Install custom Showpad Apps

Note: This article is about the new beta Admin App, which is still in development. Changes may occur. Please provide feedback directly in the beta app.

You can create custom sales apps and integrations tailored to your company, industry, and market, all while keeping Showpad's great sharing and tracking capabilities. Showpad's enterprise-grade deployment and permission settings allow you to control who has access to each sales application, and content analytics help you see what content works and what doesn't. To create these custom Showpad Apps for your sales reps, your developer or agency can check out our Showpad Apps documentation on our Developer Platform.

As an administrator, you can install a custom app and convert it to a Showpad Experience. Once that’s done, you can edit, update, assign access, and find your existing Experiences in the Admin App. No further coding is required to link, share, and edit the assets stored in Showpad.

These applications can be mobile-friendly calculators, configurators, personalized content navigations, or interactive presentations. The possibilities are endless. Showpad Apps are compatible with Showpad mobile apps (iOS, Android), Windows Desktop App, and with Showpad's Web App.

See how it looks

Key features

• Enjoy limitless personalization with all the power of Showpad
• Instant distribution with Showpad’s deployment and permissions
• Preview your Showpad App and see how it looks on desktops and mobile devices
• Update your Showpad App and include Release Notes to highlight the changes
• Automated updates in the Experience App Builder without further coding

Note: If you're looking for a developer, you can learn more about Showpad's certified partners here.

You need this to succeed

• The beta Admin App enabled
• Feature availability depends on your subscription package
• Admin or Promoted Member permissions
• Your Showpad Partner Code (Available in the Install App dialog in the Showpad Apps section of the Settings menu on Showpad's Admin App)
• A custom Showpad App created by a developer or an agency

The quick way

Install Showpad App

1. Developers create and assign Showpad App(s) to your organization
2. Select and install a Showpad App
3. Update the app when a new version is available (manually or automatically)
4. Remove an installed app

Convert app to an Experience

1. Create a new Experience
2. Upload Showpad App 
3. Edit the Experience and add content
4. Update the Experience with a new app version

Do this step by step

Install Showpad App

When a version of a Showpad App has been assigned to your Showpad organization, you can install it from the Admin App:

1. Click the gear icon to open Settings.
2. In the Showpad Apps section, select Manage Apps.
3. Click Install App.
4. Select an app to install. As an option, ensure the checkbox is selected for Automatically install new version when available. 
5. Click Install.

Install a new version of an App

When a new version of an app that has been assigned to your Showpad organization is available, you can install it manually or automatically.

Manual update

1. In the Admin App, click on the gear icon to open Settings.
2. Select Manage Apps in the Showpad Apps section. A list of your installed apps is displayed, and any apps with a newer version available will have a notification icon.
3. Click the three dot menu and select Install latest version.
4. In the dialog window, click Install.
5. Confirm the installation by clicking Install.

Note: You can also update your app by selecting View details and clicking the Install latest version button.

Automatic update

1. In the Admin App, click the gear icon to open Settings.
2. Select Manage Apps in the Showpad Apps section. A list of your installed apps is displayed, and any apps with a newer version available will have a notification icon.
3. Click the three dot menu and select View details.
4. Select the Automatic installation checkbox.

Note: You can also enable automatic updates when you first install the app.

Uninstall an App

1. Click the gear icon to open Settings.
2. In the Showpad Apps section, select an app to uninstall.
3. Click the three dot menu and select Uninstall.

Create an Experience from Showpad App

Note: This process is for Showpad Apps v1 apps. A Showpad Apps v2 app with an Experience extension automatically adds a new type of Experience to select when creating a new Experience.

1. Navigate to Libraries
2. If your organization uses multiple Divisions/Libraries, select the desired one from the top-left dropdown menu.
3. Select Experiences in the Distribution section of the left side menu.
4. Click New Experience.
5. Enter an Experience name and select Your Experience App from the Experience type list.
6. Click Create.

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Upload and Publish Your App

After creating a new Experience, the Experience App Builder opens, and you can upload your Experience App. 

1. Click the Upload Experience App button.
2. In the Upload Experience pop-up, you can:
   • Drag and drop your app
   • Click the Select content button to browse your device
   • (optional) Enable the configuration settings in the app to override any admin configuration settings by checking the Force config override from Experience App source checkbox
3. Click Upload.
4. Select an app to install. As an option, ensure the checkbox is selected for Automatically install new version when available. 
5. Click Install.
6. Click Publish Experience.

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Modify Your Experience

Note: If the Force config override from Experience App source option was selected during the app upload, you can not modify the Experience.

1. Navigate to Libraries.
2. If your organization uses multiple Divisions/Libraries, select the desired Division/Library from the top left dropdown menu.
3. In the Hompages library, select an Experience to edit.
4. Click Open Experience Builder at the top of the details panel.
5. Click Edit.
6. When done, click Publish Experience to save your changes.

Learn how this feature works in the current Online Platform.