Actions

Basic Actions

Dial Number	Opens phone dialler with a number you select. Only works on devices capable of making telephone calls. The user must confirm the call.
Open Map	Show the location you request in the user’s default maps app. You type the requested location into the Text Editor panel.
Reset Page	Resets the page back to its default (original) state. For example, positions and visibility of components are returned to their original settings. Useful to clear data entered into a form or to set an animation to a ‘ready to play again’ state.
Send E-mail	Creates a new email ready to send in the user’s email application. You provide the main “To” address, and optional CC, BCC addresses. Subject and body message may also be supplied. The user must confirm the send of the email. The message may be formatted in HTML, but formatting will vary widely, depending on the device and application. A single file attachment can be specified, however this will only work on mobile devices, not on desktop (Windows or Mac).
Send SMS	Creates an SMS text message to a number. The user must type the message body of the SMS and select to send it.
Set Component Visibility	Hide, show or toggle a Component in and out of view. Use the dropdown to select a Component from the page and then set it to Hide, Show or Toggle.
Set Dialog Visibility	You can choose a custom dialog that you have created in the dialog pages tab and set it to either show or hide. Although the Editor currently has a drop down please note this action is not for showing or hiding the default system dialogs.
Set Text in an HTML Article	Add this action to an event on a component such as ‘On Press” on a Button Component. It enables you to add content to an HTML Article Component you have already added to your project.The content can be any HTML content – text, images or other objects that you have created and stored in the HTML folder for your project.
Set Toggle Button State	Sets a Toggle Button to a desired state: toggled on, off, or the opposite of its current state.
Set text for a Text Component	Update a Text Component or Text Entry Component with the new text you have entered here. Having made your Text Component that you want to be populated with new text, select it from the dropdown of components on the page and then enter the text in the Text Editor.
Show Dialog by Name	Use this action to specify the name of the dialog you have created that you want to show. Please note if you enter a default dialog the action will not work in playmode and an error will show in the console log.
Show Image in an Image Zoomer	Display a new image in the Image Zoomer Component that can be viewed by panning and zooming around it. Select the Image Zoomer Component from the dropdown of components on the page and then type the name of the new picture file or specific URL into the Text Editor. Use in conjunction with the action ‘Zoom Image Zoomer’ which can be activated to zoom in or out when a button is pressed or some other event is triggered.
Show Popup Message	Display a popup dialog with your custom message text on it. The dialog popup can be viewed and closed.
Wait	Set the number of milliseconds to wait before the next action is performed. The ‘Lock UI’checkbox is checked by default and means the user cannot trigger any other UI actions (such as clicking on another button) while waiting. Use case could be where the last action is the critical one. Unchecking ‘Lock UI’ means the user will be able to stop any queued up actions. This would most likely be used for non-critical actions like a sequence of animations.
Zoom image zoomer	Sets the Image zoomer component to zoom in or out on any image you have selected . Can be applied as an action to events activated on components such as buttons.