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  • Introduction
  • New? Start Here
  • What is Bubble?
  • The Glossary
  • User manual
    • Getting started
      • What is Bubble?
      • Building for...
        • Web
        • Native iOS and Android
          • Mobile app quick start guide
          • What is a native mobile app?
          • Native mobile vs. web development
          • Differences in native and web elements
          • Native mobile app terminology
      • Building your first app
        • Planning features
        • Database structure
        • Design and UX
        • eCommerce and payments
          • Shopping cart
          • Checkout page
          • One-time payments
          • Subscriptions
          • Marketplace
      • Creating and managing apps
      • The Bubble editor
        • Tabs and sections
          • Design tab
            • The element tree
            • The property editor
          • Workflow tab
          • Data tab
          • Styles tab
          • Plugins tab
          • Settings tab
            • Application settings
              • Custom headers/body
              • Visual settings
              • Social media sharing
              • Translating your app
              • Email settings
              • Collaboration
            • Custom domain and DNS
          • Logs tab
        • Tools
          • Key features
          • The search tool
          • The Issue Checker
          • The element tree
          • The element property editor
          • The debugger
          • Notes
        • Previewing your app
      • Transitioning to Bubble from...
        • JavaScript
        • HTML and CSS
        • SQL
    • Design
      • Elements
        • Web app
          • The page
          • Containers
            • Groups
            • Repeating groups
            • Table elements
            • Popups
            • Floating groups
            • Group focus
          • Visual elements
          • Input forms
            • Text and numbers
            • Dates and time
            • File uploads
            • Selection controls
        • iOS and Android app
          • The view
          • Containers
          • Visual elements
          • Input forms
          • Mobile reusable elements
        • The element hierarchy
          • The element tree
        • Reusable Elements
      • Styling
        • Color variables
        • Font variables
        • Styles
        • Custom Fonts
      • Responsive design
        • Building responsive pages
        • Legacy articles
          • The Basics (Legacy)
          • Building Responsive Pages (Legacy)
          • Migrating Legacy Pages
          • Tips When Designing (Legacy)
      • Templates
      • The Component Library
      • Importing from Figma
    • Data
      • The database
        • Data types and fields
        • Creating, saving and deleting data
        • Finding data
        • Displaying data
        • Protecting data with privacy rules
        • The database editor
        • Export/import data
          • Exporting data
          • Importing data (CSV)
        • Working with location data
        • Using Algolia
        • Database structure by app type
          • Marketplace Apps
          • Directory & Listings Apps
          • Social Network Apps
          • SaaS Apps
          • Project Management Apps
          • CRM Apps
          • Professional Services Apps
          • On-demand Apps
          • Documentation/ CMS Apps
          • Applicant Tracking System (ATS) Apps
          • Portfolio Apps
          • Gallery Apps
          • Online Store / Ecommerce Apps
          • Blog Apps
          • Messaging App
          • Dashboards
          • Building Block Apps
          • Bubble as a backend
      • Files
      • Images
      • Static data
        • App texts (translations)
        • Option sets
      • Temporary data
        • Custom states
        • URL parameters
      • User accounts
        • Authentication plugins
          • Facebook plugin
          • Fitbit plugin
          • Google plugin
          • Instagram plugin
          • LinkedIn plugin
          • Pinterest plugin
          • Slack plugin
          • Wistia plugin
          • YouTube plugin
        • Cookies set by Bubble
      • Time, dates and time zones
    • Logic
      • The frontend and backend
      • Workflows
        • Events
          • Frontend events
            • Recurring workflows
            • Custom events
          • Backend events
            • Database trigger events
        • Actions
        • API Workflows
      • Dynamic expressions
      • Conditions
      • Navigation
        • Single-page applications (SPA)
        • Multi-page applications
        • Page slugs
      • Device resources
        • Location services
        • Camera/photo library
    • Workload
      • Understanding workload
        • Activity types
        • The workload calculation
        • Client-side and server-side processing
      • Tracking workload
        • Measuring
          • Using App Metrics
        • Monitoring
          • Workload notifications
          • Infinite recursion protection
      • Optimizing workload
        • Optimization framework
        • Optimization checklist
          • Page load
          • Searches
          • Workflows and actions
          • Backend workflows
        • Agency showcases
          • Minimum Studio
          • Neam
          • Support Dept
    • Security
      • Bubble's security features
      • Planning app security
      • Client-side and server-side
      • Bubble account security
      • App security
      • Page security
      • Database security
      • API security
        • API Connector security
        • Data API security
        • Workflow API security
      • Flusk
        • Overview
        • Flusk plan features
        • Getting started with Flusk
        • Flusk security tools
          • The Issues Explorer
          • Issue details
          • Tools and settings
            • Pages rating
            • Database rating
        • Flusk FAQ
      • Cookies
      • Security checklist
    • Previewing your app
      • Previewing a web app
      • Previewing a mobile app
    • Publishing your app
      • Web app
      • Native mobile app
        • Global native mobile settings
        • iOS App Store
        • Google Play Store
        • Publishing FAQ
    • AI
      • Generate apps with AI
        • About AI app generation
      • AI page designer
      • Connect to AI agents
    • Maintenance
      • Collaborators
      • Version control
        • Best practices: Version control
        • Transitioning from the legacy version control
        • Terminology: Version control
        • Version Control (legacy)
      • Commenting
      • Database maintenance
        • Copying the database
        • Restoring database backups
        • Bulk operations
          • Bulk operation methods compared
        • Wiping change history
