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QuickBaseCoachD
Qrew Captain
8 years ago

HTML help on too much vertical space for a large font on a report.

I have the formula below and I'm writing an interesting app for Mobile use, but using the Desktop interface.  But the target device is a smartphone.  As an aside, I think my approach is an innovative ...
  • _anomDiebolt_'s avatar
    _anomDiebolt_
    Qrew Elite
    8 years ago
    I will for it in the app store.
  • QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
    QuickBaseCoachD
    Qrew Captain
    8 years ago
    I know you�re joking, but actually I need to make my users feel that this is an app. So I need to figure out how to get an icon on their iPhone /Android screen and be able to set the icon. So that is my next project I�m thinking about now. :)
  • _anomDiebolt_'s avatar
    _anomDiebolt_
    Qrew Elite
    8 years ago
    That actually can be done using something called Web App Manifest and there is a generator for it:

    https://tomitm.github.io/appmanifest/

    It is part the the general PWA (Progressive Web Application) bundle of technologies that includes Service Workers and whose primary goal is to get Web Application to have the parity with native apps.
  • _anomDiebolt_'s avatar
    _anomDiebolt_
    Qrew Elite
    8 years ago
    Actually there are a bunch of these Web App Manifest generators:

    https://www.google.com/search?q=web+manifest+generator

    I can't remember which one I used but in general they either scan your website or you enter some information or both and the manifest.json file and <head> markup is auto generated.
  • QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
    QuickBaseCoachD
    Qrew Captain
    8 years ago
    Actually I realized that on an iPhone I just need to go to the app on the web and use the button to "Add to Home Screen", and it will create a icon, like an "app".  The icon is the old Quick Base "broken box" logo, but it will be updated to the purple Q> logo on the November release.