Greetings BT community! If this post is not in the proper forum apologies. I am working on a project for a client (creating 2 identical apps,except for graphics used). I was wondering if there was a way to make a copy of the app and create a duplicate (which would save me time from having to recreate each individual page). I hope the above makes sense lol. Thanks in advance for any help :)

If you're running self hosted, the 'Screen Copy and Paste Utility' over at BT Mods can help. It copies non-menu screens from one project to another. https://www.buzztouchmods.com/downloads.php?cat_id=2&download_id=49 Cheers! -- Smug

If you have a self hosting server, this works great (By:SmugWimp): https://www.buzztouchmods.com/downloads.php?cat_id=2&download_id=49 Adam

Sorry for the duplicate post. I guess we were writing at the same time haha. Adam

Thanks for the kind words and endorsement, Adam :) Cheers! -- Smug

How about if you are NOT self hosted? Kevin

Unfortunately, if you're not self hosted you're limited to the default capabilities within the BT hosted server which currently do not support outside scripts. If this were the case with no plans to migrate off later, I'd say document each screen so that it can be manually duplicated as easily as possible, and any 'childItems' I would have as a separate file so that it can be easily duplicated or linked to the new screen. Cheers! -- Smug

Echo the above. Self hosted is the place to be, so much more power and versatility. The BT version is rock solid but going sold hosted gives you that extra ounce of power as documented above.

> if there was a way to make a copy of the app You can use the JSON Snippet Keeper to help you transfer the parts of the internal structure of an app from one app to another. The best way to do this would be organize the app so that it uses JSON from the external files only. Whenever there is an option such as Screen Data URL in the description of the screen, you can use an external file for JSON. The point is that such an external file can be read both from an Android and from an iOS app, withouth change. Smug has a utility to copy parts of an app and it is useful indeed, except that you will have to manually create the menus yourself. External JSON is the way to go, I'm afraid!

I don't know how I forgot the Json snippet keeper... If you only buy one plugin, that is the one to buy. It's probably the most powerful plugin available, with respect to project modification. And yes, for app duplication in a BT Hosted environment, it's the preferred method. Cheers! -- Smug

Hey Smug, have you given any thoughts on creating a utility that will copy a screen WITHIN an app? My app has over 1000 screens, and recreating a Thumb Viewer screen or Youtube screen for example is very time consuming, when I only need to change a single filename at the end of a URL, lol. It would be great to select a screen and say "Make X amount of copies"... then I could make say 100 youtube screens at once, all with the same settings, then just go in and change the one line I need in each one.

If you're self hosted the screen copy utility should cover that... but only one at a time... You're saying create (user defined quantity of) screens ? That could get dangerous, lol! Cheers! -- Smug

lol, yes, it could get dangerous, unless you knew exactly what you were doing. I could see one typo making your app have 1000 screens instead of 10. Maybe have a popup saying "Are you sure?". Maybe another fail safe on top of that if the quantity is over a certain threshold (say more than 20 screens requires you to enter a password or something). I didn't know that the screen copy utility could copy screens within the same app, I thought it was only from one app to another. I'll have to give it a try. I scoped it out not too long ago, but never installed it because I didn't have the need to go from one app to another. I'll see if I can play with it this weekend. :)

Basically you'll just choose the same app as your source as well as your destination. I think it'll work. If not, I can show you an edit that will allow you to. Cheers! -- Smug

Thank you everyone for all the great responses. Definitely going to explore some of the options, and see what works best for me.