ISVforce Guide

Introduction
ISVforce Quick Start
Designing and Building Your App
Packaging and Testing Your App
About Managed Packages
Configuring Your Developer Settings
Registering a Namespace Prefix
Specifying a License Management Organization
Creating and Uploading a Managed Package
Viewing Package Details
Installing a Package
Uninstalling a Package
Installing Managed Packages using the API
Resolving Apex Test Failures
Running Apex on Package Install/Upgrade
Running Apex on Package Uninstall
Publishing Extensions to Managed Packages
Passing the Security Review
Publish Your Offering on the AppExchange
Managing Orders
Managing Licenses
Provide a Free Trial
Supporting Your Customers
Upgrading Your App
Appendices
Glossary
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About Managed Packages

Available in: Developer Edition

Package uploads and installs are available in Group, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

A managed package is a collection of application components that are posted as a unit on AppExchange, and are associated with a namespace and a License Management Organization.

  • You must use a Developer Edition organization to create and work with a managed package.
  • Managed packages are depicted by the following icons:
    • Managed - Beta Managed - Beta
    • Managed - Released Managed - Released
    • Managed - Installed Managed - Installed

To prevent naming conflicts, Salesforce recommends using managed packages for all packages that contain Apex. This way, all of the Apex objects contain your namespace prefix. For example, if there is an Apex class called MyHelloWorld and the namespace for your organization is OneTruCode, the class is referenced as OneTruCode.MyHelloWorld.

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