---
title: "iOS SDK: Help center"
description: "Display help center articles in your application with the Gleap iOS SDK. Follow the integration code examples."
url: https://docs.gleap.ai/en/articles/462-ios-sdk-help-center
collection: "Widget apps"
updated: 2026-11-01
language: en
---

# iOS SDK: Help center

Display help center articles in your application with the Gleap iOS SDK. Follow the integration code examples.

Happier customers, fewer support questions. What’s not to like? Make it easy for users to access information with our help center articles.

![Current Pied Piper demo messenger with Messages, News, Roadmap and Help in its bottom navigation.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/p613b5dd730aed737108f87ab/FblbWXJ0HZn2GK0JaTyFRiPGvEGGgZTOxvIXciGdsCS3FVPkSBJGFYoKFXZZfu2deMafHzQUFYa.png)

**Show help center articles** directly within the **Gleap widget**, to offer customers the help they need at the right place & time.

## Open the help center by code

If you'd like to manually show the news section of the Gleap widget, you can do so by calling the following method:

```javascript
Gleap.openHelpCenter(false);
```

_The first parameter_ **_showBackButton_** _sets whether or not the main tabbar and back buttons will be shown._

## Open a help center article by code

If you'd like to open a help center article directly withing the Gleap widget, you can do so by calling the following method:

```javascript
Gleap.openHelpCenterArticle("articleId", andShowBackButton: false)
```

_The first parameter_ **_articleId_** _can be found at the bottom of your article editor in the_ **_Share this article_** _banner._

_The second parameter_ **_showBackButton_** _sets whether or not the main tabbar and back buttons will be shown._

## Open a help center collection by code

If you'd like to open a collection directly withing the Gleap widget, you can do so by calling the following method:

```javascript
Gleap.openHelpCenterCollection("collectionId", andShowBackButton: false)
```

_The first parameter_ **_collectionId_** _can be found at the bottom of collection in the_ **_Share this collection_** _banner._

_The second parameter_ **_showBackButton_** _sets whether or not the main tabbar and back buttons will be shown._

## Search your help center

If you'd like to search for help articles, you can do so by calling the following method:

```javascript
Gleap.searchHelpCenter("Search term", andShowBackButton: false)
```

_The first parameter_ **_term_** _defines the search term, the Gleap SDK will look for to find related articles._

_The second parameter_ **_showBackButton_** _sets whether or not the main tabbar and back buttons will be shown._

## Related

- [iOS SDK: Conversations](https://docs.gleap.ai/en/articles/460-ios-sdk-conversations.md)
- [iOS SDK: Feature requests](https://docs.gleap.ai/en/articles/461-ios-sdk-feature-requests.md)
- [iOS SDK: Release notes & news](https://docs.gleap.ai/en/articles/463-ios-sdk-release-notes-and-news.md)
- [iOS SDK: Surveys](https://docs.gleap.ai/en/articles/464-ios-sdk-surveys.md)
- [iOS SDK: Checklists](https://docs.gleap.ai/en/articles/465-ios-sdk-checklists.md)