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My team is having challenges with the UI design elements of Appery. I need to talk with a senior developer to see if they are just not seeing the tool properly or not.

We have a critical deadline and I feel we are at an impasse and need some high level support. Who can I talk with at appery - or here - that can help me sort out what is genuinely not possible and what is just hard? I have specifics to show when talking with the right person.

You can build anything the browser will support in Appery.io. Your app runs in the browser, not in Appery.io. You get a standard HTML5/jQuery Mobile/PhoneGap app.

The visual builder allows you to build pretty much anything you want/need. When you need to customize the app even more, you can always tackle those items by writing HTML/JavaScript code. You can also switch to Source mode and continue to build your app there.

Here is more information: http://docs.appery.io/getting-started.

Can you tell us what specific items you heard that can't be done in Appery.io visual builder?

HI Max,
Thanks for your help!

Yes that is what I thought. However we are using a barcode scanner and communicating with a server (using Rest) and our design was specific how it should look.

Scan Page: http://sckaal.com/ttl/p2.html

1. format needs to follow a vertical layout (preferred)

2. missing graphic interface as show in above URL

3. missing the searching message, which changes when bar code is detected

4. needs qty input area showing default

5. if Auto Scan is set to on, then when a scan is accepted, the scan page refreshes to begin again. Off goes to Confirm Qty page.

   This is a sample of the area where our developer is saying can't be done? Do you see any issues here?

Are we able to do this in appery? Items above with this look and feel? Or how would you think to modify it? http://sckaal.com/ttl/p2.html

We have a demanding client who wants it to look like this and my deve is telling me no way to do this in appery.....we are simply scanning bar codes, of parts, and creating a shopping list to send to the company server when connected.

Hello! I'll update.

Barcode scanner is a PhoneGap plugin. In Appery.io there is a simple barcode which is scanning and return results. If you don't like it's implementation and you need more complicated logic you can create your own plugin or rewrite Appery.io one (see here http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/2.6...) and add it to project.

Hi Marina,

Really appreciate your help here!

Is this what we need to do to get this look and feel?

http://sckaal.com/ttl/p2.html

To rewrite the plugin for barcode scanning in phonegap?

Forgive me if this is obvious to you and other developers but this is perhaps why my Dev is telling me we cannot do this in Appery - because they will have to write a new plugin for Phone Gap to get the UI to look more like the link above?.

If this is indeed what we need to do I need help with this ASAP! closing in on a deadline. Or is this just a CSS/HTML/Javascript mod we can do inside Appery to get the same UI look and feel....?

Hello - the link you have provided only shows the UI of the app, the barcode scanner is plug-in that uses PhoneGap/Cordova API to work with device.

In Appery.io you can do pretty much with UI and even much more using custom CSS.

Updating (or creating new) PhoneGap plug-in is not done in Appery.io. Check PhoneGap docs, they have pretty good documentation on how to create plug-ins.

If you need this exact look and feel, no matter what tool you would be using, you will need to write it yourself (unless it's already available).