App Download - Are there any app changes that would require re-downloading the app?

[WillowMobileSystems (John Baer)]

I have made a number of changes to app including renaming tables/sheets and updating Table security filters to make use of the “CurrentUser” slice technique. There were also a number of functional and feature changes.

A couple of users claim they were not able to use the app even after tapping the Sync button. But after re-downloading it, all was fine. The error displayed in app is below. I know it is related to a table/sheet name change I made and likely means the user was interacting with an app definition that was out of sync with the Google sheet.

While I have deployed a number of apps, I’ve never needed for a user re-download the app definition in order to recover. But I also have never made these type of changes. So I am left wondering…Are there any known app change scenarios that require re-downloading of the app?

[Grant_Stead]

I’ve seen users get thwarted by that screen and not realize they can press cancel… They have to cancel out in order to force a sync… Kinda weird…

[Grant_Stead]

But to answer your question… Typically you don’t need to uninstall and reinstall… In all of my bugs, support, early access, etc. Never once has anyone from Appsheet recommended that I reinstall… (Although I’ll admit sometimes when things feel glitchy and buggy I’ll uninstall as a last ditch effort… It never works… )