Change ownership of a record in Salesforce for Android and iOS

Add the Change Owner Action to the Mobile Action Bar

• 'Change Owner' Publisher Action should be added to the 'Salesforce Mobile and Lightning Experience Actions' section of the enhanced page layout for the object.
• For more details on how the Action Bar is configured, please see Salesforce Mobile App Action Bar .

Add the Change Owner Action to the List Item Actions

• A User sees the Change Owner action when they swipe left on a record in a List View, if both these conditions are true:
  • The Change Owner is supported for that Object at Mobile
  • If a User has the 'Transfer Record' permission
• Note: if both those conditions are true, there is no option to hide the Change Owner action from List Item actions
• For more details on how List Item Actions are provided, please see List Item Actions in the Salesforce Mobile App.

Add the Standard Owner Field to the Page Layout

• Note: If the standard Owner field is not on the Record Page Layout, then tapping the action in the Salesforce Mobile App will only show a blank screen and the 'Cancel' button.

Using Lookup Search for User

• When searching for a user, you cannot specify the user type, e.g. User or Partner User,  or set a Default User Type in the Mobile app. 
• This is because user-defined lookup filters are not supported in Salesforce for Android and iOS. Please see Data Access and Views: What’s Different or Not Available in the Salesforce Mobile App .

See also

Change a Record’s Owner