Re: Adding a favorite button and subsequent view

Jorgen · 11-21-2022 11:11 AM

Hi everyone,

I am new to Appsheet but have managed to create a drill down type of App that enables users to go from Author level to paragraph from a selection of textbooks

What I would then like is for users to be able to click a star icon that will go from empty format to filled when looking at a paragraph. These selections should then be displayed in a seperate view called "favorites".

I am not wanting users to log into the app so the input can follow the device and not a user.

Hope this makes sence and one of you are able to help 🙂

Jorgen/

Aurelien

Hi @Jorgen

Can you change your category question to "Q&A", as "Tips & Tricks" are for sharing Tips & tricks, not questions.

"Q&A"' allows to ask question, get it answered, and mark it as being solved for later community users.

About your question:

@Jorgen wrote:

I am not wanting users to log into the app so the input can follow the device and not a user.

Not possible AFAIK.

Jorgen

Hi - thanks for your reply although it sounds odd if it is not possible to create a simple favourite function

I do not see the option of changing the category to Q&A - do I need to delete and re-submit in Q&A you think?

Thx,

J/

Aurelien

Hi @Jorgen

@Jorgen wrote:

I do not see the option of changing the category to Q&A - do I need to delete and re-submit in Q&A you think?

Good point, I just gave it a try and could not do it either.

@Roderick do you know how to do so ?

@Jorgen wrote:

it sounds odd if it is not possible to create a simple favourite function

Well, you can, but it's either for all of users at once or just one user. If this is for one ==> separate table ==> it works as "per user".

Jorgen

Hi,

It will be for one user - I am just not planning for users to log in to the App - is that possible and how do you create that function?

Aurelien

@Jorgen wrote:

It will be for one user - I am just not planning for users to log in to the App - is that possible

Using "favorite" button for individual users requires them to sign-in.

Hence, not possible.

Jorgen

Thank you for the feedback - I will then have users log in as this function is key for my app. Any input as how to do it then?

Aurelien

You have various possibilities.

You can either create a "favorite" table + using a security filter on the favorite table.

One action button would add this item in the Favorite table, the other one would remove it.

For reference:

Security filters: The Essentials - AppSheet Help

dbaum

@Aurelien wrote:

Hence, not possible.

I've never tried it, but my understanding is that it's indeed possible using the CONTEXT function's "Device" option. That doesn't authenticate a user, but I believe does uniquely identify a user's mobile device or browser session.

Aurelien

I thought about this too, but I don't think that could work. I may be wrong, but I don't think it's possible to store a value in the User Settings.

dbaum

AFAIK, it's indeed not possible to do something like set the value of a User Settings column via an action. My suggestion was instead based on a technique like storing the device id in a data source table analogous to how it's common to store a user id and then reference the current user.

dbaum

@Aurelien wrote:

do you know how to do so ?

You can notify community administrators using the "Report Inappropriate Content" option and they'll move the conversation to the appropriate board.

Aurelien

I was afraid to use this option as it is negatively associated in my mind 😂

Thank you @dbaum

dbaum

Yes, it wouldn't have occurred to me either. I only know since someone else previously posted that point like I did here. When you select the option, you can enter a brief comment that explains your intent.