I want to publish a Google Sheets add-on and distribute it to a trusted list of testers. I do not need to publish to the G-Suite Marketplace for general public use. But I do need to have a link I can share privately with my group. Alternatively, and preferably, I would like to share a spreadsheet (the container to which the add-on script is bound) with the list of users and have that spreadsheet already have the add-on pre-installed.
In order to accomplish this, I have followed the example in this video. I was able to follow the video exactly until I got to 11:42 (where the link is queued). At that point, the video maker clicks the following button Deploy as Sheets add-on... from the dropdown menu as follows...
When I do this
The screen I want to see
...he gets the following screen.
The screen I actually see instead
But when I click the same button, I get the following screen instead.
It's worth noting that I have not paid the $5 fee — because I haven't seen the prompt screen. Where is it? How can I find the screen where I can pay the $5 fee?
What am I missing?
I forgot, you have to also go to the G Suite Marketplace SDK under APIs & Services, navigate to the Publish page and fill out the form there. That's where they ask you for your text assets, URLs and graphic assets. Also, if you haven't already published the add-on before, Google will review the add-on before publishing it.
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I'm creating a google workspace add-on to a organization.For styling purpose I want to add starting splash animation very similler to the Google map, keep and contact Add-on have.Can I get an idea about, that can be done to the third party add-on , that we are creating ?
Google Workspace add-on are pretty limited in terms of design you can do. And you won't be able - as of writing - to create a splash screen that disappear without user's interaction.
You can ask for such feature using Google's feedback form.
I am building a Gmail Add-On via Google App Scripts that will display provide helpful actions for emails with certain content.
Is there a way for me to highlight / emphasize / flash the icon for my Add-On (on the right hand sidebar)? This would let me notify the user that the Add-On can provide some functionality for the email they're reading.
As of now, there is no such functionality provided by Google team. The only way an add-on is activated by only user action(user has to click on the add ons icon from right side bar).
I am trying to create a branching scenario using google slides, the idea is that someone viewing the presentation can click on the buttons and see the outcome of their selections.
The first few slides it's easy, it's a 1 to 1 so I can just use the "link" feature in slides.
The tricky part is once you progress to slide 3. I want the slide they are directed to by clicking on the "course of action" options to be based on all the currently selected options.
So here is where I'm stuck - I need to figure out how to have an interaction (click) with the slide in presentation mode trigger a script.
Any suggestions on how to accomplish this in Google Slides?
At this time the Slides Service for Google Apps Script and the Google Slides REST API don't include a way to call a script on a click of an element. This feature is only included on Google Sheets (Clickable images and drawings in Google Sheets)
NOTE: The Google's official documentation very rarely includes a page about missing features. It could be possible that someone already submitted a feature request through the official Issue Tracker. If so, you could star that issue to get notifications about changes on it. Another place to monitor is the G Suite Developers Blog and the Google Apps Script release notes.
I have a Google Doc add-on that utilizes the sidebar: no problem there. When one uses the Google research add-on, there is an secondary slide out from the sidebar that shows a preview of a search result (see picture below) when clicked. I am hoping to replicate this behaviour, but I see nothing about it in the api regarding size and limits. I tried having a tooltip pop up on my links in the sidebar, but they appear cut off or under the main Google Doc palette. I have tried a bunch of other Google Doc add-ons to see if any of them replicate this functionality, but they don't. Before I spend hours on this, I want to first ask is anyone know if this is specific permission for Google's sidebar only, or can developers replicate this functionality?
The Research Tool is a direct integration with Docs and Presentations, it's not a Google Apps Script add-on. The freedom to "slide out" within the document is not available to add-ons today.
As one alternative, you could use an accordion affect to collapse your "first page" and overlay the result page, still within the bounds of the sidebar.
A second alternative would be to use a non-modal window, where you'd have more freedom. (resizing there requires client-server exchanges, but is doable)
I am trying to write a simple add-on for Google Docs. It basically a list of items I want to have visible on the side when I am using Docs. I followed this simple tutorial.
I don't want to publish such a simple add-on unnecessarily. Is there a way that I could use it just within my Google Docs without publishing it ?
If you've just copied the sample code into your document's script, it already works there. To activate the script you have to reopen the document, then in the menus at the top click Custom Menu -> Show sidebar.
You only have to publish a script if you want to share your add-on with other users.
If you still have problems, take a look at Add-on Quickstart. It describes add-on creation process in details.