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General Notes
** Live Data ** Please note that when using this feature, you are submitting live data to your project space. When submitting data as a web user, it will appear as if submitted by an unknown user and will only appear in exports or reports if specified (via filters). When using the Login As feature, data will be submitted on behalf of the mobile worker you are logged in as and will appear in exports and reports as such. More details provided below.
App preview runs using the same code as CommCare Mobile and Web Apps. It is expected to perform the same functionality, with some differences in how that data is laid out on the screen.
Similar to using the mobile application, ensure you press the 'Sync' button often to receive the latest data from your project space. This is particularly important when you use the 'Login As' feature described on this page.
There are also some limitations with this feature that will be discussed below. In general, the same limitations that apply to Web Apps will apply to application preview.
App Preview will display the latest preview of your application. This essentially means the last time you selected the 'Save' button for your application.
If regularly using App Preview, you will most likely not create a new build for your application after each change. While the goal of using App Preview is to make it easier to test changes made to your application, we still recommend deploying a new version of your application every so often.
It can be very easy to find yourself in a situation where you make several changes to an application and something breaks. By deploying regularly, you can ensure a safe point to revert back to in case you are unable to fix an application after making changes.
We do not recommend using this tool for live data submission. This tool should be used for testing purposes only.
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