AppSuite:Writing a simple application with embedded iframe

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Writing a simple application with an embedded iframe and launcher link

Provide an iframe for the content area (since 7.8)

Developing an app with an iframe for the content area is quite easy. All it needs is a manifest file (manifest.json) and the app file (main.js).

Both should be located in an designated folder in the apps folder. In this example the namespace 'com.example' will be used. (apps/com.example)

To make use of the provided helper function io.ox/core/tk/iframe has to be required in the define section.

define('com.example/main', [
    'io.ox/core/tk/iframe',
    'gettext!com.example'
], function (createIframeApp, gt) {

    'use strict';

    var iframeApp = createIframeApp({
        name: 'com.example', // the name of the app
        title: gt('Hallo, World!'), // the title of the app as used in the launcher
        pageTitle: gt('Hallo, World!'), // the page Title
        url: 'https://www.example.com/', // the domain which should be used for the iframe 
        acquireToken: true // generates a login token and appends it to the supplied url as ox_token parameter
    });

    return {
        getApp: iframeApp.getApp
    };
});

The provided token can be used to generate a valid session with the HTTP API (redeem token login process).

Add app to the launcher (since 7.8)

To display an app in the launcher, the property 'topbar': true has to be set in the manifest.json file of the app. To define the order, use the index value in the manifest.json file.

{
    "title": "Hallo, World!",
    "company": "external",
    "icon": "/images/icon.png",
    "category": "Dev",
    "settings": false,
    "index": 10000,
    "topbar": true
}

Reorder / remove apps from launcher (since 7.6)

To define a custom order of the apps or remove an app from the laucher the server-side setting topbar/order can be used to provide a comma-separated list of apps which should be available in the launcher.

Example: io.ox/core//topbar/order=io.ox/mail,com.example,io.ox/contacts,io.ox/portal

An app which is not listed here, is not available in the launcher anymore.