Appeon Mobile for Powerbuilder

• Duration: 3 days

• Goal: Build native mobile apps for iOS and Android

• Pre-requirements: PB programming (MMPBC01)

• Language: Training in Italian and English Language/ I corsi possono essere tenuti in Italiano e in Inglese

• Contents:

Introduction
- Appeon Mobile vs other mobile platforms (Object-C, Java, Cordova)
- Appeon versions and PB compatibility
- Appeon for .NET and Java platforms

Hands-on
- Appeon Server, installation
- Appeon Developer, installation
- The Appeon WorkSpace (AWS)
- Application profile
- Deploy a PB application to the AWS simulator
- Unsupported Features report
- DB connection: the Connection Cache
- Static and Dynamic DB connection

Appeon Server
- Settings walk-through
- Tweaks and optimizations

Development Tools
- Appeon Debugger
- Client logs

Mobile API and examples

- Device info: type, orientation, resolution, resize
- Multimedia: camera roll, camera, store image/video into a remote DB
- System resource: interface to Mail client, Notification Center, Text Checker
- GeoLocation, Maps, Annotations
- Inter-app communication: phone calls, FB, Twitter…
- WebView Control and interaction with Javascript
- Near Field Communication (NFC)
- E-commerce: PayPal

Demo

- Showcase a fully fledged Mobile app with phone-style layout
- Practical demonstration of NFC, Webview and Paypal

Hands-on: practical exercises

- Generate a DW PDF and send as email attachment
- Retrieve GPS position and add annotations on a Map
- Conversion between coordinates to addresses
- Web Service DW
- Appeon fileservice

Offline apps

- Deploy Offline apps
- Offline Data with SQLite or SAP Ultralite
- Offline Data Synchronization with MobiLink

Deployment to app stores

- Create a native iOS package (IPA)
- Create a native Android package (APK)
- Create a custom AWS

Appeon future roadmap