topic Recommendations for injecting custom code in ArcGIS Web AppBuilder Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/recommendations-for-injecting-custom-code/m-p/337055#M8924 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm looking for recommended paths to inject custom code in a supportable manner moving forward. &nbsp;</P><P></P><P>One use case is to create a class that persists a users secured services token as long as the token is valid. &nbsp;This provides a better user experience in an environment where we have a lot of applications that link to our wab&nbsp;application. &nbsp;Without persisting a users credentials, they end up being forced to log in repeatedly. &nbsp;The problem with the widget approach is that widgets are not loaded until after the map is instantiated and the user is prompted for credentials. &nbsp;I'm currently using a separate require&nbsp;block in the init.js file that loads my custom class.</P><P></P><P>Another use case is to provide an external interface for the search widget. &nbsp;Several of our applications are being loaded inside a native webview&nbsp;application which supports custom url&nbsp;schemes that launch the application and execute a search. &nbsp;Rather than reload the whole application whenever the custom url&nbsp;handler takes over and completely lose the losers state, the application uses the external interface to programmatically execute a search. &nbsp;Currently, I'm extending the Search widget with a mixin which exposed a property and method on the window object that are callable from the native application (iOS). &nbsp;</P><P></P><P>I have both of the use cases working but I'm trying to figure out what the best path moving forward is. &nbsp;I'm afraid upgrading to a newer version of WAB will break things if I don't remember to go back and re-introduce all my customizations. &nbsp;I haven't found a good way to use version control with WAB either. &nbsp;I've tried putting my entire WAB installation under version control but then I'm tracking a lot code that I'm not modifying. &nbsp;I've also tried just putting my custom widgets under version control but this is sort of a pain when you want to use the widget in multiple WAB projects. &nbsp;Curious to see what others are doing...how are you using WAB in team environments?&nbsp;</P><P></P><P></P><P>Anyway, looking for ideas/suggestions.</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:50:02 GMT JadeFreeman 2016-10-31T15:50:02Z Recommendations for injecting custom code https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/recommendations-for-injecting-custom-code/m-p/337055#M8924 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm looking for recommended paths to inject custom code in a supportable manner moving forward. &nbsp;</P><P></P><P>One use case is to create a class that persists a users secured services token as long as the token is valid. &nbsp;This provides a better user experience in an environment where we have a lot of applications that link to our wab&nbsp;application. &nbsp;Without persisting a users credentials, they end up being forced to log in repeatedly. &nbsp;The problem with the widget approach is that widgets are not loaded until after the map is instantiated and the user is prompted for credentials. &nbsp;I'm currently using a separate require&nbsp;block in the init.js file that loads my custom class.</P><P></P><P>Another use case is to provide an external interface for the search widget. &nbsp;Several of our applications are being loaded inside a native webview&nbsp;application which supports custom url&nbsp;schemes that launch the application and execute a search. &nbsp;Rather than reload the whole application whenever the custom url&nbsp;handler takes over and completely lose the losers state, the application uses the external interface to programmatically execute a search. &nbsp;Currently, I'm extending the Search widget with a mixin which exposed a property and method on the window object that are callable from the native application (iOS). &nbsp;</P><P></P><P>I have both of the use cases working but I'm trying to figure out what the best path moving forward is. &nbsp;I'm afraid upgrading to a newer version of WAB will break things if I don't remember to go back and re-introduce all my customizations. &nbsp;I haven't found a good way to use version control with WAB either. &nbsp;I've tried putting my entire WAB installation under version control but then I'm tracking a lot code that I'm not modifying. &nbsp;I've also tried just putting my custom widgets under version control but this is sort of a pain when you want to use the widget in multiple WAB projects. &nbsp;Curious to see what others are doing...how are you using WAB in team environments?&nbsp;</P><P></P><P></P><P>Anyway, looking for ideas/suggestions.</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:50:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-web-appbuilder-questions/recommendations-for-injecting-custom-code/m-p/337055#M8924 JadeFreeman 2016-10-31T15:50:02Z