If you have a custom Discourse app or maybe an app for your company, you might want to show a custom app banner to your users. Discourse only has the ability to refer people to the Discourse app using the Other → native app install banner site setting, like this one:
The discourse-custom-app-banner allows you to configure your own iTunes / Android apps and show a banner for those instead.
Richard, I’m grateful for your professionalism, speed, and expertise on the Discourse platform.
This plugin provides our members with a better experience. Thank you!
I’m also grateful that you wanted to share this plugin with the Discourse community, which speaks to your character and loyalty. I am very happy to be able, through your hard work, to contribute a tiny bit back to this outstanding product and community.
Just a quick howto for people trying to use this plugin. The functionality is now in core.
There are two hidden site settings: ios_app_id and android_app_id.
In order to set these, open a rails console and enter