Getting Started with iOS Development

Use advanced Sybase® Unwired Platform features to create applications for iOS devices. The audience is advanced developers who may be new to Sybase Unwired Platform.

This guide describes requirements for developing a device application for the platform, how to generate application code, and how to customize the generated code using the Client Object API. Also included are task flows for the development options, procedures for setting up the development environment, and Client Object API documentation.

Companion guides include:

Sybase Unwired WorkSpace – Mobile Business Object Development
Tutorial: iOS Application Development, where you create the SUP101 sample project referenced in this guide.
Complete the tutorials to gain a better understanding of Unwired Platform components and the development process.
Troubleshooting for Sybase Unwired Platform.
The iOS HeaderDoc provides a complete reference to the APIs:
- The Framework Library HeaderDoc is installed to <UnwiredPlatform_InstallDir>\MobileSDK\ObjectAPI\iOS\headerdoc. For example, C:\Sybase\UnwiredPlatform\MobileSDK\ObjectAPI\iOS\headerdoc.
- You can generate HeaderDoc from the generated Objective-C code. See http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/navigation/index.html.
Fundamentals contains high-level mobile computing concepts, and a description of how Sybase Unwired Platform implements the concepts in your enterprise.

Object API Applications
Object API applications are customized, full-featured mobile applications that use mobile data model packages, either using mobile business objects (MBOs) or Data Orchestration Engine, to facilitate connection with a variety of enterprise systems and leverage synchronization to support offline capabilities.
Best Uses for Object API Applications
Synchronization applications provide operation replay between the mobile device, the middleware, and the back-end system. Custom native applications are designed and built to suit specific business scenarios from the ground up, or start with a bespoke application and be adapted with a large degree of customization.
Documentation Roadmap for Unwired Platform
Sybase® Unwired Platform documents are available for administrative and mobile development user roles. Some administrative documents are also used in the development and test environment; some documents are used by all users.