Wix Mobile Apps: Customizing Member Permissions in Your Own Mobile App
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Control what your members can and can't do in your own native mobile app by setting specific member permissions. Setting permissions allows you to understand at all times who is joining your app as well as your current member activity. Hide information you don't want members to see, or limit access to specific screens based on criteria such as badges or pricing plans.
If you have a social aspect to your own app such as a blog, forum or chat, you can also change permissions so members cannot chat with one another and can only speak to you, the business.
In this article, learn more about:
Setting member visibility
Choose whether you want members to have the ability to see each other's activity and socialize in your app. If you have Wix Chat installed, you can turn off the feature that allows members to chat with one another.
To set visibility:
- Go to your site in the Wix app.
- Tap Manage
at the bottom. - Scroll down to Settings and tap Roles & Permissions.
- Tap the Member Visibility toggle to choose if you want member activity to be visible to others. This includes Members Chat.
- Enabled: A list of members as well as their social activity (liking blog posts, posting in a forum) are visible to all other members. Members can also chat with each other.
- Disabled: Members cannot see each other's activity or a member list. They cannot chat with each other and can only chat directly with the business.
Customizing member info in the header
If you don't want to show the total number of members in your own app or their profile images, you can hide this information in the header.
To customize member info in the header:
- Go to your site in the Wix app.
- Tap Manage at the bottom.
- Tap Mobile App.
- Tap Edit under your site name or the name of your app.
- Tap the Change Header Design at the top.
- Scroll down and tap the Show Member Count toggle to display your app members and their profile images.
- Enabled: All members can see the total number of current members as well as profile image icons. Tap the Show Member Profile toggle to show or hide the profile images (members will still see the member count).
- Disabled: Members cannot see any information about other members of your app.
Limiting access to specific screens
You can change the permissions of each screen in your app so only members with a specific badge or pricing plan can access that screen's content.
To limit access to specific screens:
- Go to your site in the Wix app.
- Tap Manage at the bottom.
- Tap Mobile App.
- Tap Edit under your site name or the name of your own app.
- Tap Screens at the bottom.
- Tap the More Actions icon
next to the screen you want to limit access to. - Tap Set Screen Permissions.
- Select which app members can access this screen's content:
- All Members: All members of your own app can see the content.
- Members with Badges: Only members who have received a specific badge (e.g. 'VIP badge') can see the content. Select an existing badge or tap Create New Badge to add a new badge to limit access.
- Members with Pricing Plans: Only members who have purchased a pricing plan can see the content. Select an existing pricing plan or tap Create New Plan to create a new pricing plan to limit access.
Members who do not have permission to view a screen must tap Request Permission. You receive an Inbox notification about their request.
Limiting access to sections based on operating system
Show or hide sections of your own app depending on the operating system your members are using on their mobile devices. This is useful if you want to create different content for each platform, or showcase a section that's only relevant for members using iOS.
To limit access to sections based on operating system:
- Go to your site in the Wix app.
- Tap Manage at the bottom.
- Tap Mobile App.
- Tap Edit under your site name or the name of your own app.
- Tap the Screen drop-down at the top and choose the screen you want to edit.
- Tap the Edit icon
at the top right of the section you want to show or hide.
- Tap Customize element.
- Scroll to the bottom and tap the drop-down under Visibility.
- Choose what device this element should show on: Android, iOS, or All.
- Tap Save.
Approving or denying new member requests
Choose to approve or deny each person who requests to be an app member. Even if you have shared an invite code to join, you must still approve each request if the Join Approval toggle is enabled.
To approve or deny new member requests:
- Go to your site in the Wix app.
- Tap Manage at the bottom.
- Scroll down to Settings and tap Roles & Permissions.
- Tap the Join Approval toggle to choose whether members need to be approved before they join your app.
- Enabled: When new members request to join their status is set to 'Pending.' You receive a notification that someone wants to join your app and can either approve or deny this request.
- Disabled: Members can join your app without waiting for approval.
Note:
If you have your login screen visibility settings set to Member mode, anyone who downloads your app sees the login screen as soon as they launch the app and cannot view any preview content. Learn more about member mode vs. visitor mode.
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