REST SDK Components — General Description

(Applicable to iOS and Android platforms) The REST SDK libraries enable consumption of SAP Mobile Platform REST services with pure HTTP (by default in on-premise) connectivity. The REST SDK provides simplified APIs for registration, exchange settings between client and server, and end-to-end tracing. The SDK also supports native push notifications.

The different components of the REST SDK are implemented as static runtime libraries and each component can be used independently.

The REST SDK supports the following functionalities:

Initialize client connection
User on-boarding or registration
Application connection setting exchange
Customization resource bundle
Security configurations - Basic authentication, SSO certificate authentication, anonymous access, network edge (SiteMinder authentication - always asynchronous), non-network edge, single SSL and mutual SSL authentication
End-to-end tracing
Native notification support for iOS and Android platforms
CAPTCHA support in cloud version. Both synchronous and asynchronous requests are supported. But asynchronous is recommended during on-boarding using CAPTCHA in productive scenario.
Non network edge authentication support for iOS and Android platforms. In Network edge (siteminder) scenario, relay server is configured. User needs to get authenticated and moves for authentication to server and then to backend.

Feature differences between On-Premise and Cloud versions

Differences between On-Premise and Cloud functionality.

The table provides the list of features supported in On-Premise and/or Cloud versions.

Feature Support	On-Premise	Cloud
Notification of Customization resource bundle	No	Yes
Application connection setting exchange. Note: Application connection setting exchange means whether the server supports accessing services without registration.	No	Yes
CAPTCHA support (asynchronous)	No	Yes
BTX upload	Yes	No
Resource bundles configuration at application connection level	Yes (only at application connection level)	Yes
Mutual SSL authentication (between client and SAP Mobile Platform server)	Yes	No
Network edge authentication	Yes	No
HTTP Note: The default connectivity is HTTPS.	Yes	No
End-to-end tracing	Yes	No