# Questions about Thunkable X

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## [How about developing extensions for Thunkable X?](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-about-developing-extensions-for-thunkable-x/68744)

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**Author:** [@saber](https://community.thunkable.com/u/saber)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-about-developing-extensions-for-thunkable-x/68744 "2019-02-13T13:48:22Z")

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As some of you might have discovered during the initial stages of the Thunkable for iOS that Thunkable iOS(now known as Thunkable X) has React Native in its backbone. So the question arrises that is there a possibility i…

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## [Testing on emulators](https://community.thunkable.com/t/testing-on-emulators/10420)

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**Author:** [@xSlendiX\_Gaming](https://community.thunkable.com/u/xSlendiX_Gaming)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/testing-on-emulators/10420 "2019-02-13T05:11:12Z")

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Not all of us have an iPhone... Can there be another way to test an app?

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## [Text recognizing app?](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-recognizing-app/68655)

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**Author:** [@Toxicl16](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Toxicl16)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/text-recognizing-app/68655 "2019-02-13T01:04:16Z")

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Is there any way in Thunkable X to take a picture, and then from that picture recognizer certain text. I must do this for an app that scans an ingredient label and recognizes certain ingredients. If this is possible, how…

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## [How to make an OCR text recognition app for IOS?](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-make-an-ocr-text-recognition-app-for-ios/66199)

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**Author:** [@Toxicl16](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Toxicl16)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-make-an-ocr-text-recognition-app-for-ios/66199 "2019-02-13T00:58:39Z")

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I have to make an OCR text recognition app for a project. I have seen much of this done via the Thunkable Classic, but I need one for IOS platform. Is there a certain extension I need? Also, I have been using the Microso…

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## [Go to a word in a label](https://community.thunkable.com/t/go-to-a-word-in-a-label/68452)

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**Author:** [@diegobolivar](https://community.thunkable.com/u/diegobolivar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/go-to-a-word-in-a-label/68452 "2019-02-11T12:29:53Z")

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Hi, I would like go to a certain word in a label written previously in a textbox. I use “does \_\_\_\_\_ contain \_\_\_\_” = true to check if label contains textbox, but I can do nothing else. With thunkable X can do that?

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## [App randomly developing bugs and crashing - no pattern - am I going nuts?](https://community.thunkable.com/t/app-randomly-developing-bugs-and-crashing-no-pattern-am-i-going-nuts/68257)

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**Author:** [@rael74](https://community.thunkable.com/u/rael74)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 7:33am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/app-randomly-developing-bugs-and-crashing-no-pattern-am-i-going-nuts/68257 "2019-02-11T07:33:37Z")

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I have been working with X-Thunkable for 2 weeks now and am increasingly noticing, unpredictable behaviour… I am making copies of working apps and then when making the most basic of changes (sometimes just simple design…

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## [AIA Files in cross platform](https://community.thunkable.com/t/aia-files-in-cross-platform/68366)

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**Author:** [@Sallyka](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Sallyka)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/aia-files-in-cross-platform/68366 "2019-02-11T04:30:47Z")

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Hello everyone! Can you please tell me how can I upload AIA file on cross platform? Is it possible? I upload aia file in “upload file” section but it didn’t work P.S Last year I was working on classic platform and upl…

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## [Porting to Thunkable](https://community.thunkable.com/t/porting-to-thunkable/68250)

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**Author:** [@miaudit](https://community.thunkable.com/u/miaudit)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/porting-to-thunkable/68250 "2019-02-10T13:00:37Z")

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Hello Community, at the beginning of my first Topic, I introduce myself briefly: I deal with It for educational and artistic projects in the non-profit sector. We are evaluating some software products including Thunkab…

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## [Using Row Number in Airtable and UpdateRowNumber](https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-row-number-in-airtable-and-updaterownumber/68320)

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**Author:** [@Aaron\_Diggelmann](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Aaron_Diggelmann)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2019, 11:16am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-row-number-in-airtable-and-updaterownumber/68320 "2019-02-10T11:16:18Z")

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Help please. I am new and jsut getting my head around this tool, but I have 2 pages, once where it writes a row to and Airbook table, and as part of that stores the row number as a variable. On the other page I want to u…

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## [Page to page data requests](https://community.thunkable.com/t/page-to-page-data-requests/68241)

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**Author:** [@Red77](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Red77)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/page-to-page-data-requests/68241 "2019-02-09T16:56:05Z")

