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Re: Can user info be retrieved by a Tile?
aron.racho Dec 29, 2013 1:48 AM (in response to Scott A Johnson)Unfortunately tiles cannot change presentation based on viewing user. Only tile action (and config) UIs may vary based on context such as viewer.
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Re: Can user info be retrieved by a Tile?
bernd.appelhans Dec 30, 2013 2:52 AM (in response to aron.racho)Boo - I think this functionality would be quite helpful for a number of use cases.
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Re: Can user info be retrieved by a Tile?
nilsheuer Dec 30, 2013 4:24 AM (in response to aron.racho)Agree with Bernd that this would be most useful. Given the way tiles are implemented, I can see how this might be difficult to do with the current tech,
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Re: Can user info be retrieved by a Tile?
Scott A Johnson Dec 30, 2013 11:05 AM (in response to aron.racho)How would you go about adding context to actions?
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Re: Can user info be retrieved by a Tile?
nilsheuer Dec 30, 2013 12:29 PM (in response to Scott A Johnson)You can open an embedded experience as part of an action. In that view you'll have access to the user context just like in an app.
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Re: Can user info be retrieved by a Tile?
Scott A Johnson Dec 30, 2013 12:33 PM (in response to nilsheuer)ok, so you would then have all the osapi and gadget stuff?
Secondly, is there a way i can get the user's role or privileges from that user context? (i.e. is the user an admin, moderator, member, viewer?)
Thanks,
Scott
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Re: Can user info be retrieved by a Tile?
sameer_v Mar 21, 2017 12:40 PM (in response to Scott A Johnson)1 person found this helpfulFor a custom tile here is another discussion with the answer:
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Re: Can user info be retrieved by a Tile?
Ryan Rutan May 30, 2017 12:38 PM (in response to sameer_v)This thread is a bit old ... the latest answer to this question is Yes.
See Creating Custom View Tiles on how to get started. =)
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