I created a configurable app template using Web AppBuilder Developer Edition with these features:
- Nat Geo basemap
- No layers
- Search widget with ESRI World Geocoder search source
I then added the app template to the configurable apps folder in my portal.
Our workflow is that a non-developer will then use my configurable app template to create apps as follows:
- They create a web map with their layers of interest
- They create an app from that web map, using my configurable app template
Expected behavior:
The app would recognize the layers in the web map and the app would include searchable layers from the web map in the functionality of the search widget. I need to be able to allow a non-developer to create apps using my app template, and I need the layers they include in their web maps to be searchable through the search widget in my app template.
Actual behavior:
The app doesn't pull in the searchable layers from the web map into the search widget. Search only uses the default ESRI World Geocoder.
The non-developer can configure the search sources if I expose that configuration to them, however all they can do is replace the ESRI World Geocoder, as that is the only option included in the app template. This is problematic because they want to be able to use the ESRI World Geocoder in addition to all searchable layers in their web map.
I would love some ideas on how to make this work. Thanks!
