Build on Google templates

Google provides a collection of application templates that are built with best practices in mind. You can explore Google templates, and use them as a starting point for your own application development.

Before you begin

You must have one of the following roles:

  • Application Design Center Admin (roles/designcenter.admin): Full capability to create, customize, and deploy.
  • Application Design Center User (roles/designcenter.user): Create and customize a template.
  • Application Design Center Viewer (roles/designcenter.viewer): Preview a template.
  • The following roles can interact with application instances based on Google templates:
    • Application Admin (roles/designcenter.applicationAdmin): Create an application instance and deploy.
    • Application Editor (roles/designcenter.applicationEditor): Create an application instance and deploy.
    • Application Viewer (roles/designcenter.applicationViewer): View an application instance.

Preview and customize Google templates

  1. From the left menu, click Google templates.

    Go to Google templates

  2. Click Preview to view the design canvas for a Google template.

  3. To use this template as a starting point for your own template, do the following:

    1. Click Copy and Customize.

    2. For steps to configure and design the template, see Design application templates.

  4. Alternatively, to create an application instance using the Google template, do the following:

    1. Click Configure app.

    2. Click Create new application.

    3. For steps to create an application instance, see Manage application instances.

    4. For links to configuration documentation for each component, see Supported resources.

What's next

Design application templates