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Environment Switcher

Available from v23

The Environment Switcher allows the user to switch app configurations. This is often the first screen users see to select their country or currency.

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Single App

Setting up and maintaining apps for alternate development and staging environments is costly and time consuming. Every app requires setup to work with each of it's integrations (Firebase, Airship...), up to twice, and then separate builds / QA cycles for releases.

The Environment Switcher and Developer Mode allow us to add all environments (development and production) into a single app, removing extra integration maintenance, context switching issues and allowing for easier testing.

Developer Mode

In Developer Mode the switcher shows all environments and allows environments to be customised within the app. Only environments set as production are shown when not in developer mode.

Config Customiser

The config customiser screen allows you to create and modify custom environments at runtime. Swipe on an existing environment in developer mode to customise and save it as a new config.

Custom configs are saved in their own grouping at the bottom of the list (you may need to scroll). You can swipe on them again to edit or delete them.

History

  • v23: Initial release.