Such a feature would be very beneficial :slight_smile: Request New special value that tells which operating system that the app in running on. That would enable us to create an operating specific url which means that it is possible to open fx Facebook app with the correct url. Today Facebook requ…

1, I would use this feature, It would greatly help deep linking to other mobile apps.

Could you not just ask the User during the onboarding flow what kind of device they have (iOS/Android/Other) and then use User Specific checkboxes with Conditional Visibility and then just use an IF-THEN-ELSE to determine which device the User has/chose and then direct them to the corresponding link…

That would work, just 2 sticking points I see: If I already have a large list of users, I’d have to ask them to go update their preference for that to work (say they already completed an onboarding flow before) Each user is limited to 1 type of device For now I just have 2 buttons in my app, one …

@ehdubya that is what I do. But it is not ideal. Glide knows what OS it is - and would make our lives easier

Agreed, not ideal, but works for now until that feature is released :nerd_face: :pray:

@Robby_Dewling well, it will be tied to the email that the user uses. And that is not ideal

Yeah, like Krivo said, it’s not ideal but it does work. For those who have already sign-up/onboarded - you can always add this to the profile tab and leave it optional should the User Profile have Editing enabled.

The language would also be interesting.

Hi @Robby_Dewling , I am making an app to show shops with their social media links ( https://ecolimburg.glideapp.io ) Just like you, I would like for the users to be able to have FB links go directly into their FB app. You described having two facebook icons to use for buttons. Namely, one with an…

No problem, here you go! [Screen Shot 2021-03-05 at 5.07.03 PM] [Screen Shot 2021-03-05 at 5.08.15 PM]

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AyS_0908 May 4, 2021, 5:24am 18

Thank you @Krivo; this is clearly useful, and in a way, a piece of what I had in mind.

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