Canvas Developer Guide

Introducing Canvas
Quick Start
Quick Start—Advanced
Canvas SDK
Canvas Apps and Visualforce Pages
Lightning Component Code Examples
Canvas Apps in a Page Layout or a Mobile Card
Canvas Apps in the Publisher
Canvas Apps in the Chatter Feed
Canvas in the Salesforce Mobile App
Set Canvas App Location and Add it to the Navigation Menu
Salesforce Mobile App Context Considerations
Salesforce Mobile App Access Considerations
Salesforce Mobile App Custom Icons
Salesforce Mobile App Navigation Methods for Use with Canvas Apps
Customizing Your App Lifecycle
Objects
Canvas Limits
PDF

Note: This release is in preview. Features described here don’t become generally available until the latest general availability date that Salesforce announces for this release. Before then, and where features are noted as beta, pilot, or developer preview, we can’t guarantee general availability within any particular time frame or at all. Make your purchase decisions only on the basis of generally available products and features.

Set Canvas App Location and Add it to the Navigation Menu

To add a canvas app to appear in the Salesforce mobile app navigation menu, you must set the location and add it to the mobile navigation.
  1. In Salesforce, from Setup, enter Apps in the Quick Find box, then select Apps.
  2. In the Connected Apps related list, click the app you want to make available in the navigation pane and click Edit.
  3. In the Canvas App Settings section, select Canvas.
  4. In the Locations field, select Mobile Nav and click Add.
  5. Click Save.
  6. For the canvas app to appear in the navigation menu you must add it to the mobile navigation. From Setup, enter Navigation in the Quick Find box, then select Salesforce Navigation.
  7. From the available menu items, select your app and click Add.
  8. Click Save.