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If this has been asked previously, I apologize; I attempted to locate a similar topic before posting. I have built a simple sign-in process using Firebase, which works fine. I have also integrated Airtable, which also w…

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## [OpenWeatherMap not displaying](https://community.thunkable.com/t/openweathermap-not-displaying/68029)

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**Author:** [@Almosthandy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Almosthandy)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/openweathermap-not-displaying/68029 "2019-02-09T14:39:25Z")

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Hello all! So, in the app I’m working on, I wanted a simple label at the top of the home screen that displays the current temperature. I went and signed up for an OpenWeatherMap API and figured out the city code I wante…

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## [Is it possible to use Firebase to filter list view selections?](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-firebase-to-filter-list-view-selections/68215)

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**Author:** [@Almosthandy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Almosthandy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-firebase-to-filter-list-view-selections/68215 "2019-02-09T12:40:04Z")

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Hi again folks! I wanted to know the plausibility of using Firebase for filtering list viewer selections. I have a spreadsheet with a list of restaurants. Each column represents a different cuisine aspect, such as " br…

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## [API Key Invalid](https://community.thunkable.com/t/api-key-invalid/67039)

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**Author:** [@jamesf](https://community.thunkable.com/u/jamesf)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2019, 9:09am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/api-key-invalid/67039 "2019-02-09T09:09:09Z")

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Hello, I am trying to make an app the requires the user to make an account and sign in. I have followed a tutorial. https://docs.thunkable.com/thunkable-cross-platform/create/components/sign-in/sign-in This was helpfu…

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## [Pressing Back Button Opens Sign Up Screen](https://community.thunkable.com/t/pressing-back-button-opens-sign-up-screen/68181)

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**Author:** [@waseem\_gul](https://community.thunkable.com/u/waseem_gul)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/pressing-back-button-opens-sign-up-screen/68181 "2019-02-09T05:49:55Z")

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Hi, I have a Sign Up screen in my app, When someone sign up and redirects to the home screen pressing back let them back to the sign up screen. So how to close the sign up screen completely after user signs up? Thanks …

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## [Tutorials to make apps for websites - BUT MORE THAN WEBVIEW APPS](https://community.thunkable.com/t/tutorials-to-make-apps-for-websites-but-more-than-webview-apps/68178)

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**Author:** [@Bro](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Bro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/tutorials-to-make-apps-for-websites-but-more-than-webview-apps/68178 "2019-02-09T05:23:28Z")

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i have seen plenty of tutorials about “how to create a webview app” but nobody talks about how to create a app for websites without using webview and with more advance features. (specially in thunkable x) can anyone do …

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## [Actech DEMO variables question](https://community.thunkable.com/t/actech-demo-variables-question/68140)

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**Author:** [@AdrianL](https://community.thunkable.com/u/AdrianL)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/actech-demo-variables-question/68140 "2019-02-08T23:27:35Z")

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Hi, I am learning Thunkable X and I was inspecting actech demo 11.11.18 and I have a question about where o how did it create varibles like complexJSON in scrJSON screen? Any help will be appreciated! Adrian

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## [OCR App to Recognize Text](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ocr-app-to-recognize-text/68152)

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**Author:** [@Toxicl16](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Toxicl16)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/ocr-app-to-recognize-text/68152 "2019-02-08T22:23:18Z")

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Is there any way I can take a picture of an object with text on it, then have the text outputted to a label in the app? If so, how would I go about doing this? Also, is there any tutorials to help me because I am very ne…

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## [Please Solve this block where the block is wrong this app is for app update with firebase](https://community.thunkable.com/t/please-solve-this-block-where-the-block-is-wrong-this-app-is-for-app-update-with-firebase/68126)

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**Author:** [@Rajesh\_TechNepal](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Rajesh_TechNepal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2019, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/please-solve-this-block-where-the-block-is-wrong-this-app-is-for-app-update-with-firebase/68126 "2019-02-08T21:16:26Z")

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I have make thunkable app updates block in my app here is problem is that when i click on install button nothing happen, Not any action do as well please solve this problem My block screenshot :-

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## [Is there any way I can access my elements from Spreadsheets using Listviewer?](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-there-any-way-i-can-access-my-elements-from-spreadsheets-using-listviewer/45736)

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**Author:** [@hi1](https://community.thunkable.com/u/hi1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-there-any-way-i-can-access-my-elements-from-spreadsheets-using-listviewer/45736 "2019-02-07T22:05:16Z")

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Is there any way I can access my elements from Spreadsheets using Listviewer?

