Action Basics
Information about Actions in Adalo
Quickly Learn about Actions in Adalo
This video covers the basics of Actions in Adalo. Learn how actions move users between screens, interact with the database, and add interactivity to your app.
Actions
Actions define what happens when a user interacts with a component. If components are the nouns of your app, actions are the verbs. They let users navigate between screens, submit data, trigger notifications, and more.
You add actions to components like buttons, icons, list items, and images. A single component can have multiple actions that run in sequence.
Link
Navigate the user to another screen or open an external URL.
Existing Screen - link to any screen in your app
New Screen - create a new screen and link to it in one step
Back - return the user to whatever screen they came from
External Link - open a website, email, phone number, or messaging app (listed as "Website..." in the menu)
Learn more about link actions β
Change Data
Create, update, or delete records in your database collections.
Create - add a new record to a collection
Update - edit an existing record
Delete - remove an existing record
Learn more about change data actions β
Notifications
Send and manage push notifications from your app.
Trigger Notification - send a push notification immediately
Schedule Notification - send a push notification at a future date and time
Request Permission - prompt the user to allow push notifications
Learn more about notification actions β
Location
Request Permission - prompt the user to allow location access
Requires a Google API key to be configured in your app settings.
Learn more about location permissions β
Custom Actions
Connect your app to external services using custom API integrations.
Custom Action - call an external API you've configured
New Integration - connect to popular services like Gmail, SendGrid, Google Sheets, Twilio, Mailchimp, Slack, and Google Drive through Zapier
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More Actions
These actions are found under the More... submenu in the action menu.
Share - open the device's share sheet so the user can send content, like text, images, or files, to any app on their device
Deep Linking Share - share a direct link to a specific screen in your app
Change Input Value - set or update the value of a Text Input or other input component on the current screen
Learn more about share actions β
User Login
Also found under More..., the User Login submenu contains authentication actions.
Sign Up - create a new user account and log them in
Log In - log an existing user into the app
Log Out - log the current user out
Forgot Password - send a password reset email to the user
User login sessions expire after 20 days. This is the default and cannot be changed.
Conditional Actions
Any action can be made conditional so it only runs when certain criteria are met. This lets you create logic like "only delete this record if the user is the owner" or "only navigate to the next screen if all required fields are filled in."
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