Development Task Flow Using REST SDK (HTTP Channel)

The REST SDK library enables consumption of SAP Mobile Platform REST services with pure HTTPS connectivity.

This section provides a development task flow for creating Android applications using REST Client library.

• Creating and Initializing the Client Connection
  Create and initialize SMPClientConnection.
• Enabling Network Edge for HTTP
  Set up your HTTP client to use the siteminder authentication type.
• Enabling Single and Mutual SSL Authentication
  Secure sockets layer (SSL) is a protocol that governs certificate authentication. It exchanges the certificate information. SSL also encrypts all information that flows between a client and a server.
• Registering the User
  Registers the user to the SAP Mobile Platform on-premise/cloud.
• Enabling CAPTCHA
  Enable CAPTCHA during registration.
• Exchanging Settings between Client and Server
  Settings exchange between the client and the SAP Mobile Server using REST SDK.
• Setting Password Policy Using DataVault
  Returns the DVPasswordPolicy (as defined in com.sybase.persistence.DataVault) which holds the information of the Password Policy.
• Subscribing for GCM Push Notifications
  (Optional) Subscribe to get GCM push notifications.
• End to End Tracing
  (Optional) End to end tracing enables an application developer and end user to trace a request that is sent from the client to the back-end. This spans the entire landscape where you can derive a correlation of traces at the client, server and back-end.
• Deleting a User
  Delete a registered user.
• REST SDK API Usage