Mobile SDK Development Guide

Introduction to Mobile Development
Introduction to Salesforce Mobile SDK Development
What’s New in Mobile SDK 11.1
Getting Started With Mobile SDK 11.1 for iOS and Android
Updating Apps (5.0 and Later) Apps (5.0 and Later)
Native iOS Development
iOS Native Quick Start
iOS Basic Requirements
Creating an iOS Project with Forceios
Creating an iOS Swift Project Manually
Use with with
Using Carthage with Mobile SDK (Not Supported)
Developing a Native iOS App
About Login and Passcodes
Using Swift with Salesforce Mobile SDK
iOS Native Template Apps
Overview of Application Flow
SDK Manager Classes
AppDelegate Class
SceneDelegate Class
RootViewController Class
Native Swift Template
Using Salesforce REST APIs with Mobile SDK
Handling Authentication Errors
Supporting iPadOS in Mobile SDK Apps
Supporting Catalyst in Mobile SDK Apps
Using iOS App Extensions with
Profiling with Signposts
iOS Sample Applications
Native Android Development
HTML5 and Hybrid Development
Using Lightning Web Components in Hybrid Apps
React Native Development
Offline Management
Files and Networking
Push Notifications and
Authentication, Security, and Identity in Mobile Apps
Login Screen Customization
Identity Provider Apps
Using Key-Value Stores for Secure Data Storage
Dark Mode and Dark Theme Settings
Using Experience Cloud Sites With Mobile SDK Apps
Multi-User Support in Mobile SDK
Mobile SDK Tools for Developers
Logging and Analytics
Migrating from the Previous Release
Reference
iOS Current Deprecations
iOS APIs Removed in Mobile SDK 11.0
Android Current Deprecations
Android APIs Removed in Mobile SDK 11.0
Trademark Attributions
Removing UIWebView from iOS Hybrid Apps
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iOS Native Template Apps

Mobile SDK 9.0 updates its default Swift template to iOS 14 standards and maintains its Objective-C template from the previous release.

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Important

Here’s a comparison summary of the forceios default templates.
Swift Template
  • iOSNativeSwiftTemplate
  • Demonstrates two levels of master-detail navigation.
  • Uses SwiftUI for all views
  • Demonstrates model-view architecture
  • Distributes management of app life-cycle events between AppDelegate and SceneDelegate
  • Handles asynchronous REST responses with various Combine Publisher objects
  • Demonstrates offline features using SmartStore and Mobile Sync
Objective-C Template
  • iOSNativeTemplate
  • Displays a single list of contacts
  • Manages app life-cycle events through AppDelegate
  • Handles asynchronous REST responses in SFRestDelegate
You can find both templates in the github.com/forcedotcom/SalesforceMobileSDK-Templates repo. How you use them with forceios is slightly different.
  • To select the native Swift application type, press Return or type native_swift: 
    1$ forceios create
2Enter your application type (native_swift or native, leave empty for native_swift): <Press Return>
3...
  • To select the Objective-C application type, type native: 
    1$ forceios create
2Enter your application type (native_swift or native, leave empty for native_swift): native
3...

Using Other Templates

Mobile SDK also offers the following specialized iOS templates.
MobileSyncExplorerSwift
A more extended example of Mobile Sync technology. Includes a Recent Contacts widget implementation. Also demonstrates iPad features, including multiple windows and landscape orientation support.
iOSIDPTemplate
For creating identity provider apps with Mobile SDK.
iOSNativeSwiftEncryptedNotificationTemplate
Demonstrates how to process encrypted notifications.
You use these templates with the forceios createwithtemplate command. For example, to create an app with the Swift encrypted notifications template:
  • 1$ forceios createwithtemplate
2Enter URI of repo containing template application: iOSNativeSwiftEncryptedNotificationTemplate
3...

    (Mobile SDK 8.0 and later) If you’re using a template from the SalesforceMobileSDK-Templates repo, you can specify just the template name without the URI path.

    Note