gets stuck on "Signing in..."

Ok perhaps we are being inundated with signups right now, looking into our Firebase auth backend...

There are worse problems to have. ;)

Re: Launch HN: Glide (YC W19) – Mobile Apps from Google Sheets

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Hey man, can you give me the developer console output. I am very curious what the issue here is, sometimes we have seen extensions like ghostery interfere with the login process but I'm guessing you already would have checked that considering this is HN :)

Yeah, I looked through the console. The only log is one analytics script that was blocked: GET https://cdn.segment.com/analytics.js/v1/s5swIuWdyLEwzdp3HXwc... net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT

What browser are you using?

Re: Launch HN: Glide (YC W19) – Mobile Apps from Google Sheets

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Hey man, can you give me the developer console output. I am very curious what the issue here is, sometimes we have seen extensions like ghostery interfere with the login process but I'm guessing you already would have checked that considering this is HN :)

Yeah, I looked through the console. The only log is one analytics script that was blocked: GET https://cdn.segment.com/analytics.js/v1/s5swIuWdyLEwzdp3HXwc... net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT

I'm using Chrome 72.0.3626.109 (64-bit) on OS X 10.14.

Re: Launch HN: Glide (YC W19) – Mobile Apps from Google Sheets

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To clarify this is read-only view of the sheet right? Is the plan to make something more CRUD capable?

For now it's mostly read-only. We have one component that lets you edit free-form text that syncs back to the sheet, called Notes. We also have a Comments component and a Chat tab, which don't sync to the sheet. And our big focus right now is to add more CRUD functionality.

Re: Launch HN: Glide (YC W19) – Mobile Apps from Google Sheets

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Thank you! We will add more options to customize the look of the apps. It's important to us not to overload users with fine-grained controls that require design expertise to get good-looking results, though.

That's an interesting point. As an app developer myself (so maybe not the target audience) I'd love to be able to change some aspects of it, even if it made things look "bad" as it would be a part of the fun/identity of the app. I'm not asking to adjust layout per-se (as that's more complex), but simply to manipulate fonts/colours etc. would be quite fun :) Anyways, glad it's on the roadmap! I'll keep an eye on it.

Ya know, draftbit.com is in beta right now and offers some pretty complex styling of React Native screens without messing with code. Although no way to import data... yet ;)

Re: Launch HN: Glide (YC W19) – Mobile Apps from Google Sheets

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Isn't it risky to promise that the app will be published in the App Store and Google Play, when that is really up to a third party to decide?

I see what you mean. Yes perhaps we should say "Export to App Store & Google Play"? Although 'export' is also a technical concept. What we really offer is native builds, and eventually we will help you publish them.

How about ‘submit’?

Re: Launch HN: Glide (YC W19) – Mobile Apps from Google Sheets

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As a marketer this is incredible and the possibilities are endless. Any plans to allow creators to add ads so the apps can be monetized?

We haven't thought about that much yet. What kinds of apps are you thinking of building?

Re: Launch HN: Glide (YC W19) – Mobile Apps from Google Sheets

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As a marketer this is incredible and the possibilities are endless. Any plans to allow creators to add ads so the apps can be monetized?

We haven't thought about that much yet. What kinds of apps are you thinking of building?

Well, information apps. Is not to far from your examples but I would like a way to monetize them.

Also, do you plan on adding or integrating a service (not sure if doable) for push notifications (for new content, reminders, etc)?

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