February 7, 2022

Deployment Time: 2:27 PST

Features & enhancements

None.

Bug fixes

Item Description
Bug Links generated via _ROW_WEB_URL now open correctly in the new Desktop UI.

Rollout changes

None

Preview announcements

Preview feature releases enable you to try out new app features that are not yet fully supported. See Product launch stages.

  • No new preview features were released today.

What’s currently available in Preview?

The following tables summarize the preview features that are currently available.

Item Description
Feature AppSheet databases (Preview)

The new AppSheet database feature is now in preview release. An AppSheet database is a first-party, native data source for organizing and managing data powering AppSheet apps. An AppSheet database provides an easy and efficient way to build data models for any AppSheet app without needing to use an external data source solution such as cloud-based spreadsheets or databases.



For more information, see:

- Community announcement
- AppSheet databases
Enhancement Navigation improvements in AppSheet app editor (Preview)

The app editor includes navigation improvements, currently in preview, to facilitate the configuration of specific features. For example, the new Settings section in the left navigation gathers together all app-wide settings and makes it more intuitive for all app creators to find these types of settings.



For more information, see:

- Community announcement
- Summary of navigation improvements in the app editor (Preview).
Enhancement Additional usability improvements in AppSheet app editor (Preview)

The app editor includes navigation and app setting improvements, currently in preview, to facilitate the configuration of specific features. The navigation improvements now include a secondary navigation panel that lets you quickly scan all of your components. In addition, there are more direct links in your View component to the table, column, or action that you want to check or edit. Finally, error and warning messages are more prominently displayed in the app.



For more information, see:

- Further usability improvements: Simplifying the navigation in the editor
- Summary of improvements in the app editor (preview).
Feature AppSheet apps for desktop users (Preview)

The new desktop design, currently in preview, is optimized for desktop browsers, presenting a more complete view of information with a consistent organization and structure. The new desktop design lets users navigate their apps more easily and access information in context, and provides an efficient way to edit existing records without losing context. The legacy desktop design, enabled by default, provides an experience similar to the mobile and tablet device.



For more information, see:

- Community article
- Optimize the user experience using the new desktop design (Preview)

The following features require opt-in to the AppSheet preview program. The AppSheet Preview program lets app creators try out new app features that are not yet fully supported.

Item Description
Feature Chat apps with AppSheet (Preview)

Create and publish Chat apps using AppSheet. Chat apps are web applications or services that run in Google Chat. By creating a Chat app with AppSheet, you enable users to interact directly with your app in Google Chat rather than clicking out to view the AppSheet app in a separate window.



See:

- Community announcement
- Chat apps
Feature Table view

Table View now supports freezing the first column while scrolling horizontally. For details, see Freezing the first Column of a Table View - in Preview Program.

Feature Chart Editor

App Creators can now make use of our new chart editor and the new and improved charts it can create. Learn more.

Feature Detail views

Rich text formatting is now available in Detail views. For details, see this announcement in the community.

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@willwitman

We just tested, but I can confirm it is still NOT working properly on new desktop UX. Still glitch is there for sure. More preciseingly, we tested Row_web_Link, which i confirm it is not working. Is this variable still buggy?

I have not tested row web URL, hopefully it will be working. However, we really need DEV to fix row-web-link issue which is still pending.

@takuya_miyai

@Arthur_Rallu

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Following up with my previous post, I tested.

<<_Row_Web_URL>> is still NOT working, likewise <<_Row_Web_Link>>

Not sure from where this announcement is coming from.

@willwitman

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I’m sure both <<_ROW_WEB_LINK>> <<_ROW_WEB_URL>> template variable are still broken on new desktop UX. We just tested and it is NOT working.

Could you investigate with Devs team?

@lizlynch

@Arthur_Rallu

@takuya_miyai

Is this release notes announcement mistitled in its year?

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