Mobile Workflow Development

Describes new or changed features for Mobile Workflow (Hybrid Web Container) development.

Integration With Afaria for Device Provisioning

Three new public APIs are available to enable provisioning using the Afaria® server.
  • saveLoginCertificate
  • saveLoginCredentials
  • CertificateStore.prototype.getSignedCertificateFromAfaria
Documented in Developer Guide: Mobile Workflow Packages:
  • Certificate.js

Improvements to the Mobile Workflow Forms Editor

These new features and enhancements have been added to the Mobile Workflow Forms Editor:

  • Asynchronous error handling – Enables you to build screens in the mobile workflow application that will allow end users to take corrective actions. Errors will show up as messages in the notification box, similar to regular notifications.
  • Conditional Start screen – enables conditional navigation for Server-initiated mobile workflow applications.
  • Separation of actions from menus – allows custom JavaScript code to call actions without having to add menu items and remove them. This featue also enables custom JavaScript code to be tied to a Menu with a custom action type.
  • Ability to choose themes when you generate the files for the mobile workflow package. You can choose JQM standard themes for the generated application or enter a name for a custom theme.
  • Zoom, Pinch, and Pan support for iOS.
  • Sybase Unwired WorkSpace is now based on Eclipse 3.7, which provides performance improvements for Unwired WorkSpace.

Documented in Sybase Unwired WorkSpace - Mobile Workflow Package Development.

Shared Storage

This extends the storage API, which enables two or more mobile workflow packages, including different versions, to share data, such as personalization information.

Documented in Developer Guide: Mobile Workflow Packages:
  • SUPStorage.js
  • SUP Storage
  • Shared Storage

Larger Image Handling

This improves the handling of larger image sizes for capture picture and upload on the device. You can also use the new syntax to create thumbnail images.
  • A new MessageValue type of FILE is added to the Workflow message. The value for MessageValues of this type will be a URI from the getPicture function.
Documented in Developer Guide: Mobile Workflow Packages:
  • getPicture Function
  • Using the getPicture Function for Larger Image Sizes

Update to the GA version of jQuery Mobile

jQuery Mobile version 1.0 is now supported and provides improved performance and more controls for custom coding.

Parent topic: New Features Overview