We're currently busy introducing paid plans to Calcapp, which explains why the
blog has been more quiet than usual. Our post has more details on what we're
currently working on.
Superscripts and subscripts appear above and below the baseline of the text,
respectively, and are useful when writing mathematical formulas. Use them
today in Calcapp Creator by copying and pasting the characters in this post.
You can now change your password using a new account settings box. If you have
a system-generated password, you will be asked to change it the next time you
sign in. Finally, you can now reset your password.
Editing and running very large apps is now a much smoother experience. Our
server now processes changes to such apps much more efficiently. Also,
navigating to a new panel in a very large app should now be instantaneous for
most apps.
This sample app is concerned with mortgages. The user enters the value of the
mortgage, the down payment, the tenure and the annual interest rate. The app
then calculates the amount due each month.
How do you convert a simple spreadsheet calculating a commission to an app?
There's more than one way to do it and what you choose depends on your
preferences. Our new sample app demonstrates three strategies.
CB reported experiencing issues with running apps offline on the public beta
version of iOS 12. We couldn't reproduce the issue, but our co-founder David
wrote a lengthy reply discussing Calcapp's offline feature.
Add your own images to text boxes and use a selection of 26 fonts to make your
apps look better. Use new text formatting options, like centered and
underlined text. Finally, make your brand truly come through by using a custom
logo that appears on your users' home screens.
You can now insert your own images in text boxes. They can either be centered
or float to the right or to the left of the text. A slider lets you adjust the
image width. Images work offline and are responsive, meaning that they work
well on any screen.
Calcapp enables you to create apps that might otherwise have been
created using a spreadsheet. Create apps yourself without
time-consuming and expensive custom software development.