Setting up Mobile Application with the plugin "MetaUI Demo"

How to download the application on Google Play

Detailed steps are described in Google instructions: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9859152?hl=ru

Where to configure application

Open admin panel and click "Plugins"

Select "Demonstration MetaUI"

Go to "Download/Update" tab and install the plugin if you don't have it in the list

Contact technical support or your manager in Skype chat if downloads list does not include this plugin either.

Application design: logo and colors

It is better to make application design similar to your website. Thus, the application and the site will be interconnected in customer's head.

Click "Demonstration MetaUI" in Plugins section

Find "Applications design settings"

Select it and click "Open" button

Logo

Take the same logo that you use in your OT Box based website and save it to your computer (skip this step if you've already saved the logo).

Click "Select file"

Logo will download automatically when you select the file on your computer. Click "Save" button to add logo into application

Color design

Makes color design 1 in 1 like your store.

Go to "Configuration → Website configuration → design theme"

From here we will need the colors that we will record to configure the mobile application.

Click design color and write RGB digits (use another color system if you have a brand book and use a different color system)

Colors in the application will be marked with bright blue for clarity.

Auxiliary color	Background color	Primary Color
Buttons first color, bottom menu	Application pages background	Buttons second color

Start editing the mobile application when all the colors are written out. Click the field of the first color

Write color in RGB format

Switch to necessary format using the arrows if your format is not RGB

Click "Save" button after selecting color

Do it with all the colors in turn.

If you have a background image in your website design, you can upload it here as well. Select file on your computer

Click "Save" button

Showcase

Configuring showcase helps to show or hide certain product parameters, such as reviews or a link to the original.

Select "Showcase settings" in the list of available changes

Select it and click "Open" button

Select "Mobile Application" tab

Go through the list and select hide or show product parameters.

Click setting under the name to hide or show. Drop-down list will open.

Select to show or hide in drop-down menu

Click "Save" button

Banners

Select "Demonstration MetaUI" plugin in Plugins list

Select "Banners settings" in the list of available changes

Select it and click "Open" button

Here is a list of all the banners that have been installed for the mobile application. Click "Add" to add a banner

To the right of the banner names there will be a form that must be filled in.

Add banner name. Click default name (banner)

Write title

Click "Save" button

Download picture (banner). Click "Select file" and select file on your computer

Click "Save" button

Banner with a link

Select URL in "Actions" list and click "Save" 

Insert URL into "Action parameter" field 

Click "Save"

Banner with category

Select "Category" in "Actions" list and click "Save"

Write id category into "Parameter" field. Open category on your site and view link to get id. Copy otc-8929 (you will have your id)

Paste id into "Parameter" field and click "Save"

The most important action: select where to show the banner. Click "Mobile application" in the list on the right

Click "Add" button

Click "Save" button and banner will appear in your mobile app

Collections

Click "Demonstration MetaUI" plugin in Plugins list

Find "Collections settings" in the list of available changes

Select it and click "Open" button

Select "Mobile application" tab

Add

There are collections by default. Select collections from the list on the right if you need others

Click "Add" button

Click "Save" button

Swap

Point the mouse to the cross with arrows to the left of collection name if there is a need to swap the collections

Press the mouse and drag the collection where necessary

Click "Save" button

Delete

Click the cross to the right of the collection name

Collection is not deleted, but moved to the list on the right, so if you want, you can return it to the main page

Collections configuration

Below on the page, all collections are collected in a common form and each of them can be set with 2 parameters:

1. number of items in collection
2. enable or disable random search

It is recommended to keep unchanged. However, you can click collection you want to change if changes are necessary .

Set the number of elements from 1 to 100 (the smaller the faster the loading of the home page, but less than 4-6 pcs it is better not to put.

Click "Save" button

Choose to turn on or off random search

Click "Save" button