Who uses Server-driven screens?

The office that changes a layout, and the apps that draw it use Server-driven screens. Layout, cards, and the bottom bar can be changed from the server.

How does Server-driven screens work?

1. Change the layout on the server. 2. The phone draws it. 3. The desktop draws its server screens.

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Server-driven screens

Layout, cards, and the bottom bar can be changed from the server. The phone and the desktop both draw those screens.

What this feature does

Layout, cards, and the bottom bar can be changed from the server. The phone and the desktop both draw those screens from that description, so a new card does not always need a store release.

The portal is where many of those switches are edited. The public website is a separate set of pages.

Server-driven screens is on the Mobile app and Desktop. It is not on the Web portal and Website.

How it flows

1Change the layout on the server
2The phone draws it
3The desktop draws its server screens

Step by step: how to use it

1
Change the layout on the server
Cards, announcements, or the bottom bar.
2
The phone draws it
The new layout appears without an app-store update.
3
The desktop draws its server screens
Office screens that are defined the same way update too.

Quick answers

What is Server-driven screens?: Layout, cards, and the bottom bar can be changed from the server. The phone and the desktop both draw those screens from that description, so a new card does not always need a store release. It is part of Device and office tools in Paperless Institutes.
Which apps include Server-driven screens?: Server-driven screens is on the Mobile app and Desktop. It is not on the Web portal and Website.
Who uses Server-driven screens?: The office that changes a layout, and the apps that draw it use Server-driven screens. Layout, cards, and the bottom bar can be changed from the server.
How does Server-driven screens work?: 1. Change the layout on the server. 2. The phone draws it. 3. The desktop draws its server screens.

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