Hey everyone.
Over the past few months Iโve been working on building a system to deliver a new type of resource for the community, one that would give people step-by-step guides on how to implement specific functionalities in their apps. Things like:
What sets these resources apart is the fact that they are presented directly inside the AppSheet editor - right in the app preview! Yes you heard right.
I call them โin-appโ because, wellโฆ theyโre presented inside the app preview. (Itโs a guide, inside your appโฆ In-App Guides) There are some unique advantages to providing guides inside the app preview, interactivity being one of them.
Learn more here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/introducing-in-35115500
The following guides were published and made public on 4/1/2020:
Hi Matt,
I am sure it will be very handy reference to all the app creators. Thank you very much.
Hey Matt,
Awesome works, I just understand why you have been quiet on the community for the last weeks or so!
I want to access to the site of https://www.patreon.com/posts/35115500
but 504 errors is returned, I assume you still working on it to alter the site.
No @tsuji_koichi thatโs a live post that should be accessible.
I was just able to access it in an incognito window - maybe try again?
Try this: https://www.patreon.com/posts/introducing-in-35115500
Gotcha, Matt!
yes, I managed to access to the site on incognito window on the Chrome. Now looking deep inside!
Thatโs pretty neat!
Party Parrot FTW
Pretty cool Matt, great work!
Hello Matt,
Thank you for sharing. I am benefiting very much from your sample app Signature Copy Action.
I have a similar question to updating data but this time i need to update parent records status from child record.
I built a sales tracking app. I am updating purchase order parent record and child records are updated as in your app. But for some child records i do inspection and some of child lines has status inspection and some has delivered. Parent record has status awaiting delivery. So my question, when i complete inspection i set automatically child record status delivered as well. How can i update parent record delivered once all child records have status delivered?
Thank you very much
Furkan
Thanks Mattโฆ Works greatโฆ Loving itโฆ
thank you everything works fine now!
Glad to hear! (^_^)
The โauto-tableโ setup on its own is pretty cool, but the way youโve combined it with show-columns to make an app-guide out of a form view is brilliant!
You really donโt have to do anything besides import the table. I was pretty surprised when I clicked the (+) on the first form and there was formatting, images, multiple pagesโฆ just awesome!
Thank you @GreenFlux , and you too @LeventK! (^_^)
Iโve been occupied lately with other projects, but I intend on releasing another round of guides here in the next month or so.
Awesome work @MultiTech_Visions, congrats bud!
For a long time I was thinking about how this process could be done. Coincidentally I came across this post and downloaded the file (PUBLIC In-App Guides - Google Drive). I examined it. You are great. Thank you very much for sharing information.
You are quite welcome. (^_^)
Iโve got a few other more advanced guides, as well as AppSheet table templates, on my Patreon account.
Iโve built an AppSheet app that puts together all the code bits to make all that work. I had dreams of polishing the app enough that I could open it up to people so they could utilize the same power Iโve uncovered. But ultimately the app is rife with pitfalls and difficulties; syntax, escaping quotes and things, thereโs tons of technical details that have to be โjust rightโ in order for things to work.
Hereโs a video I put out a year ago that highlights that app I was talking about:
Thanks again for the kind words!
Hey Matt, youโre awesome!
Good job!!