App development¶
Intro¶
Before you start, please check if there already is a similar app in the App Store or the GitHub organisation that you could contribute to. Also, feel free to communicate your idea and plans in the forum so other contributors might join in.
Then, please make sure you have set up a development environment:
Before starting to write an app please read the security and coding guidelines:
After this you can start with the tutorial
Once you are ready for publishing, check out the app store process:
For enhanced security it is also possible to sign your code:
App development¶
Take a look at the changes in this version:
Create a new app:
Inner parts of an app:
Requests¶
How a request is being processed:
Storage¶
Create database tables, run Sql queries, store/retrieve configuration information and access the filesystem:
Authentication & users¶
Creating, deleting, updating, searching, login and logout:
Writing a two-factor auth provider:
Notifications¶
An app can send notifications to display to users. It can also retrieve and act upon notifications that are received by the users. See the documentation of the official Notifications app.
Migrations¶
Migrations can be used to do database changes which are allowing apps a more granular updating mechanism:
Repair steps¶
Repair steps can be used to run code at various stages in app installation, uninstallation, migration and more: