In this layout overview we’ll be taking a look at Layout 10 that you can find inside your app builder.
Here are the sections of this guide for quick reference.
Homepage Options
Layout Options
Previewing The Layout
Homepage Colors
Like with any other layout, you can choose to use this option from the layouts options panel by clicking the green change layout button from the homepage of the app builder when you are editing an app.
Homepage Options
This particular layout allows you make some customisations to the view that you see from the homepage of the application.
You have the ability to add a homepage slider by checking the box to display this and then clicking save.
When the page reloads you’ll see an option beneath this section where you can add in your slider images.
Here you can decide whether or not you want the slider to have the ability to loop over the images.
You can decide how long you want each slide to display on homescreen before changing to the next image in the slider series.
You can adjust the percentage from the top of the screen that you want the slider to start to display.
You can alter the opacity of the images you adding to make them the original upload through to completely transparent.
You can also adjust the percentage of the image display height within the viewing device.
To add an image to your slider, you can click the green Add Pictures button seen in the bottom right corner of the above image.
The recommended size for images is 1080px Wide by 576px High.
Please note: Because of the variation in screen sizes across multiple devices, images can be slightly cropped on both sides for some devices, so please consider using a margin on your image if you need to display textual information.
Layout Options
When you have features added to your application you can then see how this layout looks with the content you have in your application and then decide whether or not you want to customise it further using the Layout Options available for this particular layout.
You are able to show or hide the shadow that shows along the top side of the menu that appears across the bottom of the app.
You are also also to make the border on the circular center menu hidden or visible from here too.
Previewing The Layout
Here’s a quick look at the how the app looks with this layout.
Homescreen
Homescreen Expanded Menu
Homepage Colors
Please note that all color changes for the homepage are found under the main left menu, under Colors and then select the Homepage option.