App viewer is not responding properly

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I need help getting my app to work properly, and I'm pretty sure my viewer is stuck in monitor size, while the frame is phone size, and I cannot add any components without appinventor telling me to report an error.

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(Canned Reply: ABG- Export & Upload .aia)
Export your .aia file and upload it here.
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So I was working on it today and the problem only seemed to be occurring after I either copied and pasted a component, (a list viewer more specifically), or when doing that in a table arrangement.
SunnydaleFarms (1).aia (10.5 KB)

I made a new screen without copying to show what it should look like, and it's working better now.

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Workaround/Top Tip: don't use the table arrangement, can be buggy for buttons and especially when copying and pasting in development. Use vertical and horizontal arrangements to layout your app.

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I can take a look at your file later to day when I get home and possibly repair it however, try this if it helps

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Here you go SunnydaleFarms.aia (10.5 KB)

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I tried this and the problem didn't go away. I have redone the whole thing now.

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I noticed you started to add Screens named after the farm workers.

That's a bad idea, leading to repetition of code.

Screens are for logic and processes, not for data.

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what kind of procedure should I use if each screen is personalized with chores just for that person?

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you only need 1 screen to display the chores of a specific person
select a person, for example in a listpicker and in the after picking event load the data of that person from the database and display it

see also Building Apps with Many Screens

Taifun

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This is a matter of filtering a table.

Here is a sample:

You can also use the Spreadsheet component to filter downloads from a sheet, restricting the rows to only those matching a given value in a given column.

Show us you task assignments sheet for more detailed advice.

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Here's the updated version:
SunnydaleFarms (2).aia (9.1 KB)
Thank you for feedback,

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I played with your app a little.

You are hiding parts of the display with no way to un-hide them.

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The global webviewer is suposed to be like that, its visibility is in the settings button for one or two people, to set up the app for signing in

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I got it all working the way I want it