Where Canvas Apps Appear

Canvas apps can appear in a few places.

• In the Canvas App Previewer in the organization in which it was created
• In the Chatter feed, if you code the canvas app to appear there and the current user has access to the canvas app
• On the Chatter tab, in the Chatter apps list, for any user who has been allowed access to it
• As an option in the navigation menu in Salesforce1, for any user who has been allowed access to it
• In an Open CTI call control tool after you add it to the call center’s definition file
• In the Chatter publisher and Salesforce1 action bar, if you configure it to appear as a quick action
• In a Salesforce Console after you add it as a custom console component
• In a Visualforce page after you add it to a page and make that page available to users
• In a Profile page in the Chatter apps list, for any user who has been allowed access to it
• In a page layout for a standard or custom object after you add the canvas app to the page layout. Depending on where you place the canvas app on the page layout, the canvas app can appear in the record detail page or in a mobile card in Salesforce1.

Where an installed canvas app appears depends on the values you select in the Locations field when creating the connected app in Salesforce.

• Chatter Feed—The canvas app appears in the feed. If this option is selected, you must create a CanvasPost feed item and ensure that the current user has access to the canvas app.
• Chatter Tab—The canvas app appears in the app navigation list on the Chatter tab. If this option is selected, the canvas app appears there automatically.
• Console—The canvas app appears in the footer or sidebars of a Salesforce console. If this option is selected, you must choose where the canvas app appears in a console by adding it as a custom console component.
• Layouts and Mobile Cards—The canvas app can appear on a page layout or a mobile card. If this option is selected, you choose where the canvas app appears by adding it to the page layout.
• Mobile Nav—The canvas app is accessible from the navigation menu in Salesforce1.
• Open CTI—The canvas app appears in the call control tool. If this option is selected, you must specify the canvas app in your call center’s definition file for it to appear.
• Publisher—The canvas app appears in the Chatter publisher and Salesforce1 action bar. If this option is selected, you must also create a canvas custom action and add it to the global publisher layout or to an object’s page layout.
• Visualforce Page—The canvas app can appear on a Visualforce page . If you add an <apex:canvasApp> component to expose a canvas app on a Visualforce page, be sure to select this location for the canvas app; otherwise, you’ll receive an error.