Task Flow for Xcode IDE Development

Follow this task flow to develop a device application for iPhone.

Prerequisites

Before developing a device application, the developer must:

In the Eclipse development environment, create a mobile application project and create mobile business objects as required for your application. See Sybase Unwired WorkSpace – Mobile Business Object Development.
Verify the supported device platforms and code generation tools for your device application. See Planning Your Sybase Unwired Platform Installation > Supported Device Platforms and Databases in the Sybase Unwired Platform Installation Guide

Create mobile business object code. See Mobile Business Object Code.
Import libraries and code into the Xcode IDE. See Importing Libraries and Code into the Xcode IDE.
Develop a device application in the Xcode IDE.
1. Create HTML reference information for the methods in your generated code. This will help you to programmatically bind to the iPhone Client Object API. See Generating HeaderDoc from Generated Code
2. Configure your application to synchronize and retrieve data from a mobile business object. See Configuring an Application to Synchronize and Retrieve MBO Data.
3. Reference your application to the Client Object API code that you generated for your mobile application project. SeeReferencing the iPhone Client Object API.
Deploy your device application to devices in your enterprise. See Deploying Applications to Devices.

Parent topic: Development Task Flows

Related concepts

Mobile Business Object Code

Related reference

Developing Applications in the Xcode IDE

Created September 15, 2010. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com