Mobile Launchpad and landing app pages
Key Takeaway
Navigation order sets the landing page. A Launchpad shows on both desktop and mobile by default, so use component visibility when you want only mobile users to see it.
A Lightning app page, or app page, is a custom page that you build in the Lightning App Builder and add to an app's navigation, so users can reach the objects and items that matter most in that app. The Launchpad is a standard Lightning web component that gives users a grid of navigation items that they open with one tap.
Creating and activating an app page
You need the "Customize Application" permission to create and save Lightning pages in the Lightning App Builder. Users can't access an app page until you activate it.
Activation is the one place where you set these things:
- The custom tab label, which is the page label by default.
- The icon, which is used in both the Salesforce mobile app and Lightning Experience.
- The tab visibility.
- The position in navigation.
The "System Administrators only" and "Active for all users" visibility settings decide who sees the tab and where.
| Visibility setting | Sets the tab to | Where the tab appears |
|---|---|---|
| System Administrators only | Default On for admins, Default Off for everyone else | Other users don't see the tab in the app's navigation. They can still find it in the App Launcher in Lightning Experience and on the All Tabs page in Salesforce Classic. |
| Active for all users | Default On for everyone | The tab appears in the app's visible tabs, in the App Launcher and on the All Tabs page. |
The System Administrators only setting is useful while you build and test the page.