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AlanMac Aspiring developer Posts: 2612 Reg: Mar 05, 2012 Esher, UK 37,120	confirm \| cancel 06/14/13 02:02 AM (12 years ago) Same App, different data I'm looking to build a generic app for a local shops, that I would submit to the app store and get approved once. At the moment I have to do an individual app for each shop. The idea that you download the app, enter the name of the business and a password and then the app menu's graphics and content are downloaded to customise the app specifically to that business. Is this do-able and if so, what would be involved? If anyone has some insight, I'd be interested to hear from you please. Title Comments I'm looking to build a generic app for a local shops, that I would submit to the app store and get approved once. At the moment I have to do an individual app for each shop. The idea that you download the app, enter the name of the business and a password and then the app menu's graphics and content are downloaded to customise the app specifically to that business. Is this do-able and if so, what would be involved? If anyone has some insight, I'd be interested to hear from you please.

SmugWimp Smugger than thou... Posts: 6316 Reg: Nov 07, 2012 Tamuning, GU 81,410	06/14/13 03:35 AM (12 years ago) Is it doable? Of course. Forgive me if I feel it might turn out a little rube goldberg. However, if you think it out and plan it right, I bet the 'Stobe Json Snippet Keeper' will probably be your friend. If you could somehow get the snippet keeper to hold all the values for the different companies, I think you might be able to pull it off. Cheers! -- Smug Comments Is it doable? Of course. Forgive me if I feel it might turn out a little rube goldberg. However, if you think it out and plan it right, I bet the 'Stobe Json Snippet Keeper' will probably be your friend. If you could somehow get the snippet keeper to hold all the values for the different companies, I think you might be able to pull it off. Cheers! -- Smug

chris1 Code is Art Posts: 3862 Reg: Aug 10, 2012 Austin, TX 50,120	06/14/13 06:24 AM (12 years ago) Why go to a single app model? Would seem less user-friendly and less profitable for you. But...if I were to do this, I would be using php to generate my JSON data on the fly. In fact, I do this already for my church apps. Each app calls home to the same php script, but sends some identifying information so the script knows what JSON to return. Comments Why go to a single app model? Would seem less user-friendly and less profitable for you. But...if I were to do this, I would be using php to generate my JSON data on the fly. In fact, I do this already for my church apps. Each app calls home to the same php script, but sends some identifying information so the script knows what JSON to return.

AlanMac Aspiring developer Posts: 2612 Reg: Mar 05, 2012 Esher, UK 37,120	06/14/13 07:43 AM (12 years ago) I have one main reason, not sure how good it is (lol). Its mostly because I am always uncertain whether the app store will accept or reject my apps. So if I have one that is accepted and I just tweak the content for different uses, it makes that side easier. I have had reviewer inconsistency (as a lot of us have), so I see a risk to submitting slightly different versions of the same app to the app store. It wouldn't always have to be single app model, but it might help. I had a single church app (btw, this isn't a church app) and I had a set of content for Church 'A' and different content for Church 'B', presumably I would use a login page and tell people how to login, which loads the custom pages for 'A' or 'B'. I think the concept sounds great, but I'm unclear on how would I do the back end php stuff. Is there any detail here that you could share @chris1, or a direction you could point me in? Cheers, Alan Comments I have one main reason, not sure how good it is (lol). Its mostly because I am always uncertain whether the app store will accept or reject my apps. So if I have one that is accepted and I just tweak the content for different uses, it makes that side easier. I have had reviewer inconsistency (as a lot of us have), so I see a risk to submitting slightly different versions of the same app to the app store. It wouldn't always have to be single app model, but it might help. I had a single church app (btw, this isn't a church app) and I had a set of content for Church 'A' and different content for Church 'B', presumably I would use a login page and tell people how to login, which loads the custom pages for 'A' or 'B'. I think the concept sounds great, but I'm unclear on how would I do the back end php stuff. Is there any detail here that you could share @chris1, or a direction you could point me in? Cheers, Alan

chris1 Code is Art Posts: 3862 Reg: Aug 10, 2012 Austin, TX 50,120	06/14/13 08:08 AM (12 years ago) I would check with Stobe - he was working on a plugin that allows you to change an entire bt_condig.txt file from within the app. Comments I would check with Stobe - he was working on a plugin that allows you to change an entire bt_condig.txt file from within the app.

AlanMac Aspiring developer Posts: 2612 Reg: Mar 05, 2012 Esher, UK 37,120	06/14/13 10:26 AM (12 years ago) Cheers for the tip Chris, I'll follow that up. Comments Cheers for the tip Chris, I'll follow that up.

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