Build cross-platform application using the mobile development kit. How to get started with the Mobile Development Kit from SAP and build cross platform application to iOS and Android devices. Mobile Development Kit provides robust online and offline capabilities, business logic, and mobile qualities such as access to the camera and barcode scanner. Mobile Development Kit’s architecture is based on Nativescript, so it supports native cross platform development which means you build your native mobile application once and deploy it to Apple and Android devices.

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Jitendra Kansal
SAP Technology Ambassador
Product Manager - Mobile Development Kit
@jkkansal1987
October, 2019
Build Cross-Platform application using
Mobile Development Kit

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3. SAP Cloud Platform Mobile Services
Mobile development kit

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Cross-platform app development often results in
a “bad everywhere” UX
Cost of maintaining two native apps is too high
Solution:
§ Mobile Development Kit
Provides
§ Cross-platform, write-once approach
§ Native UX, fast and reliable
§ Low-code development
§ Offline access, notifications
§ Improved lifecycle
§ Extension support
Introduction to the Mobile Development Kit
The challenge

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Introduction to the Mobile Development Kit
Overview
Client
Based on SAP Cloud Platform
SDK for iOS & SAP Cloud
Platform SDK for Android
Runtime
SAP Cloud Platform
Mobile Services
Editor
Based on SAP Web IDE
or Visual Studio Code

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Introduction to the Mobile Development Kit
Architecture
Mobile
Development
Kit Client
SAP Gateway
OData
Your Data Center
(On-Premise)
Corporate Identity Provider
Cloud connector
Connectivity
App User
Admin
App
Developer
SAP Web IDE
Mobile Services
Secure tunnel
OData destination (1..n)
Security configuration
App update
Application destination
or Business Suite

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Mobile client running complex business logic
Displays native controls to end users
Run applications online or offline
Displays latest SAP Fiori look and feel
Extensibility allows client to leverage new
controls without re-installation or update
Supports internationalization to meet user
requirements and improve app adoption
Introduction to the Mobile Development Kit
Benefits

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Work order management
Offline and online mobile asset
management
§ Easy customizing and lifecycle management
§ QR Code onboarding
§ Offline data
§ Push notifications
§ Client policies for passcode and log upload
policy
Introduction to the Mobile
Development Kit
Example: SAP Asset Manager

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Download generic client from Apple App
Store or Google Play
Download client SDK from SAP, then build
custom client on your Mac or Windows
§ Control over branding, extensions, and resource
files
§ Ability to step through and debug rules
Use Cloud Build service in Mobile Services
to create a custom client
§ Minimal customization options
§ Easy for Web developers, no requirement for
development tools on local computer
Introduction to the Mobile
Development Kit
Options for the client

10. Developing with Mobile development kit

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There are two places where to develop MDK apps
SAP Web IDE full-stack
§ Mobile Services App Development Tools
§ Layout designer, but no debugging
§ Low-code environment
Visual Studio Code
§ Mobile development kit extension
§ Debugging, but no layout designer
§ Developer environment
Developing with the Mobile
Development Kit
Development overview – Tools

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Developing with the Mobile Development Kit
Development process overview
Create app
configuration in
Mobile Services
Use template to
generate first
metadata
Modify app
metadata
Deploy

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Local development option for advanced
MDK developers
Quick roundtrip development, since no
deployment to Mobile Services is
needed
Requires local installation of MDK SDK
Great debugging environment
Supports code completion for metadata
and object browser
Developing with the Mobile
Development Kit
Visual Studio Code extension

14. Demo

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Simplify security by not
needing to maintain security for
individual apps.
Cross-platform, running on
Android and iOS
SAP Cloud Platform Mobile Services
Mobile Development Kit
Reduce app development
costs by leveraging drag and
drop simplicity of no code tool
Relieve maintenance burden
by simplifying lifecycle
management without re-
installing apps
Increase capacity to meet
mobile app demand without
professional developers
Optimize select pre-built SAP
apps (SAP Asset Manager,
etc.) by customizing them to
meet unique business needs
Application definitions
represented using metadata
which is dynamically
interpreted on the client to
render the native UI
Code-free tool that speeds
the process of creating
applications for mobile
platforms
Support for building
customized clients
Cloud Build Service
WYSIWYG Editor, rule
editor based on Google
Blockly, extensible via
Plug-ins,
Benefits Capabilities
SAP Web IDE
Full-Stack

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SAP Cloud Platform Mobile Services
Mobile Development Kit Tutorials
Learn more

17. Contact information:
Jitendra Kansal
Product Manager, Mobile Development Kit
Jitendra.Kansal@sap.com
@jkkansal1987
Thank you.