Check If an App Is Running Before Launch It

[calexander]

Sometimes I have the situation where it would be nice to be able to check if an app is running before launching an app. Maybe I'd like to display a warning when the app being launched is already open and allow the user to confirm whether to reload the app (or to simply go to the already open app without reloading). Technically, I can check this using the Valence.Util.App.isRunning function, but the problem I have with that right now is that it takes the app ID as a parameter which can change when the app is exported to another instance. A potential solution could be for the Set App Variables action to have the capability to choose from the available apps in a dropdown (like the Launch App action does) which would get that apps ID. Something like this or similar would be nice to have.

I could use VVAPPS table to map the app name to its app ID, but that doesn't seem like the best long term solution.

Thanks?

[Johnny Major]

In the next 6.3 update you will be able to pass the name of the application to Valence.util.App.isRunning

Example

if (Valence.util.App.isRunning('Portal Admin')) {
    // app is running in the portal
    //
} else {
    // app is not running in the portal
    //
}

[calexander]

That is great, thank you!