Save a Whole App as a Template

Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:27 pm

I'm wanting to create a template app that I will then sell to clients. I'm going to have a few variables that I'll change in each app that will pull different data/images/etc from the database to make the app exclusively theirs. So, my question is, is it possible to create an app. Save it as a backup, restore it and then change the name multiple times? If I restore an app named: AppTemplate and change the name to: App1. Will it break anything? i.e. notifications, etc?

2nd scenario: What if I already have version 1.0 of App1 and I updata my apptemplate to version 2.0 and I back it up and restore it as App1 v2.0. Will that break anything? I know this is pretty vague. Thanks for any help you can give.

Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:49 pm

Hello,

[quote:]So, my question is, is it possible to create an app. Save it as a backup, restore it and then change the name multiple times?[/quote]

Yes, you can export project as plugin, include only some of its part https://devcenter.appery.io/documenta... or create project backup and than restore it https://devcenter.appery.io/documenta....

[quote:]If I restore an app named: AppTemplate and change the name to: App1. Will it break anything? i.e. notifications, etc?[/quote]

No, it should not.

[quote:]2nd scenario: What if I already have version 1.0 of App1 and I updata my apptemplate to version 2.0 and I back it up and restore it as App1 v2.0. Will that break anything?[/quote]

Not sure I clearly understand this part.
You will have the same App1 with version 2.0 but restored. Also if you already have project App1, system won't let you have project with the same name within one account.

Fri Sep 18, 2015 3:20 am

I think the plugin option will work for what I'm wanting to do. I have a few more questions on that.

Scenario 1: I create a plugin as a project template. I then create 2 or 3 apps with this template. If I update the main project template, will it update the 2 or 3 apps created with that template or will those updates only effect new apps created with that template.

Scenario 2: I create an app and save the whole app as a plugin. I then create a new blank app called App2 and import that plugin. If I then go and update the original plugin, will it update App2 also? If not, how would you go about updating app2 with the new updated plugin?

Sun Sep 20, 2015 12:35 am

Hi Korry -

[quote:]
Scenario 1: I create a plugin as a project template. I then create 2 or 3 apps with this template. If I update the main project template, will it update the 2 or 3 apps created with that template or will those updates only effect new apps created with that template.
[/quote]

Only the new apps crated from new plugin version.

[quote:]
If I then go and update the original plugin, will it update App2 also?
[/quote]
No.

[quote:]
If not, how would you go about updating app2 with the new updated plugin?
[/quote]
You can add new version from your newly created plugin into your app and use it.