      • Performance
        • Hard limits
        • Capacity Usage (legacy)
        • Notes on queries
      • SEO
        • Introduction to SEO
        • SEO: App
        • SEO: Page
      • Testing and debugging
        • Introduction to testing and debugging
        • The debugger
        • The server logs
        • Supported browsers
      • API workflow scheduler
    • Integrations
      • API
        • Introduction to APIs
          • What is a RESTful API?
        • The Bubble API
          • Bubble API terminology
          • Authentication
            • How to authenticate
            • No authentication
            • As a User
            • As an admin
          • The Data API
            • Data API Privacy Rules
            • Data API endpoints
            • Data API requests
          • The Workflow API
            • Workflow API privacy rules
            • Workflow API endpoints
            • API workflows
              • Creating API workflows
              • Scheduling API workflows
              • Recursive API workflows
              • API Workflow Scheduler
              • Case: Stripe notifications
        • The API Connector
          • Authentication
          • API Connector security
          • API guides
            • OpenAI
              • Authentication
              • Calls
                • ChatGPT
                  • Chat
            • Google Translate
              • How to setup Google API keys
          • Streaming API
        • API security
        • Plugins that connect to APIs
        • API Glossary
      • Plugins
        • What Plugins Can Do
        • Installing and using Plugins
        • Authentication plugins
        • Special Plugins
      • SQL Database Connector
      • Bubble App Connector
      • WorkOS
        • WorkOS SSO
        • WorkOS API
    • Infrastructure
      • Sub-apps
      • Bubble release tiers
      • Hosting and scaling
        • How Bubble hosting works
        • Scaling with Bubble
        • CDN (Cloudflare)
        • Bubble app names
        • Domain and DNS
      • Compliance
        • GDPR
        • SOC 2 Type II
        • HIPAA
        • Other frameworks and standards
    • Bubble for Enterprise
      • Hosting and infrastructure
        • Dedicated instance
          • The Dedicated editor experience
          • Technical specs
          • Main cluster dependencies
          • Customizable options
          • Migration process
            • Pre-migration
            • During migration
            • Post-migration
      • Security and compliance
        • Single sign-on (SSO)
        • GDPR
        • SOC 2 Type II
        • HIPAA
        • Other frameworks
        • Bubble's security features
      • Admin and collaboration
      • Priority support
      • Billing and Payment Guideline for Dedicated Instances
  • Core Reference
    • Using the core reference
    • Bubble's Interface
      • Design tab
      • Design tab (Legacy)
      • Workflow tab
      • Data tab
      • Styles tab
      • Styles tab (Legacy)
      • Plugins tab
      • Settings tab
      • Logs tab
      • Template tab
      • Toolbar
      • Top and context menu options
      • Deployment and version control
        • Deployment & Version Control Dropdown (legacy)
      • Notes
    • Elements
      • Native mobile elements
        • View element
        • List component
      • General properties
      • General properties (Legacy)
      • Styling properties
      • Styling Properties (Legacy)
      • Responsive Properties
      • Responsive Properties (Legacy)
      • Conditional formatting
      • States
      • Page Element
        • Page Element (Legacy)
      • Visual Elements
      • Containers
      • Container Layout Types
      • Containers (Legacy)
      • Input Forms
      • Reusable Elements
      • Element Templates (legacy)
    • Workflows
    • Events
      • General events
      • Element events
      • Custom events
      • Recurring event
      • Database trigger event
    • Actions
      • Account
      • Navigation
      • Data (things)
      • Email
      • Element
      • Custom
    • On-device resources
    • Data
      • Data Sources
      • Operators and comparisons
      • Search
      • Privacy
    • Styles
    • API
      • The Bubble API
        • The Data API
          • Authentication
          • Data API endpoints
          • Data API requests
        • The Workflow API
      • The API Connector
        • Authentication
        • Adding calls
    • Bubble-made Plugins
      • AddtoAny Share Buttons
      • Airtable
      • API Connector
      • Blockspring
      • Box
      • Braintree
      • Bubble App Connector
      • Chart.js
      • Circle Music Player
      • Draggable Elements
      • Dropzone
      • Facebook
      • Fitbit
      • Full Calendar
      • Google
      • Google Analytics
      • Google Optimize
      • Google Places
      • Ionic Elements
      • iTunes
      • Slidebar Menu
      • LinkedIn
      • Localize Translation
      • Mixpanel
      • Mouse & Keyboard Interactions
      • Multiselect Dropdown
      • Progress Bar
      • Rich Text Editor
      • Rich Text Editor (Legacy)
      • Screenshotlayer
      • SelectPDF
      • Slack
      • Segment
      • Slick Slideshow
      • SQL Database Connector
      • Star Rating
      • Stripe
      • Tinder-like Element
      • Twitter
      • YouTube
      • Zapier
    • Application Settings
      • App plan
      • General
      • Domain / email
      • Languages
      • SEO / metatags
      • API
      • Collaboration
      • Sub-apps
      • Versions
  • Account & Marketplace
    • Account and billing
      • Pricing and plans
        • Plans and billing
        • Billing cycle
        • FAQ: Pricing and Workload
      • Account Management
      • Building Apps for Others
      • Selling on the Marketplace
      • Plans & Billing (legacy)
    • Official Bubble Certification
      • Hiring certified developers
    • Building Plugins
      • The Plugin Editor
      • General Settings
      • Updating to Plugin API v4
      • Adding API Connections
      • Building Elements
      • Building Actions
      • Loading Data
      • Publishing and versioning
      • Github Integration
    • Building Templates
    • Application and data ownership
    • Marketplace policies
    • Bug reports
  • Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
  • Beta features
    • About the Beta features section
    • Native mobile apps
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  • One platform for both web and iOS/Android
  • Welcome to Bubble!
  • Choosing your platform
  • Your learning and building journey
  • 1. Start with your idea
  • 2. Turn your idea into an AI prompt
  • 3. Refine the blueprint
  • 4. Generate and preview your app
  • 5. Tweak and expand with visual development
  • 6. Launch and iterate
  • Learning resources
  • The User Manual
  • More learning resources
  • Getting help

