Rally: Get the bar function - rally

Rally has a new functionality "Portfolio Items" in the Track menu.
I like the bars with the percentage inside which you can see at:
"% Done By Story Plan Estimate" or "% Done By Story Count"
How can I use it in my customized app in Rally ?
Can someone give a small example ?
Thx

This percentage bar is part of a new App infrastructure that we are building. It probably will be called the App SDK 2.0. It is currently in development and will be released soon. Check the product blog for upcoming details.
Mark

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According to this guide, I inserted the JavaScript snippet with the branch key found in the settings section of the dashboard and the SDK is correctly initialized.
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Alex from Branch.io here: the branch.banner() function and the banner you set up on the dashboard are actually separate things. The dashboard option replaced the banner() approach, which has been deprecated.
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I am developing an iOS app for iPhone using Xcode of course, and need to have the facility to update the information on my initial view daily. This would consist of editing a logo for the day's date, and daily changing a block of text on the same page.
Another feature within the app would need to be to progressively add more and more content (adding further menus and categories of information available to the user on the interface).
I cannot seem to find anything to help me online so I would be HUGELY GRATEFUL for any help!
Cheers :)
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http://www.appcoda.com/fetch-parse-json-ios-programming-tutorial/

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I am showing a popup dialog similar to the one below within the application and when "Rate" is clicked I would like to redirect to the Marketplace where the user can then rate the application.
This is a task that can easily be done on Windows Phone 7 via the MarketplaceReviewTask.
Is there an API on Windows 8 that I could call to have this achieved?
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http://www.andybeaulieu.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryID=227
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progress bars for portfolio items

I'm looking to create a custom roadmap app using Portfolio items.
I think this will be pretty straightforward, but I would very much like to incorporate the % done bars that portfolio items have into my tables.
Since these are not part of the SDK, is it possible to get the javascript that will have the same look and feel as when the % done bars are displayed in the custom grids, along with the warnings etc for stories that don't have estimates?
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As a side note recreating the algorithm that colors the cards would be a pain and I would wait for us to complete the new SDK with the component. It is surprising how many edge cases there are in that one little bar.