topic Splash Screen instructions for Attachment Viewer instant app? in ArcGIS Instant Apps Questions

Splash Screen instructions for Attachment Viewer instant app?

AndreaB_ — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:04:06 GMT

Hi all,

In the spirit of not reinventing the wheel, does anyone have some text they have already written to explain to users how to use the Attachment Viewer instant app - map focused and/or attachment focused layouts? That you would like to share? Maybe Esri already has something out there?

I have shown my apps to several users as a sort of informal user testing and most people don't know what to do. I was really hoping that Instant Apps would also mean Instantly Understandable to the End User, but that doesn't appear to be the case.

(I'm afraid I'll have the same problem with the ExpB app I'm creating with NearMe and Search but that's a different question board 😊 )

Re: Splash Screen instructions for Attachment Viewer instant app?

PaulCone2 — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:58:22 GMT

Here is what I wrote...

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The bit about "you might have to hit the x" is because on mobile it covers up quite a bit so.

Re: Splash Screen instructions for Attachment Viewer instant app?

AndreaB_ — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 21:41:40 GMT

Thanks @PaulCone2. I found an old Esri blog Nov 3, 2020: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/instant-apps/mapping/build-an-attachment-viewer-app-with-express-setup/ that actually talked about a default Information window. They must have decided to remove that at some point. But that's what I was actually hoping would be provided in the Instant app.

And because of your reminder that the mobile experience will look different I tested my apps on my phone. And neither one loaded the map. 🤔 So I started a Tech Support case.