I understand that currently extensions for UIs for the Order Status page are in the development preview only. However, there are apps like Zoox and Event Ticketing that create new sections on the Order Status page and display specific UIs. I am new to extension and app development with Shopify, and I am wondering how these apps are navigating this - are they using Additional Scripts? Thanks so much for any context you can give.
You can use JS to target a new section on the Order Status page and include Liquid attributes. For example:
There is more info on this method on the Shopify site:
https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/orders/status-tracking/customize-order-status
Is this what you’ve seen?
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I see, so they are using the Additional Scripts part of the Order Status page functionality. What is the difference then between them using the scripts for this and the Order Status extension capabilities, that are currently in developer preview only?
The new Checkout Extensions (apps) are much sophisticated and offer a true integration with checkout data and services. These are apps that are installed into your store and rely on API integration. The above script is just a JS solution that is manually copied into your site and offers limited data using Liquid markup. This was a passable solution back-in-the-day but our team is all-in on the new Checkout services.