Share Your App UI

While App UI previews can only be seen by you in your workspace, you can use the Share action to allow others to test your work. The Share action generates a URL for the App UI that you can give to your team members.

The URL generated for each branch in your workspace is unique, so you can give distinct URLs to your reviewers to get feedback on the changes in each branch. Suppose you're working on branch_A and share your changes with a reviewer; while waiting for feedback, you can switch to branch_B, make changes to a new set of pages, and share an entirely new URL with these changes alone. This helps you isolate changes in distinct branches and share multiple versions — one from branch_A and another from branch_B — with your reviewers.

Note:

The URL you're sharing might not be the same as the URL you see when previewing the App UI in the Designer.

To share your App UI:

  1. Open your workspace in the Designer.
  2. If you're using a sandbox, confirm that your current sandbox is the one you want to share.
  3. Click Menu in the upper right corner and select Share:
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  4. Click Copy in the Share Application Extension dialog to copy the URL generated for the App UI, which you can then share with your reviewers.
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    If you’re configuring an Oracle-created App UI and your changes involve updates to the data model, you'll also need to share the name of your sandbox with your reviewers. They will need the sandbox so they can check your changes using the correct data model.

    Keep in mind that the format of the shared URL changes depending on whether your workspace is associated with a sandbox or not.

  5. Click Share.

    When the URL is ready to be shared, Share will be replaced by Done.

    Note:

    If your application cannot be shared, click Open Logs in the Share Application Extension dialog to view and fix build-related errors.
  6. Send an email with the generated URL to your team members, taking care to include the name of the sandbox if applicable.

Share is one way to open up your App UI to team members. But if you actually want to share your code with a co-worker, you can export your workspace as an archive. Your co-worker can then create a new workspace and import the archive to create a new Git repository containing your files. See Export Your Workspace as an Archive and Import an Extension Archive.