Google App Maker

{{short description|Application development tool}}

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| released = {{Start date and age|November 30, 2016}}

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| genre = App development

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Google App Maker was a low-code application development tool, developed by Google Inc. as part of the G Suite family. It allowed developers or its users to build and deploy custom business apps on the web.{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Lulu |title=Developers can now take Google App Maker out for a test drive |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-app-maker/ |publisher=Digital Trends |date=June 15, 2018}}

Launched in 2016,{{cite news|last1=Kapko|first1=Matt|date=December 1, 2016|title=Google App Maker aims to ease enterprise development|publisher=CIO magazine|url=https://www.cio.com/article/3146154/google-app-maker-aims-to-ease-enterprise-development.html}} it was accessible to its users with any G Suite Business and Enterprise subscription and G Suite for Education edition.{{cite news |last1=Lardinois |first1=Lardinois |title=App Maker, Google's low-code tool for building business apps, comes out of beta |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/14/app-maker-googles-low-code-tool-for-building-business-apps-comes-out-of-beta/ |publisher=TechCrunch |date=June 14, 2018}}

Google App Maker allowed users to drag and drop widgets into a visual editor with built-in templates. The apps could be customized using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery and Google's own material design visual framework.{{cite news |title=Google App Maker now open to public, to make app development easier |url=https://www.digit.in/news/apps/google-app-maker-now-open-to-public-to-make-app-development-easier-41684.html |publisher=Digit |date=June 18, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Novet |first1=Jordan |title=Google launches App Maker to help people easily build custom enterprise software |url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/11/30/google-launches-app-maker-to-help-people-easily-build-custom-enterprise-software/ |publisher=VentureBeat |date=November 30, 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Claburn |first1=Thomas |title=G Suitened with helping of Google's App Maker |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/15/goggle_app_maker/ |publisher=The Register |date=June 15, 2018}}

PC Magazine rated Google App Maker 3.5/5.{{cite news |title=Google App Maker's Review |url=https://in.pcmag.com/google-app-maker |publisher=PC Magazine}}

Following Google's acquisition of AppSheet, the App Maker editor and user apps was shut down on January 19, 2021. New app creation was disabled on April 15, 2020.{{cite web |title=Google App Maker will be shut down on January 19, 2021 |website=G Suite Updates |url=https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2020/01/app-maker-update.html |date=January 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306173115/https://gsuiteupdates.googleblog.com/2020/01/app-maker-update.html |archive-date=March 6, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Google shutting down App Maker for enterprise in 2021 |url=https://www.9to5google.com/2020/01/27/google-app-maker-shutdown/ |website=9to5Google |date=January 27, 2020 |first=Abner |last=Li |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200319050619/https://www.9to5google.com/2020/01/27/google-app-maker-shutdown/%23 |archive-date=March 19, 2020 |url-status=live}}