State-Specific External Functionality for Software Developers

A system of one or more computing devices, the system comprising:

• a user interface presented to a first application developer;
• a data store configured to store information identifying a plurality of functions, wherein each of the plurality of functions corresponds to external functionality available from third party applications;
• an app functionality management module, implemented by a first one or more processors, configured to receive a selection from the first application developer of a first function of the plurality of functions to supplement functionality of a first application under development by the first application developer;
• and
• a code generation module, implemented by a second one or more processors, configured to provide a software development kit (SDK) library to the first application developer for incorporation into at least a first screen of the first application, wherein the first screen includes a first user interface element associated with a first entity, and wherein the SDK library includes instructions for:
• in response to user selection of the first user interface element during execution of the first application, preparing a query wrapper including a combination of (i) a predefined text string corresponding to the first function and (ii) a name of the first entity;
• transmitting the query wrapper to a search system;
• receiving a result set from the search system, wherein the result set includes a plurality of items, and wherein a first item of the plurality of items includes (i) an identifier of a target application and (ii) an access mechanism for a specified screen of the target application;
• displaying the plurality of items;
• and
• in response to user selection of the first item, actuating the access mechanism to open the target application to the specified screen.