App-Specific Admin Workflows
Every Instamobile admin panel includes the shared dashboard foundation. App families then add operational workflows that match the Firebase data and user flows of the React Native app.
Commerce, Food Delivery, And Single Vendor
Applies to:
- e-commerce apps;
- food delivery apps;
- single vendor or restaurant apps.
Typical admin work:
| Area | Workflow |
|---|---|
| Catalog | Create categories, products, menus, restaurant profiles, images, and product metadata. |
| Orders | Review order status, update fulfillment state, cancel or complete orders where supported. |
| Inventory | Identify low-stock, out-of-stock, missing SKU, and untracked stock records. |
| Promotions | Review sale products, featured products, coupon usage, discount totals, and top coupon codes. |
| Refunds | Track requested, pending, refunded, and rejected refund states with audit history. |
| Payouts | Review completed-order payout summaries for vendors or drivers where the app uses them. |
| Drivers | Review delivery readiness and update driver availability in delivery apps. |
| Payments | Check payment method readiness, cash collection signals, and completed order totals. |
| Campaigns | Send email or push campaigns to users, vendors, or drivers when configured. |
| Support | Search users, review account state, and resolve account issues. |
Before production, place at least one order from the mobile app and move it through the expected admin workflow.
Appointments
Applies to appointment booking apps.
Typical admin work:
- create service categories;
- create providers or professional profiles;
- add service pricing and descriptions;
- inspect the next open appointment slots for professionals;
- block a time slot when a provider is unavailable;
- review booking requests;
- confirm, complete, cancel, or review booking states;
- inspect provider readiness;
- review ratings and feedback.
Before production, create one full booking path: user, provider, category, service data, booking request, availability block, status update, and mobile confirmation.
Taxi
Applies to rider and driver taxi apps.
Typical admin work:
- configure car categories and pricing rules;
- review driver onboarding and vehicle data;
- inspect trip status and dispatch diagnostics;
- assign a dispatch-ready driver to a trip when the operations team needs a controlled manual recovery;
- set driver availability when needed;
- update safe trip lifecycle states;
- clear stuck rider or driver state when a terminal cleanup is required;
- review payment method and payout signals.
The mobile backend owns the normal live dispatch behavior. Use the admin panel for diagnostics, safe status updates, driver readiness, controlled assignment, and support operations.
Listings, Real Estate, And Store Locator
Applies to real estate, store locator, and universal listing apps.
Typical admin work:
- create categories and filters;
- add listings with images and map coordinates;
- verify listing owner or author assignment;
- approve, hide, feature, promote, or unpromote listings where configured;
- review listing quality and reviews;
- export listing data for operational review.
Before production, confirm that every visible listing has an image, location, category, title, owner, and detail content.
Social Network, Instagram, And TikTok
Applies to feed-based and creator apps.
Typical admin work:
- review reports;
- inspect posts, stories, comments, and notifications;
- inspect operational details such as preview text, media count, hashtags, reactions, comments, engagement, author status, and song metadata where available;
- hide, show, approve, feature, or delete content where configured;
- review creator health and content quality;
- manage music or song records in TikTok-style apps;
- use Audit Log for moderation traceability.
Before production, create content and reports from the mobile app, resolve them from the admin panel, and confirm the app reflects moderation state.
Dating
Applies to dating apps.
Typical admin work:
- review reports and blocked pairs;
- inspect profile quality and discovery readiness;
- hide or show profiles where configured;
- verify or unverify profiles where configured;
- review swipes, matches, recommendations, and subscriptions;
- reset swipe counts for support or safety cases when available.
Before production, create multiple complete test profiles with photos, gender preferences, location data, and at least one report flow.
Chat
Applies to standard chat apps.
Typical admin work:
- inspect conversations and sampled messages;
- mark conversations reviewed;
- escalate or clear escalation;
- mark support escalation or resolution;
- review users and notification readiness.
Before production, create at least one conversation from the mobile app and verify that the admin panel can inspect the expected channel and message data.
GPT Chat
Applies to ChatGPT-style apps.
Typical admin work:
- inspect conversations with the assistant user;
- review assistant message samples;
- monitor estimated tokens, cost samples, average prompt size, projected usage, and OpenAI key readiness where available;
- mark support escalation or resolution;
- review user accounts and support context.
OpenAI secrets belong in backend configuration, not in React Native source code or public admin panel environment variables.
Video Chat
Applies to video chat apps.
Typical admin work:
- review conversations;
- inspect
avCalls; - inspect call status collection groups;
- inspect connection data collection groups;
- review a call timeline with duration, active calls, missed calls, failed calls, stale calls, and status counts;
- use support workflows for affected users.
Call signaling data is usually read-only in the dashboard. Add cleanup actions only when your backend defines a safe server-side cleanup contract.