What are Applets?
An applet is where you build the actual app experience — pages, menus, widgets, and functionality. In most cases an applet contains the complete app. You can also combine multiple applets in the same app if you want to split the content into separate modules.
The applet is the building block you work with in AppStudio. Once it's ready, you publish it to one or more apps — web, iOS, or Android — which are the channels end users access the content through.
What an applet contains
Each applet has its own:
- Pages — Designed with the visual drag-and-drop editor
- Menus and navigation — How the user moves between pages
- Widgets — UI components placed on pages (text, images, forms, metrics, etc.)
- Plugins — Functionality such as forms and files
- Permissions — Control who can view or edit the applet
- Settings — Independent configuration
Applet Lifecycle
- Create an applet and give it a name and description
- Design its pages using the design editor and widgets
- Enable plugins to add functionality (forms, files, etc.)
- Configure permissions for who can access it
- Publish the applet to one or more apps