Adaptable user interface layout for applications

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, from a source device, a request for a record that is associated with a particular application, wherein the particular application is associated with a particular configuration of a second plurality of configurable graphical components, wherein persistent storage contains a definition of a number of graphical components of a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical components include a first plurality of non-configurable graphical components and the second plurality of configurable graphical components;
• identifying a first set of fields within the record that correspond to the first plurality of non-configurable graphical components and a second set of fields within the record that correspond to the second plurality of configurable graphical components;
• generating a representation of an application-specific graphical user interface in which the first set of fields are placed in the first plurality of non-configurable graphical components and the second set of fields are placed in the second plurality of configurable graphical components;
• and
• transmitting, to the source device, the representation of the application-specific graphical user interface.

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a source device, a request for a record that is associated with a particular application, wherein the particular application is associated with a particular configuration of a second plurality of configurable graphical components, wherein persistent storage contains a definition of a number of graphical components of a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical components include a first plurality of non-configurable graphical components and the second plurality of configurable graphical components;
• identifying a first set of fields within the record that correspond to the first plurality of non-configurable graphical components and a second set of fields within the record that correspond to the second plurality of configurable graphical components;
• generating a representation of an application-specific graphical user interface in which the first set of fields are placed in the first plurality of non-configurable graphical components and the second set of fields are placed in the second plurality of configurable graphical components;
• and
• transmitting, to the source device, the representation of the application-specific graphical user interface.