Configure the External Client App’s Mobile App Settings and Policies

The mobile app plugin for an external client app enables mobile-specific features, such as screen lock upon a custom timeout value. Configure the external client app’s mobile app settings and policies in External Client App Manager.

Required Editions

Available in: Lightning Experience
Available in: Professional, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions
User Permissions Needed
To configure mobile app settings and policies for an external client app: Create, edit, and delete External Client Apps
  1. In External Client App Manager, create an external client app.
  2. In the external client app’s settings, click Mobile App Settings to expand the section.
  3. Select Enable Mobile.
  4. To enable screen lock of the app upon timeout, select Screen lock.
    Note
    Note You configure the timeout value in Step 8.
  5. Click Create.
  6. Return to the list of external client apps in External Client App Manager, and then click the external client app that you created.
  7. Click Mobile App Policies to expand the section.
  8. In the Lock Screen After field, select the amount of time after which the mobile app locks and requires the app user to reauthenticate.
  9. Save your work.