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mocompmocomp 

Customer Login

Hi

I am newbie on salesforce. My project entails, 
1) Build a salesforce app, that forms the data base to store customer data.
2) Build an IOS App that can write on to the salesforce database and read data from it.

I have the following questions and it would be of great help to get started.
1) How do I create a customer log-in? Should I create a community for the customer and then assign a Salesforce App to them? Is this the correct way?
2) What is the difference between a connected salesforce app and a regular app.

Thanks in advance
Best Answer chosen by mocomp
ShashankShashank (Salesforce Developers) 
1.) Yes, you need a community created for customer log-in. You cannot add Apps in a community. You can only add tabs.
2.) A Connected App is an app that uses salesforce from outside salesforce using oAuth for authorization. A regular App is a collection of tabs that are displayed in Salesforce and can be toggled from the App Launcher drop-down on the right top corner of the Salesforce desktop browser UI.