Global App & Page Settings

Settings such as your app name, color properties & page properties.


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Global App Setting

You can reach them two ways:

  1. via the header of the mobile device preview
  2. via the ribbon in the editor

App Designer with the two ways to open App Settings: gear icon in the preview header 1 and App Settings in the ribbon 2

There you will find:

  • App Information
  • Style
  • Advanced
  • Webhooks

App Information

Here you can change the App logo, the Name you have chosen during the initial creation and a short introduction for new users of your app. You will also find the ID of your app here.

App Information section with app logo, app name, short introduction text and the app Id under Additional information

Note:

You need the Id (App-ID) if you want to jump from one app to another app.


Style

Here you can change the Theme, Header, Background and general Spacing of elements in your app.

Style section with the numbered areas Theme 1, Header 2, Background and SplashScreen 3 and Padding & Spacing 4

1) Theme

Select our predefined themes including their color values and images.

Note:

In the Enterprise package, themes can be created in the respective corporate colors and images. These can then be selected at this position.

2) Header

Set the color values for the header and the image that will be displayed below.

3) Background & SplashScreen

Set the background color or images for the pages in your app here.

Note:

The splash screen is shown when the app is launched. The splash screen is also used as a background when the app is opened on desktop.

4) Padding & Spacing

Define default margins between elements and the respective display.


Advanced

Advanced section with the Data upload options toggles, Attach user location and the Use user email field under Others

Settings regarding data collection and app behavior can be made here.

Data upload options:

Others:

Use user email

Select a cell to insert the user's email address, so that it can be used in formulas.

Note:

The end user whose email address should be used needs an account at Open as App so that the address can be entered.


Webhooks

Webhooks section with the server URL field, Webhook type Generic, the Attach PDF checkbox and Test Responses

Here you can enter the URL to the web service to which the data will be sent.
You can find more information here:


Page Settings

The page settings can be found via the page selection bar in the mobile preview in the portal.

Gear icon next to the page bar in the mobile preview opens the Page settings panel with Current page and Generic settings

Note:

If you have several pages in your app, each page has its own page setting -> Current page and general settings for all pages -> Generic settings.

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