# Automatically share custom app

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/automatically-share-custom-app/106410>\
**Category:** Meeting SDK\
**Created:** [March 24, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/automatically-share-custom-app/106410 "2024-03-24T18:54:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![somoscode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/somoscode/32/49935_2.png) [@somoscode](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/somoscode)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/automatically-share-custom-app/106410/1 "2024-03-24T18:54:18Z")

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Hi all,

Wondering if possible to automatically share a custom app when a meeting starts so all participants see the app being shared.

This is for both in-meeting app and custom web app. The use case is a user joins a meeting and my custom app automatically displays a custom UI/page that users can interact with. This could be either when the meeting is started by the host or ideally my app will start the meeting automatically.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![donte.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/donte.zoom/32/24412_2.png) [@donte.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/donte.zoom)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/automatically-share-custom-app/106410/2 "2024-03-26T18:23:56Z")

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Greetings, @somoscode,

Thanks for posting in the Zoom Developer Forum! It’s great to see you here. Based on your description, it sounds like you want to share a custom app when a meeting starts. Is that correct? If so, you might want to consider developing a Zoom App with collaborative mode enabled and using the launchAppInMeeting or the shareApp method. I’ve linked some support documentation that might be helpful for your reference:

# Inviting Participants to Use Apps

> **[Inviting Participants to Use Apps](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/zoom-apps/guides/invite-participants/)**
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> The Zoom Developer Platform is an open platform that allows third-party developers to build applications and integrations upon Zoom’s video-first unified communications platform.

# Collaborate Mode

> **[Collaborate Mode](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/zoom-apps/guides/collaborate-mode/)**
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> The Zoom Developer Platform is an open platform that allows third-party developers to build applications and integrations upon Zoom’s video-first unified communications platform.

# launchAppInMeeting

> **[ZoomSdk | @zoom/appssdk - v0.16.36](https://appssdk.zoom.us/classes/ZoomSdk.ZoomSdk.html#launchAppInMeeting)**
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> Documentation for @zoom/appssdk - v0.16.36

### sendAppInvitationToAllParticipants

> **[ZoomSdk | @zoom/appssdk - v0.16.36](https://appssdk.zoom.us/classes/ZoomSdk.ZoomSdk.html#sendAppInvitationToAllParticipants)**
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> Documentation for @zoom/appssdk - v0.16.36

# openUrl

> **[ZoomSdk | @zoom/appssdk - v0.16.36](https://appssdk.zoom.us/classes/ZoomSdk.ZoomSdk.html#openUrl)**
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> Documentation for @zoom/appssdk - v0.16.36

# shareApp

> **[ZoomSdk | @zoom/appssdk - v0.16.36](https://appssdk.zoom.us/classes/ZoomSdk.ZoomSdk.html#shareApp)**
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> Documentation for @zoom/appssdk - v0.16.36

# Sample Zoom Apps you can reference:

> **[Zoom](https://github.com/zoom?q=zoomapp&type=all&language=&sort=)**
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> Power Up Your Apps with Video, Phone, and Chat. Zoom has 123 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

Let me know if this helps!

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**Author:** ![somoscode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/somoscode/32/49935_2.png) [@somoscode](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/somoscode)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/automatically-share-custom-app/106410/3 "2024-03-26T19:37:26Z")

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That is correct and thanks for the link. I will take a read but, feel free to confirm if this is indeed possible.

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**Author:** ![donte.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/donte.zoom/32/24412_2.png) [@donte.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/donte.zoom)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/automatically-share-custom-app/106410/4 "2024-03-26T20:23:23Z")

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Yes, this is indeed possible, @somoscode! After taking a look at the documentation and sample, should you have any questions, please let me know.

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**Author:** ![somoscode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/somoscode/32/49935_2.png) [@somoscode](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/somoscode)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/automatically-share-custom-app/106410/5 "2024-04-15T15:49:23Z")

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Hi @donte.zoom , can you please confirm if the above works for both zoom client and web client?