Actions: Navigation

go screen

Switches the visible screen to the specified screen.

Argument Description
Screen Select a Variable or a ScreenName to tell Appli where to navigate.

Variable: The variable may contain either a screen ID (UUID) or a screen name.

ScreenName: Select a screen from a list of screen names.

launch url

Allows APPLI to launch a URL to their respective applications. It opens the default applications based on the custom URL schemes. .

Argument Description
URL Given URL scheme (sms:, tel:, http:, https:, file:) that is handled by the default app (variable, input, text or field element).An example of an URL scheme to open the phone app would be tel:7141234567.

http: and https: URLs, which launch in the default browser application if available.
file: URLs, which open the file in the associated application if available.
tel: URLs, which open the dialer with a given phone number.

Other examples:
On macOS you can open the system preferences and jump to the Privacy tab.
launch url”x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_Automation”

On mobile you can send an SMS:
launch url(“sms:”tMobile”?body=“tMessage)

Useful links that provide other examples:
https://x-callback-url.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_URI_schemes

Launching URLs will take your user to another app if the app is installed.
Output Optional status message that checks if an application exists to handle the URL scheme.

This chapter was last updated on Mon 22 Apr 2024 17:03:19 BST