User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Using VMware Horizon View Client for Android
- Contents
- Using VMware Horizon View Client for Android
- Setup and Installation
- System Requirements
- Preparing View Connection Server for Horizon View Client
- Smart Card Authentication Requirements
- Configure Smart Card Authentication for Mobile Clients
- Using Embedded RSA SecurID Software Tokens
- Configure Advanced SSL Options
- Supported Desktop Operating Systems
- Configure the View Client Download Links Displayed in View Portal
- Install or Upgrade Horizon View Client for Android
- Horizon View Client Data Collected by VMware
- Using URIs to Configure Horizon View Client
- Managing Server Connections and Desktops
- Using a Microsoft Windows Desktop on a Mobile Device
- Feature Support Matrix
- Input Devices, Keyboards, and Keyboard Settings
- Enable the Japanese 106/109 Keyboard Layout
- Starting, Minimizing, and Closing Applications with Unity Touch
- Horizon View Client Tools
- Gestures
- Multitasking
- Screen Resolutions and Using External Displays
- PCoIP Client-Side Image Cache
- Internationalization and International Keyboards
- Troubleshooting Horizon View Client
- Index
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In Horizon View Client 2.2 and earlier, perform these steps.
a On the Horizon View Client Home screen, display the remote desktop's context menu.
The context menu is available only if your administrator has allowed it. The items in the menu are
available only if the status of the desktop is such that an action can be taken.
Option Action
Use a Recent Desktops shortcut
Tap and hold the shortcut for the recently used desktop.
Use the severs list
1 Tap the Cloud icon in the upper-right corner of the screen and tap
the server name.
2 If prompted, supply your RSA user name and passcode, your
Active Directory user name and password, or both.
3 Tap the arrow (>) next to the desktop name.
b Select Roll Back from the context menu.
c If you accessed the desktop from a desktop shortcut, if prompted, supply your RSA user name and
passcode, your Active Directory user name and password, or both.
After the remote desktop is rolled back, you can log in to it from the device.
Manage Desktop Shortcuts
After you log in to a remote desktop, Horizon View Client saves a shortcut for the recently used desktop on
the Recent Connections screen. You can rearrange and remove these desktop shortcuts.
In Horizon View Client 2.3 and later, the Recent Connections screen can consist of multiple pages and you
can swipe across pages to see more desktop shortcuts. Horizon View Client creates new pages, as needed, to
accommodate all of your desktop shortcuts.
Procedure
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In Horizon View Client 2.3 and later, perform these steps to remove a desktop shortcut.
a Touch and hold the shortcut until Remove Shortcut appears at the bottom of the screen.
b Drag the desktop shortcut to Remove Shortcut.
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In Horizon View Client 2.2 and earlier, perform these steps to remove a desktop shortcut.
a On the Horizon View Client Home screen, in the Recent Desktops area, tap and hold the shortcut
for the remote desktop.
b Select Remove Shortcut from the context menu.
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In Horizon View Client 2.3 and later, to move a desktop shortcut, touch and hold the shortcut and drag
it to the new location.
You cannot drag a desktop shortcut to another page unless that page already exists.
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