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The AppSheet ‘App Gallery’ is where users can access apps available to them for use, as well as the apps they have created. It is available via the menu of most AppSheet apps, and is the default application when opening the Android or iOS AppSheet app.
An updated version of the App Gallery will start rolling out on Monday, March 8 - @macastan and I would like to hear if you have any initial thoughts. Do you use the current App Gallery? Are these updates going to be helpful for your app users?
No changes are being made to the menu of any apps you’ve created - the ‘App Gallery’ link that exists today in most apps is remaining the same.
Preview of the updated App Gallery
The app has been updated to include the following views, which are intended to help app users and creators access the apps they need in as few steps as possible. A notable update is the inclusion of the ‘Recent’ view, which helps order apps by most recently used.
What’s visible to users if they open the App Gallery:
‘Recent’ (Default View)
- Apps I’ve used recently
- Sorted by last used
‘Shared with me’
- Apps created by someone else, but shared with me
- Sorted by app name
’Created by me’
- Apps I’ve created
- Sorted by app name
Before I found this thread I posted about an issue I noticed with the new App Gallery configuration. I see now that I should have posted here so I’m posting more-or-less the same content once again:
The gif above shows some changes that have been made to what used to be the App Gallery. I’ve added some numbers to the video to make it easier to point out what I noticed:
- The spot that used to be “App Gallery” is now “AppSheet”
- “Recent” shows the apps one has used (or is it “edited”?) most recently. This is very nice to have.
- When I navigate back to the new location of the “App Gallery,” I’m shown the “Recent contents” contents
- From the “App Gallery,” I have to tap twice to get back to the side menu.
- “Created by me” has apps in old-to-new order. When I navigate back to “App Gallery,” I’m now shown the “Created by me” contents.
So, it seems that “App Gallery” doesn’t have independent content. Is that right?
Thanks!
P.S. When I looked at my app on a students phone today (students copy my prototype app and use it for free), there was NOTHING in the “App Gallery.” We had to navigate to “Created by me.” However, copied apps are also in “Created by me.” Wouldn’t “My apps” be better – just like the editing interface?
I appreciate your response and what you wrote makes sense to me. For me, the “Created by me” vs. “My apps” issue is a minor one and I doubt my users will be concerned about it. What I’m more puzzled by is what you see in the following image. My app displays “App Gallery” where yours does not. Moreover, as I tried to show with my gif, “App Gallery” only shows what came before. In other words, if you look at “Recent,” then “App Gallery” will show “Recent.” If you look at “Created by me,” then “App Gallery” will show “Created by me” content. And, if you are a new user and tap of “App Gallery” for the first time, it will be empty, even if you already have an app or two. This is the point is was trying to make.
I see that this issue has been resolved. Thanks, @Peter ! I think this makes App Gallery significantly easier to use than before.
One more point about how App Gallery is funky: I’ve noticed that sometimes App Gallery takes us to “Shared with me” though it usually takes us to “Recent” (which I think is best). Here’s an example. I logged out of one account:
Then, after logging in with another account, I’m taken to this:
(Sorry for all of the white space but “Shared with me” is empty so this is what I see.)
“Recent” would make much more sense.
This is solving also a Localize request I had Thank you!
NOTE: Since posting this I’ve closed AppSheet in my iPhone and reopened it. Now, both AppSheet and iOS say “AppGallery.”
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I’m testing my app on an iPhone and an Android device and, strangely, the iPhone says “AppSheet” and the Android phone says “App Gallery.” I wonder what the cause is?
By the way, in the Android device, when I click on “App Gallery” it displays the same page with the heading “AppSheet” as the iPhone. So, I’m guessing that this is just a simple oversight? Perhaps the meaningless presence of of the “App Gallery” in the “AppSheet” menu that I describe in my previous post is just an oversight too.
