Wo Android App – Custom field doesn’t on android app if it starts with _

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    (@iconicwp)


    1 year, 9 months ago

    Hello,

    I am writing on behalf of the development team behind the Iconic Delivery Slots plugin. We have encountered a limitation with the WooCommerce Android and iOS apps regarding the visibility of custom fields that start with an underscore (_).


    If a custom field’s key for an order meta starts with an underscore (_), it will not be displayed in the WooCommerce Android app by default. While we understand that this is the expected behavior, we would like to explore if there is a possibility to override this limitation for specific a meta key.

    We store delivery slots data in hidden custom fields with keys that start with an underscore. Since these meta keys have been used for a considerable time and our users have numerous historic orders containing delivery slots information, we prefer not to modify the meta keys.

    Is there any solution available to ensure that our custom fields, starting with an underscore, are visible in the WooCommerce Android and iOS apps?

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    (@iconicwp)

    Hi,

    Please can I get a reply?

    Howdy! Thanks for reaching out, I’m Thomaz, one of the Woo mobile app developers!

    As you stated, the underscore is the convention to signal a hidden metadata value. To achieve the display of specific hidden metadata without causing trouble on how we handle those data chunks inside the app would require us to make the code base aware of those specific meta keys used by the Iconic Delivery Slots plugin. Hardcoding the intended meta key to be displayed.

    That can be troublesome to maintain across the apps and since it’s a business logic enforced through the features, can introduce unexpected bugs as we would be going against our own metadata convention.

    Unfortunately, we won’t be able to proceed with an overriding mechanism for this. I suggest passing data forward within Orders metadata without the underscore so it can be properly displayed.

    Let me know if you have further questions. Thanks!

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