Uploading and Deploying Hybrid Apps

Upload a new or updated version of a hybrid app package, and deploy it to make the current version available to users. The older version is retained until you delete it.

Prerequisites

The application developer creates the hybrid app package that:

Contains the contents of the application's www folder and config.xml of the project, with a separate folder in the archive for each mobile platform (android/www and/or ios/www in all lower case). Format structure for hybrid apps:
```
|- android 
| |- config.xml
| |- www
|- iOS
...
```
Is compressed into a standard .zip file for upload.

Task

From Management Cockpit, select Applications > App Specific Settings.

Under Upload, click Browse.

In the dialog, navigate to the directory.
Select the hybrid app package, and confirm.

New version information appears for the uploaded Kapsel app for each mobile platform. You cannot change this information.

Property	Description
Required Kapsel Version	Identifies the Kapsel SDK version used to develop the Kapsel app, for example 3.0.0. Note: This version attribute is informational only, and is not used by SAP Mobile Platform Server to determine whether device clients should receive the Web application update.
Development Version	Identifies the internal development version used to develop the Kapsel app.
Description	Describes the Kapsel app.
Revision	Identifies the production version revision. For a newly uploaded Kapsel app, this is blank. Note: When the Kapsel app is deployed, the revision number is incremented.

When ready, deploy the application:
1. Click Deploy and confirm to deploy an application to one mobile platform.
2. Click Deploy All and confirm to deploy the application to all available mobile platforms.
Deployed Kapsel app information appears as the current version and the revision number is incremented.
For device application users:
- When a device user with a default version (revision = 0) of the Kapsel app connects to the server, the server downloads the full Kapsel app.
- When a device user with a version (revision = 1 or higher) of the Kapsel app connects to the server, the server calculates the difference between the user's version and the new version, and downloads a patch containing only the required changes.
- If the application implements the AppUpdate plugin, the server checks for updates when the application starts-up or is resumed.
- If the developer enables a feature in the application, an application or a user can check for updates manually.
When ready, delete the older version of an application:
1. Click Remove and confirm to remove an older version of an application from one mobile platform.
2. Click Remove All and confirm to remove all older versions of an application from all available mobile platforms.