Launcher screens
Launcher screens serve as landing pages or home pages. Using a launcher screen, you can access screens in various formats, as well as search, do quick actions, and find user information.
Launcher screens serve as landing pages. A launcher screen serves as a container to give your users access to functions and information.
Launcher screen components
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[Omitted image "launcher-screen.png"] Alt text: Mobile launcher screen component hierarchy. |
When creating a new launcher screen, you configure the following few components within the launcher screen itself: The header of the launcher screen defines how the title of the screen appears and what information is shown in the header. Global search gives your users the ability to search for information within the defined search sources from a mobile app. UI sections contain the screen, charts, and record information on your launcher screen pages. Quick actions give users the ability to access commonly used functions from a launcher screen. |
--- title: Launcher screens description: Launcher screens serve as landing pages or home pages. Using a launcher screen, you can access screens in various formats, as well as search, do quick actions, and find user information. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/mobile/sg-mobile-applet-launcher.html release: australia topic_type: concept last_updated: "2026-09-10" reading_time_minutes: 1 breadcrumb: [Mobile app components, Building mobile apps, Mobile Platform] --- # Launcher screens Launcher screens serve as landing pages or home pages. Using a launcher screen, you can access screens in various formats, as well as search, do quick actions, and find user information. Launcher screens serve as landing pages. A launcher screen serves as a container to give your users access to functions and information. ## Launcher screen components <table id="table_prl_jhq_llb"><tbody><tr><td> \[Omitted image "launcher-screen.png"\] Alt text: Mobile launcher screen component hierarchy. </td><td> When creating a new launcher screen, you configure the following few components within the launcher screen itself: - **[Headers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/mobile/create-alp-header.md)** The header of the launcher screen defines how the title of the screen appears and what information is shown in the header. - **[Global search](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/mobile/mobile-search-config.md)** Global search gives your users the ability to search for information within the defined search sources from a mobile app. - **[UI sections](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/mobile/alp-ui-sections.md)** UI sections contain the screen, charts, and record information on your launcher screen pages. - **[Quick actions](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/mobile/sg-config-quick-actions.md)** Quick actions give users the ability to access commonly used functions from a launcher screen. </td></tr></tbody> </table>
| title | Launcher screens |
| description | Launcher screens serve as landing pages or home pages. Using a launcher screen, you can access screens in various formats, as well as search, do quick actions, and find user information. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/mobile/sg-mobile-applet-launcher.html |
| release | australia |
| topic_type | concept |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 1 |
| breadcrumb | Mobile app componentsBuilding mobile appsMobile Platform |