EFB app exclusive to one aircraft

[MSFS 2024] Questions & Community Discussions HTML/JS
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I want to add aircraft-specific functions to the EFB, but the apps are all global. What is the recommended method to limit an app to just my aircraft?

I see that App!install can probably reject the promise and fail installation, but how should I best detect my aircraft?

All I’ve come up with so far is a GUID-named L:Var which is set by the aircraft, but I think this will suffer from timing depending on when the aircraft loads. Checking ATC MDOEL &friends might work but will pick up incompatible third party aircraft of the same model. My app also won’t be available while the EFB is used on the main menu (with the correct aircraft selected).

I guess maybe I’m missing some better way to accomplish this? I realize I could check when the app is launched, but subjecting everybody to an H225 Aircraft App all the time seems like a bad idea too. Could I plug in to the Aircraft app itself somehow?

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In terms of structure I think there’s a difference between the World Map usage of the EFB Route Planning App and the in-game usage of the tablet, and agree that varies with type of aircraft. It’s always difficult to comprehend someone “not wanting” your app but for gliders the actual EFB Route Planning App is irrelevant so subjecting everyone to that all the time seems like a bad idea too.

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How about you use (A:TITLE,string) SimVar?

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Wouldn’t that only happen once at sim launch (when the EFB is booted up)?