Salesforce Mobile Summer 24 Release Notes

Configure offline landing pages without code using Mobile Builder for Salesforce Mobile App, which is now generally available. Improve your Mobile Publisher app with new security features and prepare your app for new notification and device operating system requirements. Submit the required Firebase information for push notifications on Android mobile connected apps. Salesforce Mobile Summer 24 Release Notes.

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Salesforce Mobile App
Create custom offline landing pages with Mobile Builder for Salesforce Mobile App, which is now generally available. Customer service agents can now message customers from the Salesforce mobile app through Service Cloud’s enhanced messaging channels and Messaging for In-App and Web.
- Everything That’s New in the Salesforce Mobile App
  Our latest round of new and improved Salesforce mobile app features makes it easier to access Salesforce on the go. The new Salesforce mobile app is available for all editions, except Database.com, without an additional license. Your org’s Salesforce edition and licenses, as well as a user’s assigned profile and permission sets, determine the Salesforce data and features that are available to each user.
Mobile Publisher
Enhance your Mobile Publisher app with new security features, such as user opt-in biometric login (beta) and custom mobile security policies. To meet Google’s requirements for push notifications on Android, submit your app’s Firebase information. Prepare your Mobile Publisher for Experience Cloud app users to update their devices to Android 8 or iOS 16 and later.
- Submit Your Mobile Publisher Android App’s Required Firebase Information Before June
  Because of a change in how Google handles push notifications for Android apps, Mobile Publisher requires new information from your app’s Google Firebase project. To make sure that there’s no disruption to your Android app’s push notifications, upload your app’s Firebase Admin SDK private key and Firebase config file to Setup for Mobile Publisher before June 2024.
- Mobile Publisher Android Apps with Managed Public Distribution Are No Longer Updated
  Mobile Publisher retired Android app distribution through the Managed Public option in Winter ’23. Existing Mobile Publisher Android apps distributed with the Managed Public option continue to work but no longer receive app updates in Summer ’24 and later releases. We recommend that you transfer your app to your own Google Play account for Delegated Public or Delegated Private distribution as soon as possible.
- Experience Cloud Apps Now Require Android 8 or iOS 16 and Later
  Starting in app version 12.2, Mobile Publisher for Experience Cloud apps no longer support devices with Android 7 and earlier or devices with iOS 15 and earlier.
- Set Up Opt-In Biometric Login for Fast and Secure Experience Cloud App Logins (Beta)
  With User Opt-In Biometric Login (beta), you can now set your Mobile Publisher for Experience Cloud app to let users opt in to using biometric credentials (face or fingerprint recognition) to log in. After a user first logs in to the app with their username and password, they can opt in to using their biometric credentials for future logins. Previously, if you enabled biometric app unlock for logging in to your app, users couldn’t log in to your app without using biometric credentials.
- Configure How Your Experience Cloud App Responds to Security Threats
  With Enhanced Mobile App Security, you can customize how your Mobile Publisher for Experience Cloud app responds to security threats. Set your app to detect security threats, such as a jailbroken device or a man-in-the-middle attack. Then configure the severity level of how your app automatically responds when the threat is detected.
- Conceal Sensitive Information When Your Experience Cloud App is in the Background
  When an app user switches between apps on their device without quitting apps entirely, a snapshot of each app is visible when the user pulls up all apps running in the background. Mobile Publisher for Experience Cloud apps now support a feature to conceal an app’s snapshot behind a splash screen when in the background of a device.
- Binary Upload Is the Default Distribution Method for New Mobile Publisher Apps
  When you create a project in Setup for Mobile Publisher, you select an App Distribution Method. You choose whether you submit your app for Apple or Google review (Binary Upload), or if Salesforce submits your app for review (Fully Managed). Binary Upload is now the default App Distribution Method for new Mobile Publisher apps. The Fully Managed option is still available, and there’s no change to existing apps.
- Add Links to an Experience Cloud iOS App’s Login Page
  Mobile Publisher for Experience Cloud iOS apps now support links from the app’s login page. Use your app’s login screen to point your users to important pages, such as your app’s privacy policy or terms and conditions. Mobile Publisher for Experience Cloud Android apps support links on the login page in app versions 11.3 and later.
- Set the Default Method for How Your Experience Cloud App Opens External URLs (Generally Available)
  The default experience is that your Experience Cloud site’s base URLs open in the in-app web view, while all other URLs open in the in-app browser. You can now choose how your app opens all non-base URLs, without having to configure each individual URL. You can configure all non-base URLs to open in an in-app web view, an in-app browser, an external browser, or an in-app browser that shares cookies with your app’s web view.
- Customize Mobile Publisher Android App Permission Requests to Post Notifications
  In Setup for Mobile Publisher, you can now customize the text shown to users when your Android app requests permission to post notifications to the notification tray on their device. Make sure that your permission description meets Google Play’s requirements for prominent disclosure.
- Simplify Site Navigation on Mobile Publisher for LWR Sites (Beta)
  Give your customers easier navigation by showing the hamburger menu and back button in Mobile Publisher for Experience Cloud apps on the LWR platform. To customize these navigation options for your LWR site, use the new getNavigationConfig wire adapter. The wire adapter exposes properties that enable or disable the hamburger menu and back button for Android and iOS apps.
- Privacy Manifests Are Now Generated for Experience Cloud iOS Apps
  Apple now requires privacy manifest files, which describe how your app and third-party SDKs collect and use app-user data. Mobile Publisher for Experience Cloud now generates this file on your behalf and uploads the file to your App Store account. There are no changes to the user experience of your app.
General Mobile Updates
Enter the required Google Firebase information to support push notifications on Android mobile connected apps.
- Update Your Android Mobile Connected App with Firebase Information Required for Push Notifications
  The legacy Firebase Cloud Messaging API server key is no longer accepted for configuring Android push notifications on mobile connected apps. Because of a change in how Google handles push notifications, Android mobile connected apps now collect the Admin SDK private key and project ID from a Google Firebase project. To make sure that there’s no disruption to the delivery of your app’s notifications, submit the Firebase Admin SDK private key and project ID required for the new Firebase Cloud Messaging API (HTTP v1).