{"id":74651,"date":"2016-12-16T10:38:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T10:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/whats-new-in-configurable-apps-december-2016\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:11:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:11:14","slug":"whats-new-in-configurable-apps-december-2016","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/\/uncategorized\/whats-new-in-configurable-apps-december-2016","title":{"rendered":"What's New in Configurable Apps (December 2016)"},"author":6781,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[],"tags":[23571,32461],"industry":[],"product":[36551],"class_list":["post-74651","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-whats-new","tag-whats-new-december-2016","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"The final release of ArcGIS Online for 2016 features tons of new functionality and updates. \u00a0Specifically in configurable apps, we have ...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

The final release of ArcGIS Online for 2016 features tons of new functionality and updates<\/a>. \u00a0Specifically in configurable apps, we have updates to the configuration pages, new functionality for existing apps, improvements to current beta apps, and bug fixes to address many reported issues across the board. \u00a0Our Story Maps were also updated with many new enhancements. \u00a0To explore everything new with Story Maps, check out our What’s New in Story Maps (December 2016) blog<\/a>. \u00a0Here are a few highlights of what is new with configurable apps for the December 2016 update.<\/p>\n

Configuration Pages<\/strong><\/p>\n

The configuration pages of many of the configurable apps have been enhanced with a new look and experience for customizing the app’s settings and options. \u00a0Space is utilized better with a new horiziontal row of tabs which contain all settings. \u00a0The right hand side (and majority) of the page will now display the app in a preview style look. \u00a0When the “Save” button is clicked, the preview of the app will update right on the page without needing to toggle away from the tabs of settings. \u00a0There is also a new “Launch” button that will launch the entire app into a new browser tab and away from the configuration page. \u00a0This way, the app creator has both options from inside the configuraiton page: view an updated preview of the app while continuing to make changes, or, view the finished app in its own browser tab. \u00a0Just be sure to click “Save” to apply any changes made in the configuration page before using either method. \u00a0The “Close” button will close out the configuration page and return you to the app’s item page inside the organization.<\/p>\n

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To further utilize space, certain settings inside the configuration page are now conditional and will only appear if another, higher level setting is enabled. \u00a0For example, in the Basic Viewer there is an option for displaying a layer list. \u00a0If this option is checked on, three additional subsettings will appear that are dependant on this main setting. \u00a0If the layer list option is checked off, those three subsettings are hidden to better utilize space and not clutter the panel. \u00a0Another example is search. \u00a0If the main “Enable search tool” setting is disabled, then all settings related to search are hidden in the UI.<\/p>\n

New App Themes<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Basic Viewer<\/a>, Map Tools<\/a>, and Elevation Profile<\/a> now offer addional layout themes to choose from. \u00a0Within the configuration page on the Theme tab there will be three themes for Basic Viewer, two for Map Tools, and two for Elevation Profile. \u00a0Basic Viewer features “Default”, “Tool sidebar”, or “Menu bar”. \u00a0“Default” is the same layout that has previously been available. \u00a0“Tool sidebar” places all tools in a vertical row under the app title and zoom control buttons on the left, all of which are under an extended title bar header that stretches the full width of the app. \u00a0Clicking a tool still opens that tool’s widget on the upper right corner of the app UI. \u00a0“Menu bar” initially looks like “Default” except the tool widgets open right under the menu bar instead of on the opposite side of the app UI. \u00a0Within Map Tools, the new additional theme is called “Full Map View”. \u00a0This theme removes the upper header and offers more space for viewing the map. \u00a0Within Elevation Profile, the new additional theme is called “Full Width Profile”. \u00a0This theme extends the size of the elevation profile widget across the entire map frame.<\/p>\n

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Mature Support<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Finder<\/a> app and the Find, Edit, and Filter<\/a> app are both moved to the mature support level of the product lifecycle<\/a>. \u00a0Development work will no longer take place on these apps, however, your current apps using these templates will continue to exist. \u00a0Though they will be removed from the featured gallery of app templates<\/a>, they will still exist within ArcGIS Online. \u00a0Note that we will not address any newly found bugs or enhancements with apps that are in mature support. \u00a0Please refer to this blog<\/a> for additional details.<\/p>\n

Crowdsource Apps<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is an array of updates to the crowdsourcing apps. \u00a0The Crowdsource Reporter<\/a>\u00a0now supports adding documents within comments as long as attachments exist on the related comment table. \u00a0Several new configuration options are now available as well:<\/p>\n