Hi all, I’m running into a problem with theme file cleanup after app uninstall. When the app/uninstalled webhook fires, the Admin API session is already revoked, so we can’t remove the theme files we added. Shopify Partner Support suggested a “Third Party App Developer Handoff” (manual instructio…

Hi @Lukas_Jonneryd There are two options: Publish your theme files as theme blocks instead. These are automatically removed after the app is uninstalled, so it’s a much better clean up experience. Use the Online Script Tag API to register a script tag. These are also removed after uninstallation …

Thanks for the ideas! :raising_hands: Our use case requires installing actual theme files (sections/blocks/snippets/assets) that behave like native theme assets. Converting everything to App Blocks or ScriptTags doesn’t fit because: App Blocks: great for embeds, but they don’t replace shipping st…

App Blocks: great for embeds, but they don’t replace shipping standalone, file-based sections that persist as first-class theme assets. I’m sorry I’m still not quite understanding why App Blocks don’t fit your use case. Could you clarify? Why do you need first-class theme assets? What shortcomi…

Thanks for the follow-up! Let me explain more clearly. The core of our app is building sections that extend a merchant’s existing theme. Merchants can install these sections and use them just like native theme sections — everything from content blocks to headers, footers, or even parts of the cart. …

I’m pretty certain if its a theme from the theme store, it will support @app blocks. Otherwise a majority of apps on the app store wouldn’t be able to show their sections, e.g. reviews.

Just to clarify where we’re coming from. We’ve tested App Blocks thoroughly and while they work great in most cases, for our app they come with limitations. Some of the limitations we’ve run into are limited settings (with a maximum of 25 total) and no real modularity with blocks (no content_for su…

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