Making a phone app in Construct?

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  • Hey folks! I was thinking about prototyping a phone app today, I'm quite experienced in using Construct for games, but I was wondering if you think it feasible to make an app (probably just a prototype) in C3 that is :

    - responsive

    - sending/receiving data from servers

    - could support some sort of payment system? even if it's redirecting to a browser link or something like that

    - has text chat features

    - safe? (i'm not a web developer, idk i'm not sure if Construct has the tools to ensure privacy and safety for transactions, text messages etc)

    - that could show you content based on your gps location?

    I won't go in too much detail here, but I'm looking at ways to share mutual aid requests/offers

    I know a few people that could help me with the technical needs of an app like that, as I definitely don't have the expertise for this, but I was wondering if you did a non-game app with C3 or something similar? if yes how did it go?

  • Anything you can put on a webpage, you can put in Construct. That said, what you are describing sounds like it would be much more suitable to be developed as a webpage rather than a Construct app.

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  • I have done all of the above in apps using construct.

    The two best things that came to construct to aid in "app" design and development is JS and the HTML Element.

    True responsive app UI's can be done quite easily now.

  • Definitely

    - responsive

    Scale outer and some fancy positioning and resizing, CSS with web elements.

    - sending/receiving data from servers

    Easy: PHP/MySql over ajax

    Hard(er): Websocket/nodejs

    - could support some sort of payment system? even if it's redirecting to a browser link or something like that

    Lots of methods to implement paypal, mollie, stripe etc all these has some form of web interface.

    - has text chat features

    The multiplayer object has decent chat features

    - safe? (i'm not a web developer, idk i'm not sure if Construct has the tools to ensure privacy and safety for transactions, text messages etc)

    It is all web based, so, any form of payment system that has web based interaction will suffice. It is just a matter of how well you implement it that could lend itself for problems.

    - that could show you content based on your gps location?

    I used a separate PHP page for a solution like this once, a simple post to to PHP page helps determine location etc and based off that perform actions.

    I won't go in too much detail here, but I'm looking at ways to share mutual aid requests/offers

    Will require some sort of database backend to store related information. Again, PHP/MySql lends itself for this.

    Also, with the web3 and ether contracts, you could make a really fancy payment system, but will require some hefty insights on the whole crypto based contracts (not to mention the currency would be crypto). The former mentioned should be a lot easier if your able to communicate with databases over php.

    I know a few people that could help me with the technical needs of an app like that, as I definitely don't have the expertise for this, but I was wondering if you did a non-game app with C3 or something similar? if yes how did it go?

    Most of the apps I made were generally customized to meet specific needs. Those I made work well.

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