Find sender of app?

[fei]

Is there a way to know which user is the sender of the application? In order to create for example a game where the sender is the first player.

[Simon]

Somewhat related:
On mobile you can open a webxdc app before sending it, you can already configure it there. This is useful for polls for example.
Desktop does not have this feature yet, but there is an issue for it.

[link2xt]

There is no way to get selfAddr of the app sender. It is only possible to get selfAddr of an update, so the first player has to send at least one update.

[WofWca]

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Add API to be able to have synchronized random seed per instance

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[adbenitez]

this is needed for some mini-apps, for example having a webxdc.senderId (or webxdc.senderAddr) would be awesome and open several possibilities like having someone act as admin inside an app, or offer different view depending on who is the sender (ex. in the poll app or the confetti app you want the sender to have the setup view while the receiving end only receives the result of the setup)