Contentful App Extensions

[maureenlholland]

Description

Knowledge base / space for discussion regarding Contentful App extensions.

Contentful Docs https://www.contentful.com/developers/docs/extensibility/app-framework/ Reasons Contentful encourages App development over UI Extensions https://www.contentful.com/help/contentful-app-framework-faq/#when-should-i-use-an-app-instead-of-a-ui-extension New Field Editor Components https://github.com/contentful/field-editors/

Potential App Cases

• restrict initial editing view to certain fields for components with many configurable options (i.e. Split)
• auto-display certain field options based on layout field options (i.e. Card sizing & image aspect ratios)

Open Questions

• Does this work with Compose? Could we get this functionality through Compose already?
  • re: does this work with Compose: https://www.contentful.com/developers/docs/compose/extending-compose/ (app locations are available but limited, currently no support for Entry Editor or Page)
• Are we able to use Rich Text and Media Upload fields from the Entry Editor Location?

[maureenlholland]

Initial tests:

• SingleLineEditor works from the Entry Editor location, but only provides the input. Label and Notes will have to be recreated with Forma36 components (Forma36 FieldLabel with hardcoded value shown in image below).

• Rich Text & Media Upload editors require FieldExtensionSDK, which is not available from Entry Editor location

  

• It is impossible to do conditional display with the Field location only, as that still leaves label and notes visible (iframe is what the Field location app controls)

  

[maureenlholland]

I'm going to close this for now, as the App Framework will not work with Entry Editor Location in Compose. We should look for a different option to present conditional fields.