diff --git a/.sample-metadata.json b/.sample-metadata.json
index 4938f18..9ba77f3 100644
--- a/.sample-metadata.json
+++ b/.sample-metadata.json
@@ -192,5 +192,7 @@
             ]
         }
     },
-    "templateFiles": []
+    "templateFiles": [
+    	"common/settings.js"
+    ]
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4cede71..3e92d5a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The Friends sample app comes fully functional, but to see it in action you must
 This is a unique string that links the sample mobile app to your Telerik Platform account where all the data is read from/saved. To set it in the app code:
 
 1. Open the `friends-hybrid/common/settings.js` file.
-2. Replace `$YOUR_TELERIK_APP_ID$` with the App ID of your Telerik Platform app.
+2. Set the value of `app.settings.appId` with the App ID of your Telerik Platform app.
 
 ## (Optional) Enable Telerik Analytics
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ If you want to collect analytics data from your Friends sample app, you need to
 	* **Automatic app feature tracking**
 
 > * Analytics only works on physical devices or emulators. It does not work in the AppBuilder simulator.
-> * If you are working in the Universal, Windows, or Visual Studio AppBuilder client, you need to restart it for the setting to be reflected.  
+> * If you are working in the Universal, Windows, or Visual Studio AppBuilder client, you need to restart it for the setting to be reflected.
 
 ## (Optional) Facebook App ID
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ To demonstrate social login, we have preinitialized the sample to use a purpose-
 4. Ensure that the **Facebook** box is checked.
 
 > Note that if you intend to use the sample app code for a production app you need to set up your own Facebook application and adjust the Facebook app ID as follows:
-	
+
 1. In the Telerik Platform portal, go to your app.
 2. Click the **Code** tab.
 3. In the **Project Navigator**, double-click **Plugins**.
diff --git a/friends-hybrid/common/settings.js b/friends-hybrid/common/settings.js
index 5b05626..ac4348a 100644
--- a/friends-hybrid/common/settings.js
+++ b/friends-hybrid/common/settings.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 (function () {
     app.settings = {
-        appId: '$YOUR_TELERIK_APP_ID$',
+        appId: '${AppId}',
         scheme: 'http', // possible values: http, https
         social: {
             facebook: {
diff --git a/friends-hybrid/components/missingSettingsView/noappidView.html b/friends-hybrid/components/missingSettingsView/noappidView.html
index f976012..a32130e 100644
--- a/friends-hybrid/components/missingSettingsView/noappidView.html
+++ b/friends-hybrid/components/missingSettingsView/noappidView.html
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
         </div>
     </div>
     <p><span>App ID</span> links the sample mobile app to a project in Telerik Platform.</p>
-    <p>To set the <span>App ID</span> open the <span>settings.js</span> file and replace <strong>TELERIK_APP_ID</strong> with the <span>App ID</span> of your 'Friends' project.</p>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+    <p>To set the <span>App ID</span> open the <span>settings.js</span> file and replace <strong>app.settings.appId</strong> with the <span>App ID</span> of your 'Friends' project.</p>
+</div>