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  •   almost 2 years ago

General questions about my app?

Well, I have my SDK app and I submitted it for review.
0) I still indicated the ID, but I don't remember if I marked the submission of the app in the Devpost form, but then I did it in the developer portal: is it ok?
1) If I want others to be able to access my app, do I have to wait for the outcome of the review, or is there an alternative way?
2) my app does not use images internally, if and when there will be the review and the app is approved, will it be accessible immediately or do I have to worry about finding a server to host it?
3) if I want to improve my app in the meantime, such as optimizing it, removing comments, making it lighter, etc. can I do so and submit the changes?

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    Private user   •   almost 2 years ago

    Hi SMZ, glad to see that you used 0-based indexing for your questions ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

    0) I guess you are saying that you forgot (or maybe unsure) to apply the review process during the submission phase. But you did that after some time. I guess that is not an issue because the judging will start today.

    1) I am unsure of how sharing for unpublished Canva apps works, but I do know that we can run the unpublished Canva Connect Integrations within our Canva Team. Even if my integration is not approved, I can circulate the integration with my team, and they can use their Canva account to interact with the integration. I guess, you can also do the same with Canva Apps. But on the contrary, it will be tedious as you would have to provide the "bundled js file" to all of the Canva users and then they have to manually add them to their Canva Developer account (like the way you developed it), and then only they can use it. So, the best thing is to wait for the app to be published and then circulate the Marketplace link within your peer group.

    2) If your app does not use any external files/dependencies, then you do not have to host anything after the review process. Canva will itself host the bundled js file onto their server so that anyone can access the same from the Marketplace.

    3) I guess that is not allowed because the team can see the submission time at their end, and even if you wish to do that, you have to first cancel your current submission, make the changes, and then push the code to again get reviewed by the team. Meanwhile, it will stop the Canva team from accessing the app, and they will not be able to access it then.

    I hope I cleared some queries.

    Regards
    Vishal Vats

  •   •   almost 2 years ago

    Thanks for the clarifications, you were very clear!
    In the meantime I created a duplicate of the app to be able to make some changes and experiment further, because the app sent for review appears as if it is frozen for changes.
    I hope that parts of the code that needed to be commented on and that I left in the app now under review, as well as the unoptimized dimensions, do not compromise the final judgment.

  • Manager   •   almost 2 years ago

    Hi S M Z,

    I recommend posting the more technical parts of your question to the Canva team in the Canva Developers Discourse for a quicker response.

    Please do not make any changes to your current app until after the Winner Announcement.

    Thanks and good luck!

  •   •   almost 2 years ago

    Hi Shawni,
    I will do so, although I have some notable improvements that I would be happy to share.
    I will wait for the review process before anything else.

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