From sheet to app
Learn the concept of how AppAlloy turns your table with rows and columns into an mobile app with intuitive view on your data.
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Learn the concept of how AppAlloy turns your table with rows and columns into an mobile app with intuitive view on your data.
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Before starting a smooth app development, you must understand "what does an app consist of?".
An application consists of well-organized screens, like a book with pages.
Each screen represents the app's features and contents. For example, screen A shows the home page, screen B shows the message box and screen C shows the settings menu.
Users can navigate through the screens with interactive elements like buttons and components.
So in essence, creating an app entails designing screens and integrating interactive elements for navigation through screens.
So, how does AppAlloy turn your data table into an app with useful screens?
When working with your data sheets, you can take three basic actions: view all data, look into specific data, and edit the data.
Based on these basic actions, AppAlloy builds 3 types of screens:
a screen for the collection view where you can see all records,
a record view to see details of a single record, and
a form view to add, edit, or delete data of a record.
AppAlloy turns each row in your table into a record item in a collection.
This way of representing multiple record rows allows end-users to quickly preview key information and also empowers the end-users to navigate and interact with large datasets easily.
When the end-users tap on a record item, they will be guided to the record view.
In the record view, the attributes from the separate columns now are vertically represented by unique components.
With the record view, the end-users can get a user-friendly and intuitive way to explore the characteristics of a record.
Form view is where end-users submit new data to add a new record or edit an existing record.
From a table to the form, each column turns into an input field.
With the collaboration with the collection view and record view, the form view simplifies how a person can define a row and edit the data attributes.
As we talk about the app structure, creating an app involves more than just adding screens for the show. A good app is an app that can empower users.
It would help if you integrated various actions such as buttons, gestures, and toggle switches to enhance user experience and engagement.
By default, AppAlloys will add some basic interactions so the newly generated app can fulfill the requirements to ensure that the end-users can work with the data seamlessly:
On the collection view, users can add new records, or swipe a record to edit or delete it
On the record view, users can leave comments for collaboration
On the form view, functions are specifically designed for each type of input field to collect data exactly.
In today's fast-paced business environment, efficient data management is crucial. While spreadsheets have been the go-to tool for many, no-code apps offer a more advanced and user-friendly solution for managing data.
Data Organization
Structured with predefined forms and views
Rows and columns, can become cluttered
Data Integrity
Automated validation, less prone to errors
Manual entry, susceptible to formula errors
Security
Advanced features like role-based access, encryption
Limited security controls
Collaboration
Real-time collaboration, comments, live updates
Limited collaborative features
Scalability
Handles large data volumes efficiently
Becomes slow and unmanageable with large datasets
Flexibility
Easily customizable to adapt to business needs
Rigid structure, challenging to modify
User Experience
Intuitive interface, interactive features
Requires understanding of formulas, less interactive
Time and Cost Efficiency
Automates tasks, reduces manual effort
Manual processes, hidden costs in time and errors
Using a table structure for your database in a no-code app like AppAlloy provides a clear, organized, and efficient way to manage and interact with data.
By transforming tables into collection, record, and form views, you can create a user-friendly app that allows seamless data navigation, exploration, and manipulation.
Learn data structure
Explore the concept of managing database with the simple table.
Set up data source
Learn the steps to import your data table or build a new one for the database of your app.
Design 'View From' Page
Explore how you can leverage the collection view from the initial one created for your app.
Design Record view
Learn how to customize the record view to show the details of each item from database.
Design Form view
Build a form view in your app to add new data, and edit, or delete the existing one.
Design 'Canvas View' Page
Build a canvas view for a report or dashboard view on your data table.
