Generate a prompt popup

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##A prompt is a small message that asks a user for written input

PRE-REQUISITES

For the following code examples to work, you will need to add Fliplet’s Data Sources API to your app. To add it follow the steps referenced here.

Prompt popup on web

Prompt popup on web

Prompt popup on mobile

Prompt popup on mobile

A prompt popup can be used to ask a user to enter some text. For example, you can show a prompt popup to ask a user to enter their name.

The code below displays a popup with the title of “Name required” and a message of “Please enter your name”. The user can then type in their name and press ‘Update’ to save it to a data source (we’re connecting to an example data source with an ID of ‘123456’ and saving the data to the ‘name’ field).

JavaScript

Fliplet.Navigate.prompt({
  message: 'Please enter your name.',
  title: 'Name required',
  labels: ['Update','Cancel'], // Button names for native apps (on webapps this defaults to [OK, Cancel])
  default: ''  // You can enter a default value here if required
})
.then(function (input) {
  // If a user types something and confirms the popup
  // 'input' will be a String with what the user typed
  if (input) {
    // Add code here for affirmative actions eg: save data
    Fliplet.DataSources.connect(1234)
      .then(function (connection) {
        return connection.update(123456, {
          name: input
        });
      });
  } else if (input === '') {
    // If user leaves the field empty
  } else {
    // User cancels the popup
  }
});