Building a social app with Adalo
An app with profiles, posts and a feed, where people follow and react to each other.
Social apps are performance-sensitive: feeds traverse relationships and load images, which is exactly what slows Adalo lists down.
What this kind of app usually needs
- Profiles people can edit and follow
- Posts with text and one or more images
- A feed that shows recent posts from people you follow
- Likes, comments and simple reporting
- Notifications when someone interacts with you
The parts that take the most work
Feed performance
Limit item counts, paginate, and keep list images small.
Empty feeds
A new user follows nobody. Design that state or your first-run experience is a blank screen.
Media uploads
Multi-image posts and video need hosted upload and delivery.