Create your first app

Modified on Wed, 15 Mar 2023 at 09:12 PM

When creating a personalized application, it is essential to establish the unique metadata associated with the custom app, which includes:

A distinct name for the custom app
A custom app label that will be displayed in the scenario editor by inMultifamily
The color scheme for the app's module
An icon representing the app

This page will guide you through these settings.

1. Navigate to My Apps in the left sidebar menu in your inMultifamily account. You might have to click on the three dots at the bottom of the left sidebar to view the My apps option.

You will see a list of sample custom apps. Click Create a new app in the top right corner.

3. In the Create an app pop-up, fill in:

Name: The unique identifier of your custom app. inMultifamily uses the custom app name internally. Note the requirements under the text box.

Label: The custom app label. inMultifamily will display the custom app label in the scenario editor. You can use any characters in the custom app label.

Description: Description of your custom app. This field is optional.

Theme: The color that inMultifamily uses for your custom app modules and forms. Use the hexadecimal color code.

Language: The language of your custom app and its descriptions.

The language setting in the custom app is informative. inMultifamily doesn't translate the custom app descriptions.

Audience: This parameter has no effect currently. The custom app is accessible regardless of the user's country.

App icon: Upload icon. The icon upload is optional. inMultifamily will use this icon to create your custom app logo. The icon has to:

be a file in .png format

have 512 x 512 px dimensions

have a maximum of 100 kB size

inMultifamily processes the icon file so that:

All color pixels in the icon file are converted to white

All transparent pixels in the icon file are converted to your theme color

A Custom App Dialog

If you want to update the custom app icon, navigate to your custom app settings and click Options > Edit.

4. Click Save to confirm the custom app settings.

You created a custom app in inMultifamily. The next pages will guide you through setting up the app's base, connection, error handling, and modules.