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In-app message testing

It is extremely important to always test your in-app messages before sending your campaigns. Our preview and testing capabilities offer two ways to take a look at your in-app messages. You can preview your message, to help you visualize as you compose it, as well as send a test message to your or a specific user’s device. We recommend you take advantage of both.

Preview

You can preview your in-app message as you compose it. This should help you visualize what your final message will look like from your user’s perspective.

In-app message generation preview

Preview what your message will look like to a random user, a specific user, or a customized user—the latter two are especially useful if your message contains personalization or multiple languages. You can also preview messages for either mobile devices or tablets to get a better idea of what users will experience.

Compose tab when building an in-app message showing the preview of what the message will look like. A user is not selected, so the Liquid added in the body section displays as is.

Braze has three generations of in-app messages available. You can fine-tune to which devices your messages should be sent, based on which Generation they support.

Switching between generations when previewing an in-app message.

Test

Preview message as user

You can also preview messages from the Test tab, as though you were a user. You can select a specific user, a random user, or create a custom user.

Test tab when building an in-app message. "Preview message as user" is set to "Custom User" with available profile fields appearing as configurable options.

Test checklist

  • Do the images and media show up and act as expected?
  • Does the Liquid function as expected? Have you accounted for a default attribute value in the event that the Liquid returns no information?
  • Is your copy clear, concise, and correct?
  • Do your buttons direct the user where they should go?
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