📱 AppSheet Tutorial 💻: Build Your Own Tarot App From Scratch
User Experience (UX) Refinement

Lesson 10: Last Pulled Image & User Experience Upgrades

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We polish the layout & focus on improving user experience.

First, we update the Reading view so that the main image always shows the last card pulled, making readings feel more dynamic as you add cards. Next, we refine the Pull Reading button: instead of always overwriting cards without warning, we design two versions—one that runs instantly on a blank reading, and another that asks for confirmation if cards already exist. We also polish the layout by making buttons prominent, customizing confirmation messages, and ensuring the Quick Pull button is accessible from anywhere in the app. Finally, we improve consistency by renaming actions (e.g. “New Reading,” “Pull Cards”) and re-ordering fields so the card list displays more clearly at the top of each reading.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

  • Build a virtual column that displays the last pulled card’s image.

  • Use INDEX([Cards], COUNT([Cards])) with dereferencing to always show the latest card.

  • Make the Pull Reading button prominent and user-friendly.

  • Duplicate and conditionally display buttons with ISBLANK([Cards]) / ISNOTBLANK([Cards])).

  • Write a custom confirmation message warning users about overwriting cards.

  • Add the Quick Pull button to multiple views for easy access.

  • Clean up display names (“New Reading,” “Pull Cards”) for consistency.

  • Adjust the Reading detail layout so the cards list is the main focus.

IN THIS LESSON

  • 00:00 Intro

    00:13 Virtual column for last pulled card

    00:48 INDEX + COUNT formula explained

    01:36 Updating the image column to dereference last card

    03:06 Making Pull Reading button prominent

    04:19 Problem: overwriting existing cards

    04:36 Using Google Sheets version history as backup

    05:32 Adding confirmation to Pull Reading button

    06:10 Show If with ISBLANK / ISNOTBLANK)

    10:01 Adjusting view actions & button placement

    11:34 Custom confirmation message text

    12:45 Adding Quick Pull button to all views

    14:19 Hiding helper columns & cleaning layout

    15:00 Renaming buttons: “New Reading” & “Pull Cards”

    16:41 Reordering Reading detail view for clarity

    17:27 Wrap up – UX polish complete

  • Readings[Last Pulled]

    • INDEX([Cards], COUNT([Cards]))

    Readings[Image]

    • [Last Pulled].[Image]

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