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

To perform the tasks in this document, ask your administrator to grant you the necessary roles on the app-enabled folder or management project:

Task Required roles
Preview Google-provided templates Application Design Center Viewer (roles/designcenter.viewer)
Copy and customize a template Application Design Center Admin (roles/designcenter.admin), or
Application Design Center User (roles/designcenter.user)
Create and deploy an application Application Admin (roles/designcenter.applicationAdmin), or
Application Editor (roles/designcenter.applicationEditor)

For more information about roles, see Access control with IAM.

Preview and customize Google templates

  1. From the Google Cloud console, go to the Google templates page.

    Go to Google templates

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

  3. Do one of the following:

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

      1. Click Copy and Customize. This creates a new, editable template in your space, pre-populated with the components and configurations from the Google template.

      2. Continue designing and configuring your new template. For detailed instructions, see Design application templates.

    2. To create an application using the Google template, do the following:

      1. Click Configure app.

      2. Follow the prompts to define and create your application.

      3. For detailed steps to create an application, see Manage applications.

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