From 337b962e660c12724e8e6234c861050434b54d62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: naman-bruno <naman@usebruno.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 19:24:55 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat(app): enhance EmptyAppState (#8522)

---
 .../src/components/AppView/EmptyAppState.js   | 11 +++++-
 .../bruno-app/src/components/AppView/index.js | 35 ++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/AppView/EmptyAppState.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/AppView/EmptyAppState.js
index cc9d267a8..9c14e43e5 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/AppView/EmptyAppState.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/AppView/EmptyAppState.js
@@ -33,14 +33,23 @@ const Wrapper = styled.div`
     font-size: 12px;
     line-height: 1.4;
   }
+
+  .empty-app-actions {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    gap: 0.5rem;
+    margin-top: 0.5rem;
+  }
 `;
 
-const EmptyAppState = ({ title = 'No app yet', hint }) => (
+const EmptyAppState = ({ title = 'No app yet', hint, actions }) => (
   <Wrapper data-testid="empty-app-state">
     <div className="empty-app-inner">
       <IconAppWindow size={32} strokeWidth={1.25} />
       <div className="empty-app-title">{title}</div>
       {hint ? <div className="empty-app-hint">{hint}</div> : null}
+      {actions ? <div className="empty-app-actions">{actions}</div> : null}
     </div>
   </Wrapper>
 );
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/AppView/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/AppView/index.js
index 718f49639..521e58283 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/AppView/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/AppView/index.js
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ import {
   toggleAppMode,
   initRunRequestEvent
 } from 'providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections';
+import { updateRequestPaneTab } from 'providers/ReduxStore/slices/tabs';
 import { uuid } from 'utils/common';
 import { useTheme } from 'providers/Theme';
+import Button from 'ui/Button';
 import StyledWrapper from './StyledWrapper';
 import EmptyAppState from './EmptyAppState';
 import {
@@ -287,6 +289,15 @@ const AppView = ({ item, collection, code }) => {
     dispatch(toggleAppMode({ enabled: false, itemUid: item.uid, collectionUid: collection.uid }));
   }, [dispatch, item.uid, collection.uid]);
 
+  const goToAppTab = useCallback(() => {
+    dispatch(updateRequestPaneTab({ uid: item.uid, requestPaneTab: 'app' }));
+    dispatch(toggleAppMode({ enabled: false, itemUid: item.uid, collectionUid: collection.uid }));
+  }, [dispatch, item.uid, collection.uid]);
+
+  const openAppsDocs = useCallback(() => {
+    window?.ipcRenderer?.openExternal('https://link.usebruno.com/apps');
+  }, []);
+
   return (
     <StyledWrapper data-testid="app-view">
       <div className="app-view-toolbar">
@@ -308,7 +319,29 @@ const AppView = ({ item, collection, code }) => {
       ) : (
         <EmptyAppState
           title="No app yet"
-          hint="Switch to the App tab on this request and write some HTML/JS to get started."
+          hint="Add HTML/JS in the App tab to render a custom UI for this request."
+          actions={(
+            <>
+              <Button
+                size="sm"
+                variant="filled"
+                color="primary"
+                onClick={goToAppTab}
+                data-testid="empty-app-add-code"
+              >
+                Add app code
+              </Button>
+              <Button
+                size="sm"
+                variant="outline"
+                color="secondary"
+                onClick={openAppsDocs}
+                data-testid="empty-app-learn-more"
+              >
+                Learn more
+              </Button>
+            </>
+          )}
         />
       )}
     </StyledWrapper>