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UX

How to create and control the user experience in your apps.

40 articles in this collection
Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya and Derek Covey

UX: The Essentials

You can customize the appearance of your in your app using the UX tab of the editor.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Views

Views: The Essentials

Everything you need to know to start creating UX views.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

View Types

Learn about the different ways you can display data in your app.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Reference Views

A Ref View is a hidden view that is only used when drilling down into your data -- here's how to use them.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Controlling Row Sort Order

How to control the order in which a view's rows are displayed.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

How to Control Grouping

You can display your data in sorted categories by using a Table view.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Controlling Column Order

How to manually control the order of your columns.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Controlling Column Width

How to ensure that your column width looks good and makes sense.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Quick Edit

How to use Quick Edit so that you can edit columns directly from the Detail view.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Working with Maps

How to get maps to display location data, drop pins, and get directions in your app.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated this week

Charts: The Essentials

How to make charts in your app.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Displaying URLs, Documents, and Audio Files

How to display different types of media in your app.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Displaying Images and Documents

How to display documents and images in your app.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Working with PDF Files

How to include PDFs in your app.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Brand

Brand: The Essentials

The UX > Brand section allows you to control the appearance of your app.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Customizing the About Page

Every app has an "About" page that describes the application: here's how to customize it.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Localize

Localize: The Essentials

Learn what you can do in the Localize section of the UX tab.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Locale Support in AppSheet

How AppSheet supports different locales.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Apps Using Dates, Times, and DateTimes

If your data includes Dates, Times, DateTimes, or Timestamps, there are some special considerations to keep in mind.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Apps Using Prices, Percents, and Decimals

If your data includes Prices, Percents, or Decimals there are some special considerations to keep in mind.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

How to Convert from US Dollars to Local Currency

How to make sure the money values in your app make sense.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Format Rules

Format Rules: The Essentials

Learn how to change the way information is displayed throughout your app.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Options

Options: The Essentials

Further customize your app's user experience in the UX: Options section.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Choosing the Launch Page

You can choose which page your app opens first.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Capturing Information in Forms

Customizing Input Forms

How to control the presentation of forms in your app.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Creating Multi-Page Forms

How to create forms with multiple pages or tabs

Written by Derek Covey
Updated over a week ago

Multi-Page Forms with Conditional Branching

How to create more complex forms in your app.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Tracking Changes Using "Change" Column Types

How to keep track of when and where data is changed in your app.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Capturing GPS Location

How to capture a location in your app.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Geo-coding Addresses

How geo-coding works in AppSheet.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Capturing Images

Capturing images using the mobile device's camera is easy with AppSheet.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Capturing Documents

How to capture PDF document files in your app.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Capturing Signatures and Drawings

Capturing signatures and drawings is easy with AppSheet.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Using a Barcode Scanner

How you can use AppSheet to capture barcoded or QR-coded data.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

NFC Scanning

Learn how to use NFC tag capabilities in your AppSheet apps.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Dropdowns in Forms

Dropdown from Simple List of Values

How to define an Enum or EnumList to make a dropdown.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Dropdown on a Ref Column

How to limit which values appear in your dropdown when updating a Ref column.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Dropdown from Valid_If

How to create a dropdown that depends on a particular list of values.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
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Dependent Dropdown

How to make a dropdown with choices that depend on the value selected in another dropdown.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago

Dropdown from Worksheet Data Validation Rules

How to create a dropdown from data validation rules that you have in your worksheet.

Written by Santiago Uribe Montoya
Updated over a week ago