I have several apps where I want my users to see the same thing on the same day every month.
So when the app loads, they will see a day specific event/news/fact
This will rotate every month. So once I set it up it will just rotate through.
BUT, I want my users to be able to scroll through other events (forward and backward).
This is how I set it up so that the “homepage” of the app changes each day.
(There is no sign in, so it will reset if they ‘swipe out’.)
Here are a couple of columns in the glide sheet.
Today’s #: a math column, day(t) where t is “Now” - this finds the NUMBER of TODAY
Event #: I put these in order from 1 to whatever in the sheet (hand entered)
(the numbers must be consecutive with no breaks) Since I am doing monthly - there is 1-31.
More columns
UserClicks: Counts Clicks by User (user specific) - more info below
Count Clicks: Rollup Finds the SUM of the UserClicks column
Days + Clicks: Adds the Day number (another column day(t)) plus the Count Clicks Column.
Find Last: Rollup that finds the MAX Event Number (so the Days+Clicks will not go above that number.)
Here is what a screen looks like in the app
The Previous button increments the user clicks by -1
The Next button increments by +1
The screen options are filtered by Event# equals Day+User Clicks so that the clicks go in the right place.
The custom actions also stop the user clicks from going below 1 or above the max
This puts the DAILY event on the ‘homepage’ but allows the user to scroll through other days
Here is a basic app, stripped down so you can copy.
Here are the apps I use these tricks for:
