Configure Citrix Workspace app

This article lists tasks that help you configure Citrix Workspace app for iOS.

Fetching GACS endpoints via email, store URL or domain-based discovery API

Starting with the 24.9.0 release, admins can configure a web store based on email address, domain, and store URL, allowing the Global App Configuration service (GACS) to identify and direct users to the appropriate custom web URL. Citrix Workspace app iOS devices can now fetch GACS endpoints using this discovery API, eliminating the need for hardcoded endpoints and reducing unnecessary calls when not configured. This update benefits both cloud and on-premise stores, and users can configure web stores directly through the store URL, with the option to add custom web stores using GACS. For more information, see Global App Configuration service channel support.

Supports GACS authenticated microservices (Cloud)

As of the 24.9.0 release, Citrix Workspace app for iOS support Authenticated Microservices, enabling GACS to manage User Groups for our customers. This provides greater flexibility and control and is currently supported for cloud stores only. For more information, see Manage settings for user group using configuration profile (Preview).

Feature flag management

Feature flags are used to enable or disable features dynamically. If an issue occurs with Citrix Workspace app in production, the affected feature can be disabled dynamically, even after the feature is shipped.

No configurations are needed to enable traffic for feature management, except when a firewall or proxy is blocking outbound traffic. In such cases, you need to enable traffic using specific URLs or IP addresses, depending on your policy requirements.

Enable traffic for feature flag management

From Citrix Workspace app version 24.10.0 onwards:

To ensure optimal functionality and access to preview features, you need to enable traffic to the URL features.netscalergateway.net.

Note:

Adding the preceding URL to the allow list is essential for optimal use of Citrix feature flags and is supported starting with version 24.10.0 of the Citrix Workspace app for iOS.

Before Citrix Workspace app version 24.10.0:

You need to enable traffic to the following URLs:

• app.launchdarkly.com
• events.launchdarkly.com
• stream.launchdarkly.com
• clientstream.launchdarkly.com
• Firehose.launchdarkly.com
• mobile.launchdarkly.com

List IP addresses in an allow list

If you must list IP addresses in an allow list, for a list of all current IP address ranges, see LaunchDarkly public IP list. You can use this list to ensure that your firewall configurations are updated automatically in keeping with the infrastructure updates. For details about the status of the infrastructure changes, see LaunchDarkly Status.

LaunchDarkly system requirements

You must verify that the apps can communicate with the following services if you have split tunneling on the Citrix ADC set to OFF for the following services:

• LaunchDarkly service

• APNs listener service

Provision to disable feature flag management service:

You can disable feature flag management service on both on-premises and cloud stores.

On the cloud setup, you can disable the feature flag management service by setting the enableLaunchDarkly attribute to False. You can achieve this from the Global App Configuration service UI.

{
    "assignedTo": [
        "AllUsersNoAuthentication"
    ],
    "category": "Third Party Services",
    "settings": [
        {
        "name": "Enable Launch Darkly",
        "value": "true"
        }
    ],
    "userOverride": false
}
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For more information, see the Global App Configuration Service documentation.

On the on-premises deployment, do the following:

1. Use a text editor to open the web.config file, which is typically at C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\Roaming directory.

2. Locate the user account element in the file (Store is the account name of your deployment).

   For example, <account id=... name="Store">

   Before the tag, navigate to the properties of that user account:

   <properties>
   <clear/>
   </properties>
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3. Add the enableLaunchDarkly tag and value as false.

4. Add the enableLaunchDarkly tag and value as false.

   <property name="enableLaunchDarkly" value="false" />

Note:

Most of the features are behind a feature flag controlled by LaunchDarkly. In the environments where it is disabled, you have to wait for a minimum of 90 days.

Inactivity timeout for Citrix Workspace app

Admins can specify the amount of idle time that is allowed. After the time-out value, an authentication prompt appears.

The inactivity timeout value can be set starting from 1 minute to 24 hours. By default, the inactivity timeout isn’t configured. Admins can configure the inactivityTimeoutInMinutesMobile property by using a PowerShell module. Click here to download the PowerShell modules for Citrix Workspace app configuration.

When you’ve reached the specified time-out value, the end-user experience is as follows depending on the authentication type configured:

• After the inactivity timeout, you’ll receive a prompt to provide biometric authentication to access the Citrix Workspace app again.

• If you can cancel the biometric authentication prompt, the following message appears:

  Citrix Workspace app is locked.

  You must authenticate to continue to use the Workspace app.

If the passcode is not configured on the iOS, you have to sign in with credentials after the inactivity timeout.

Note:

This feature is applicable for customers on Workspace (Cloud) only.

Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP)

Additional Information

Citrix handles your data in accordance with the terms of your contract with Citrix. The data is protected as specified in the Citrix Services Security Exhibit. For more information, see the Citrix Trust Center.

Citrix uses Google Firebase to collect certain data from Citrix Workspace app as part of CEIP. Review how Google handles data collected for Google Firebase.

To stop sending CEIP data to Citrix and Google Firebase:

1. Open Citrix Workspace app for iOS.
2. Tap Home > Settings.
3. Navigate to the General section.
4. Disable the Send Usage Statistics option.

Note:

No data is collected for the users in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, the United Kingdom (UK).

The specific CEIP data elements collected by Google Firebase are:

Known limitations

• On VDA 7.18 and earlier, casting to a workspace hub requires the desktop or other resource you’re using to have the h.264 full-screen policy enabled and the legacy graphics policy to be disabled.

Session sharing

If users log off from a Citrix Workspace app account, they can still disconnect or log off from remote sessions.

• Disconnect: Logs off from the account but leaves the Windows application or desktop running on the server. The user can then start another device, launch Citrix Workspace app for iOS, and reconnect to the last state before the user disconnects from the iOS device. This option allows users to reconnect from one device to another device and resume working in running applications.
• Log off: Logs off from the account and closes the Windows application. It also logs off from the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops, and Citrix DaaS server. This option allows users to disconnect from the server and log off from the account. When they launch Citrix Workspace app for iOS again, it opens in the default state.

Cloud stores

You can access the web, SaaS apps, and websites hosted by your organization regardless of your access location. This feature is available only for customers on cloud stores.

Support for multiple cloud stores

Starting with the 24.1.0 release, you can add multiple cloud store accounts to the Citrix Workspace app for iOS and iPadOS. Now, it’s easy for end users to add and switch between multiple stores. This feature improves the user experience when accessing multiple stores.

To add another account, do the following steps:

1. Navigate to Settings > Manage Account. A dialog appears at the bottom of the screen with a list of your accounts.

2. Tap Add new account.

   

3. Type the URL or email address provided by your IT administrator. To optionally use a smart card to log on, tap Use smart card.
4. Tap Continue. The Sign in dialog appears with fields for your user name, password, domain, and passcode.
5. Type the information. For more information about the fields, contact your IT administrator.

6. Tap Sign in. Your new account is now set up.

   

Auto-populate store URL

Starting with the 23.2.0 version, when you’re accessing the rebranded Citrix Workspace app for iOS, you can choose to auto-populate the store URL. This capability reduces manual intervention and provides quick access to the app. For more information about app personalization, see App Personalization.

Support for deleting multiple stores at once

Starting with the 24.2.0 version, Citrix Workspace app for iOS supports the selection of multiple stores and deleting them. This feature improves the user experience while working with multiple stores. This feature is enabled by default.

To delete multiple stores at once from the Stores screen, do the following steps:

1. On the Stores screen, tap Select.

   

2. Select stores to delete. To delete all the stores, tap Select All.

3. Tap Delete.

   

Support for administrator to restrict the user from changing the store name

Previously, users were able to change the store name by using the Edit Account option.

Starting with 24.2.0, Citrix Workspace app for iOS provides administrators an option to disable the user from changing the store name. With this feature, administrators can easily identify and maintain consistency in the store names.

To allow the end-users to change the store name, do the following steps:

1. Sign in to Citrix Cloud with your credentials.

2. Navigate to Workspace Configuration > Access. Under Workspace URL, you can find a list of existing store URLs.

   

3. Click the ellipsis menu for the store that you want to allow end-users to change the store name.

4. Select Edit.

   

5. On the Edit Workspace URL dialog box, select Allow end-users to change this store name in Workspace (not allowed by default).

   

6. Click Save.

Auto-populate store name

Starting with the 24.2.0 version, Citrix Workspace app for iOS supports store name updates by the administrator and automatically pushes the updated store names to the user. This feature improves the user experience by eliminating the need for manual intervention when updating the store name.

Note:

This feature can take effect only if the administrator has disabled the user from changing the store name.

End user experience monitoring enhancement

We now support the EUEM (End user experience monitoring) client startup metrics. EUEM helps in collecting highly granular session experience monitoring data in real time. It sends the data to the Director dashboard, so that the administrator can monitor the user experience. The data is collected through the Session experience monitoring service (SEMS) present on the VDA. Client startup metrics data available for monitoring on the dashboard includes:

• ICA file download duration.
• Session creation client duration. Session creation client duration represents the time taken to create a session. It is calculated from the moment that an ICA file is launched till the connection is established.
• Session lookup client duration. Session lookup client duration represents the time taken to query every session for hosting the requested published application. The check is performed on the client to determine whether an existing session can handle the application launch request.
• Citrix real-time recording of the ICA round trip time, also known as ICA RTT. ICA RTT is the time that elapses from when the user presses a key until the response is displayed at the endpoint.

Enhanced the user interface for Service continuity offline mode

Starting with the 24.1.0 release, the Citrix Workspace app for iOS’s user interface has been improved to be more informative, modern, and provide a user-friendly experience during Citrix Workspace outages. The fuzzy search feature is also included for offline mode. With this feature, you can find the results for apps or desktops with closely matching text and misspelled search terms. For more information about the Service continuity, see Service continuity.

Global App Configuration service channel support

Starting with the 23.4.5 release, administrators can now use the Global App Configuration service to define settings and test them before rolling out the configuration to all end users. This process ensures that features and functionalities are well-tested before production.

Note:

• Citrix Workspace app for iOS supports the Default and Test channel configurations. By default, all users are on the Default channel.

For more information, see the Global App Configuration service documentation.

For more information on how to configure, see Global App Configuration service channel support.

Access Global App Configuration service enabled web stores

Starting with the 23.7.5 version, admins can now configure a web store (web interface) for email-based store discovery. Based on the email address entered by the end users while adding a store (on the Welcome screen), the Global App Configuration service helps identify the custom web (web interface) URL defined by the admin. The end user is then directed automatically to the web store configured by the admin. To know more about configuring web store URLs for end-users, see Allowed custom web portal.