{"id":569,"date":"2017-02-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officedevblogs.wpengine.com\/?p=569"},"modified":"2021-11-15T11:26:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T19:26:29","slug":"add-ins-are-now-available-for-outlook-on-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/add-ins-are-now-available-for-outlook-on-ios\/","title":{"rendered":"Add-ins are now available for Outlook on iOS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Office platform is our way of enabling developers everywhere to help our customers get more done. Developers can bring their own apps and services directly into Outlook using add-ins, connectors, and actionable messages, and they’ve built some amazing stuff so far. For instance, you can now add a lead from an email directly to your CRM system, digitally sign important documents you receive as attachments, and update your notes, all right from Outlook.<\/p>\n

Up till now, Outlook add-ins have been available to Outlook users on the web and Windows, and we’ve recently expanded add-in support to Outlook for Mac as part of the Office Insider program. We’re now excited to bring add-ins to Outlook mobile, starting with Outlook on IOS, with support for Android coming soon.<\/p>\n

With add-ins, developers can make Outlook, called “the best mobile email app<\/a>” by Wired, even better, by extending it with their own apps and services.<\/p>\n

And because Outlook add-ins are built using standard HTML and JavaScript, they run on Outlook experiences across phones, tablets, desktops, and the web with the same code – except for minor modifications to fit the mobile form factor. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hear directly from developers at Nimble and GIPHY on their experience of building for Outlook.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nimble<\/strong> – Get real time insights about your email contacts<\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\nGIPHY<\/strong> – Make your emails fun and expressive<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Build your own add-ins for Outlook on iOS<\/strong><\/p>\n

With today’s launch, Outlook on iOS includes add-ins from several initial partners<\/a>. And starting today , we’re opening the platform up so that every developer can add mobile support to their add-ins with just a few steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Decide what scenarios to enable on mobile. Not every action makes sense on the small screen, so be sure you’re highlighting the most important functionality of your add-in for mobile. Keep in mind that only mail read scenarios are supported right now.<\/li>\n
  2. Update your manifest to declare support for the Mobile Form Factor and define the actions you came up with in step 1.<\/li>\n
  3. If applicable, make sure any backend calls to the mailbox are using our REST API. <\/li>\n
  4. Build mobile-specific UI for the small screen using our design guidelines<\/a>. Mobile add-in submissions require additional validation to ensure add-ins are providing a good user experience.<\/li>\n
  5. Submit your add-in to the Office Store for validation. You can find instructions here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To learn more, visit the <\/span>Outlook mobile add-ins section<\/span><\/a> of dev.office.com.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Happy coding!<\/p>\n

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