Howto13r1:V13 Create Apps for websites

Applies to

• firmware version 13r1 and higher

More Information

Create apps for (external) websites

Configuration

App Object

1. Navigate in PBX-AdvancedUI to PBX/Objects
2. Choose object type App from left sided drop down and confirm with New
3. Define app-object-name and app-object-longname and confirm with Apply
4. switch to tab App
5. Insert used URL - see some examples below
6. Insert optional icon URL - see how to create
7. tick plain website
8. confirm with OK

Icon (Optional)

available since 13r2

• Search and download respective logo. Observe any copyrights and rights of use.
• Max. size of 100x100 px is sufficent. If not available in that size, shrink down by use of any common image editor
• Choose any appropriate Base 64 image encoder, upload the adapted logo and copy the resulting hex dump
• paste the hex dump content including leading data:image/png;base64,into field Icon (URL)
• pay attention to the max supported size of 3072 characters. Shrink down your source image if necessary.

Grant access

Tick respective App-Object-Name in Apps-tab at user object or distributing configuration template object

URL examples

(as of November 2022):

• Here: https://wego.here.com/
• Google: https://www.google.com/search?igu=1
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/embed/vXgryhUik1U?autoplay=1&controls=0&showinfo=0

Known issues

• Websites using iframes are not supported to be displayed via App-objects
• myApps-Launcher does not store passwords entered in websites
• no spell check support in forms

Related articles

• Reference13r1:PBX/Objects/App
• Reference13r2:Concept_Apps#App_Objects_Parameters
• Course13:IT_Connect_-_13_Design_of_the_Application_Platform#App_objects
• innovaphone video on how to integrate websites as apps
• Base 64 image encoder