When packaging a MATLAB® app into a web app consider the following functional limitations. Using certain functions may result in an error or unexpected behavior.
Multiwindow apps
Multiple calls to figure or
uifigure are not supported.
Dialog boxes: dialog, msgbox,
errordlg, warndlg,
helpdlg, listdlg,
questdlg, inputdlg,
uisetcolor, and uisetfont are
not supported. However, uialert, uiconfirm, and uiprogressdlg are supported.
Although you can upload and download files from a local system in a deployed
web app using uigetfile and uiputfile, you
cannot download files while an external application is writing them. Opening a
folder selection dialog box on the client using uigetdir is
not supported.
Printing: print, printpreview are not
supported.
Graphics root object properties: MonitorPositions,
PointerLocation, ScreenDepth,
ScreenPixelsPerInch, ScreenSize are
not supported.
Figure properties: CloseRequestFcn,
Position, InnerPosition,
Resize, Visible,
WindowState, WindowStyle have no
effect on a web app.
System Commands: The system commands computer,
ispc, isunix,
ismac, and listfonts will execute but they
will not return client-side state information. Only server-side state
information is returned.
Tooltips: Data tips for graphics are not supported.
Axes toolbar interactions: Data brushing is not supported.
Plot functions: The wordcloud function is not
supported.
These limitations are in addition to App Designer graphics limitations. For more information, see Display Graphics in App Designer.