Salesforce App Developer Guide

Introduction
About This Book
Setting Up Your Work Environment
Salesforce App Administration
Developing for the Salesforce App
Welcome to Salesforce Platform Development
Designing Mobile-First User Interfaces
Extending the Salesforce App with Visualforce Pages
Try It Out: Create a Visualforce Page
Create a New Tab
Add the Tab to the Navigation Menu
Test the Visualforce Page
Tell Me More: Where Visualforce Pages Can Appear in the Salesforce App
Tell Me More: About the Code
Adding Functionality with Visualforce Custom Actions
Development Guidelines and Best Practices
Learning More
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Test the Visualforce Page

Now you’ll play the part of an Acme Wireless mobile technician and search for nearby warehouses on your device.
  1. Open Salesforce on your mobile device.
  2. Tap Salesforce App Nav to access the navigation menu.
    You should see Find Warehouses under the Apps section.
  3. Tap Find Warehouses.
  4. Click OK when you see a prompt that asks to use your current location. A map that contains all the nearby warehouse locations within 20 miles appears.
    Google map with nearby warehouses
    The warehouses in our package sample data are all located in the San Francisco area. If you’re testing this from another location, be sure to add a warehouse located within 20 miles. To add a new warehouse, choose Warehouse from the Force.com app menu, click the Warehouses tab, and then click New in the Recent Warehouses section.

That’s it! You can see how easy it is to make standard pages and tabs available to your mobile users.

For more information about development guidelines for Visualforce pages, see Guidelines and Best Practices.