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One platform for both web and iOS/Android

Bubble supports building apps for both web and iOS/Android. The power of Bubble’s infrastructure is that you don’t need to choose one—you can build for both, using a shared database, workflows, and backend logic.

All of this happens in one editor, with no need to maintain separate codebases or integrations. This unified approach makes it easy to support multiple platforms while keeping your design, data and logic consistent across your entire app.

Feature
Web app
Native mobile app
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Can be installed from an app store

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Push notifications

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⚠️ (manual setup)

On-device camera access

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⚠️ (manual setup)

On-device photo library access

⚠️ (as file upload)

✅ (native access)

⚠️ (manual setup)

Can open in a mobile browser without installation

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Database access

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Backend workflow access

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API access

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Access to styles

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Welcome to Bubble!

Choosing your platform

The native mobile app editor is currently in beta, meaning that you may experience issues or limitations while building or testing your app. Features may change, and not all functionality is final. We recommend thorough testing before publishing, and welcome feedback to help improve the experience.

With Bubble, you can build for web, mobile or both at the same time. The guides below give you an introduction to each path:

To get quickly started with native mobile app development, check out our Quick Start Guide below:

Your learning and building journey

Bubble guides you step-by-step from idea to fully functional app, combining the power of AI with intuitive visual development. Here's what your learning and building process looks like:

AI app builder: The AI app builder currently only works for web apps, but support for native mobile apps is coming soon!

