This sample app is concerned with mortgages. The user enters the
value of the mortgage, the down payment, the tenure and the annual
interest rate. The app then calculates the amount due each month.
How do you convert a simple spreadsheet calculating a commission to
an app? There's more than one way to do it and what you choose
depends on your preferences. Our new sample app demonstrates three
strategies.
CB reported experiencing issues with running apps offline on the
public beta version of iOS 12. We couldn't reproduce the issue, but
our co-founder David wrote a lengthy reply discussing Calcapp's
offline feature.
Add your own images to text boxes and use a selection of 26 fonts to
make your apps look better. Use new text formatting options, like
centered and underlined text. Finally, make your brand truly come
through by using a custom logo that appears on your users' home
screens.
You can now insert your own images in text boxes. They can either be
centered or float to the right or to the left of the text. A slider
lets you adjust the image width. Images work offline and are
responsive, meaning that they work well on any screen.
Use your own logo with your app to raise awareness of your brand. The
logo is displayed on the loading screen and on home screens your app
has been added to.
You can now use 26 new fonts when formatting text in text boxes,
including serif, sans-serif, monospace and playful display fonts.
Custom fonts work even when your app runs offline.
Calcapp now supports text alignment, underlined and strikethrough
text and different font sizes. You can also upload your own images
and make use of 26 available fonts.
Would you like your apps to add data to spreadsheet or database rows
or send messages to Slack channels? What about creating sales leads
in Salesforce or posting directly to Wordpress? Watch our video
tutorial to learn how to achieve this and more using the third-party
Zapier service.
Calcapp supports making fields required, so that your users can't
move on to the next panel or submit reports before your forms have
been properly filled out. This tip walks you through the steps you
need to take to make fields required.