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## [Local DB How Can I Use?](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-db-how-can-i-use/62551)

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**Author:** [@doctorsof](https://community.thunkable.com/u/doctorsof)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-db-how-can-i-use/62551 "2019-02-07T20:45:13Z")

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I made 3 columns with Local DB. Listviewer seeing first column. When i click one any item i want to see Second and Third Column value in Text. How can i do?

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## [Landscape apps in Thunkable](https://community.thunkable.com/t/landscape-apps-in-thunkable/68028)

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**Author:** [@\_GD\_ETJ](https://community.thunkable.com/u/_GD_ETJ)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/landscape-apps-in-thunkable/68028 "2019-02-07T19:35:18Z")

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I am working with a tablet and I want my app to be in landscape mode. Is there any way i can do this?

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## [Setting Up Blocks to write to Firebase](https://community.thunkable.com/t/setting-up-blocks-to-write-to-firebase/67924)

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**Author:** [@RTownsend](https://community.thunkable.com/u/RTownsend)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/setting-up-blocks-to-write-to-firebase/67924 "2019-02-07T05:46:26Z")

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Hi all, I’m building my first app and I’m super stuck. I’m building an application which allows me to track my climbs on the stairmaster, but it just rewrites the information over and over again. I need to create transa…

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## [Help with a lot of blocks](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-a-lot-of-blocks/67972)

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**Author:** [@Kacper\_Paszter](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Kacper_Paszter)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/help-with-a-lot-of-blocks/67972 "2019-02-07T14:27:36Z")

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I accidentally put block in spreadsheat’s value and it started to create insane amounts of blocks. Is there any button to delete all not connected blocks? EDIT: Problem solved Thunkable deleted all blocks from this pa…

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## [Permission for calling](https://community.thunkable.com/t/permission-for-calling/58182)

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**Author:** [@Vedran\_Majnaric](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Vedran_Majnaric)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 11:27am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/permission-for-calling/58182 "2019-02-07T11:27:23Z")

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Hi i got this message from google: Hello Google Play Developer, In October, we announced updates to our Permissions policy that will limit which apps are allowed to request Call Log and SMS permissions. This policy wil…

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## [Accessing contact list](https://community.thunkable.com/t/accessing-contact-list/67885)

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**Author:** [@guyman20](https://community.thunkable.com/u/guyman20)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/accessing-contact-list/67885 "2019-02-07T01:02:31Z")

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Is it possible to access the contact list of the user through the app?

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## [Connection with button and screen](https://community.thunkable.com/t/connection-with-button-and-screen/67899)

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**Author:** [@Umair\_Khalil](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Umair_Khalil)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/connection-with-button-and-screen/67899 "2019-02-06T23:45:50Z")

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## [Lists lists random lists](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lists-lists-random-lists/67868)

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**Author:** [@Alex\_Hill](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Alex_Hill)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/lists-lists-random-lists/67868 "2019-02-06T22:00:54Z")

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I’m having a go at generating a random business buzzword based on a couple of tutorials. The first effort works quite well as it makes a list based on something static that I’ve already typed in. Voila That was pretty…

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## [Modal - same view, different data](https://community.thunkable.com/t/modal-same-view-different-data/67887)

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**Author:** [@guyman20](https://community.thunkable.com/u/guyman20)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/modal-same-view-different-data/67887 "2019-02-06T21:20:36Z")

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What is the proper way of designing a page and loading different content depending on what the user has clicked? I know I can load the different content to the local storage and then load it into the view, but it doesn’…

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## [Is it possible extension in public mode?](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-extension-in-public-mode/67552)

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**Author:** [@lucas\_mazur](https://community.thunkable.com/u/lucas_mazur)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/is-it-possible-extension-in-public-mode/67552 "2019-02-06T14:23:12Z")

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Hi guys !!! In this new version of thunkable, is it possible import extensions in public mode?

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## [Gradient background screen color](https://community.thunkable.com/t/gradient-background-screen-color/67639)

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**Author:** [@MyClik](https://community.thunkable.com/u/MyClik)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/gradient-background-screen-color/67639 "2019-02-06T13:16:39Z")

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How do you set a screen color to gradient? In other apps, I would be able to add two colors and set top - bottom/ left to right and the angle. Thank you!

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