1. Start with your idea

Think about the app you want to build. Consider your audience, the core features you need, and the problems you're trying to solve.

2. Turn your idea into an AI prompt

Using Bubble's AI app generator, describe your vision in simple terms. Clearly outline the key functionalities and style you envision.

3. Refine the blueprint

Bubble’s AI interprets your prompt and shows you a preview. You can explore this initial interpretation, refine your instructions, and ensure it aligns closely with your vision.

4. Generate and preview your app

Bubble automatically creates your app based on your refined prompt. The AI builds your design, workflows, database structure, and even populates your database with relevant sample data — ready for you to immediately test.

5. Tweak and expand with visual development

Your generated app is a robust starting point. Using Bubble’s visual editor, you can adjust, customize, and expand every aspect of your app — no coding required.

6. Launch and iterate

Once you’re satisfied, Bubble helps you easily deploy your app to the web, iOS, and Android. Gather user feedback, iterate quickly, and continually improve your app over time.

Bubble makes the journey from idea to reality faster, more intuitive, and accessible for everyone

Learning resources

The User Manual

The User Manual will take you through all the different concepts, how-to's, terminology and best practices needed to learn Bubble. You can read it from beginning to end, or pick the chapters that interest you the most.

If you are new to building in Bubble, we recommend heading over to the Getting started section.

Getting started: the introductory guide to building apps in Bubble

Our introductory guide will not only take you through the Bubble basics, but will help you set your strategy for planning and building your app in general. We cover topics such as:

  • What is Bubble

  • Building your first app

    • Planning your features and versions

    • Database structure

    • Design and UX

  • Creating and managing apps

  • The Bubble editor and how it works

  • Setting up a custom domain and DNS

  • Application settings

More learning resources

You can learn Bubble in several ways, including:

Getting help

If you need help during your learning or building journey, the resources below can help you out with everything from account management to specific problem solving:

The Bubble Success Team – Bubble – experienced Customer Support agents

The Bubble Success Team is a group of dedicated Bubble employees that answer questions and solve problems for thousands of users every month.

The Bubble Forum – Community – questions, discussions and news

Connect with over 2 million community members, get answers to your questions, and discover how to build better with Bubble. This is also where we publish major news and discuss features with the community.

Here are a few things you should do to increase your chances of getting an answer:

  1. Start with a clear question, so others know what you're trying to solve.

  2. Describe what you have already tried; that will help others narrow down possible answers.

  3. Share your app as an open app, so that others can access it. If your app is sensitive and private, use some screenshots to show what you have done so far.

Bubble Coaches – Community – highly experienced Bubble users on-screen

Our Bubble coaches make up a carefully curated list with community experts that you can connect with to ask questions and solve problems via screen-sharing.

Before you start exploring, you can .

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Covering terms and phrases used in Bubble

The glossary contains widely used words and phrases used in Bubble, along with a short description of what it means. Most entries link to articles in the User Manual and/or the Core Reference where you can learn more about the relevant concept.

Video courses and lessons

The Bubble Academy is a large and growing collection of video courses and lessons (some of them interactice) that tackle subjects ranging from beginner to advanced.

lessons (short and long) as well as community-created content

Our Youtube channel, which includes lessons both short and long. There's also an ever-growing collection of community-generated content on Youtube.

live group courses

Bootcamps lets you get expert advice from experienced Bubblers, group discussions and feedback in your app. There are a range of different bootcamps available that cover different parts of your learning journey.

Some bootcamps are set up so that you can learn while you are developing your app and get valuable feedback and live problem-solving.

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Building for web

Building for mobile

Mobile app quick start guide
Planning your app
Prompt guide
Previewing and refining your app blueprint
Previewing your app
The Bubble Editor
Launching your app
Getting started
The Glossary:
The glossary
The Bubble Academy:
Bubble Academy
Video lesson search page
Youtube channel:
Youtube channel
Bootcamps:
Bubble bootcamps
Contact the Success team
The Bubble Forum
Bubble coaches
With Bubble, your web app and native mobile app are built on the same platform—sharing a single database and backend logic to work seamlessly together.