Developing mobile apps with HCPms

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Developing Mobile Apps with HCPms

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Agenda

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SAP Mobile Strategy1

SAP Mobile Cloud Architecture2

Demo Sample App with Mobile Features3

Conclusion4

Outlook5

SAP Mobile Strategy

SAP Fiori

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SAP Mobile Strategy

Developer focused


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SAP Mobile Strategy

SAP Mobile Platform


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SAP Mobile Strategy

Enterprise Apps


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SAP Mobile Strategy

Overall Process


BUILD

SAP Fiori UX,

cross-platform

responsive

framework in

SAP Web IDE

RUN

One code

base and

one SDK for

HCPms and

SMP 3

SECURE

Protect and

manage apps,

data, content,

and devices

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SAP Mobile Cloud Architecture

SAP HANA Cloud Platform mobile services (HCPms)


• SAP HCPms is a service available on SAP HCP intended to enable

mobile business for SAP backend systems

• The main capabilities of SAP HCPms are: Secure from cloud to on-premise (via SAP HANA Cloud Connector)

Mobilize data reliably and securely (supporting different authentication mechanisms)

Uninterrupted user experience through offline capability

Business events to push notifications

Usage analytics

Logging and tracing

Application update management

Resource bundle management

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SAP Mobile Platform SDK


The SMP SDK is a set of libraries and tools for building native

and hybrid Web Apps Mobile Platform and HCPms.

The SDK is harmonized to work seamlessly with both on-

premise and cloud versions of the SAP Mobile Platform.

The Kapsel SDK is a set of enterprise-ready Apache Cordova

plugins:

Login – takes the pain out of user authentication in applications

Logger – allows logging of issues and stack traces for remote

debugging purposes

Push – cross-platform push notification functionality

OData – allows the creation of offline OData stores and

ultimately a fully offline-able hybrid web app

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SAP Mobile Development Options


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Apache Cordova Architecture and Kapsel Plugins


• Attachment Viewer

• Calendar

• Printer

• Localization

• SAP Fiori Client

• Online Application

• Toolbar

• Application Preferences

• Voice Recording

• Logon

• App Update

• Push

• Encrypted Storage

• Logger

• Settings

• AuthProxy

• Barcode Scanner

• Offline OData

• End-to-End Trace

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Hybrid Mobile App Runtime Architecture with Apache Cordova


SAP HCPms(Cloud Version of

SAP Mobile Platform)

HCP

Destinations

IdPhttps

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SAP Fiori Mobile Options


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Developing Mobile Apps with SAP HANA Cloud Platform

SAP Web IDE Development


• The Web IDE is intended to support the developers in the SAP’s development process

for mobile apps:

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Device and Platform Configuration



App Configuration: The Mobile Services Cockpit



Deployment Options


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SAP Hybrid App Toolkit (HAT): Architecture


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SAP Hybrid App Toolkit (HAT): App Preview/Deployment


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Deployment Process


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Demo

Sample App “MyTime”


• Allows users to create, edit and delete time records at work

• App type: Hybrid Kapsel app

• Supported platforms: Android (currently), iOS and Windows (planned)

• Authentication type: Principal propagation

• Mobile features: User onboarding

Offline functionality

Push notifications

Speech recognition

Smart Watch extension

Calendar access

Background alarms

Demo

Architecture of MyTime


SAP HCPms(Cloud Version of

SAP Mobile Platform)

HCP

Destinations

IdPhttps

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Demo - Video

MyTime

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Demo

Logon with Principal Propagation: Procedure


• Scenario:

Secure access to corporate data from mobile devices

and providing SSO capabilities

• Solution:

Forwarding on-demand users to back-end systems via HCC,

on-demand users will not provide the on-premise identity

• Steps:

User authenticates at app via a SAML provider

HCC validates the received SAML token

HCC forwards the identity to backend

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Demo

Offline OData: Features


• Take remote OData services and run them locally on device

• UltaLite as client database

• Optimized for OData services supporting delta queries

• Middle-tier delta enablement for all other OData services

• Middle-tier caching of generic OData collections

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Demo Video

MyTime Offline Demo


Demo

Offline OData: Initial Download Sequence


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Evaluation

Offline OData: Flush Sequence


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Demo

Offline OData: API Implementation


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Demo

Smart Watch Extension


Android

apk

(hybrid)

AndroidWear

apk

(native)

P

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Demo

Push Notifications


Triggering notifications:

• HTTP Method: POST

• URL: https://<HCPms host>/restnotification/application/<app ID>

• HTTP Headers:

Content-Type: application/json

Authorization: Basic (Using username/password of the SAP HCP trial

account that is hosting the corresponding HCPms service…)

• Body: {“alert”:”…”, “data”:”…”}

Project Number

API Key

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Demo Video

MyTime Push Demo


Demo

Speech Recognition


Outlook

Smartglass Showcase


bluetooth

LTE

HANA Cloud Plattform

mobile services

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ERP

VPN

Conclusion

SAP Mobile Services: Best Features, Limitations, Recommended Use


Support for native and hybrid mobile app development

Regarding SAP HCPms and hybrid app development:

Platform is based on open standards (especially Apache Cordova)

Kapsel plugins comprising the following features:

• User onboarding and authentication

• Offline functionality out of the box

• Push notifications

• and much more

Smooth integration of SAP Web IDE with a local HAT installation

Various deployment options (HCP, Fiori Launchpad, Companion App, device)

Conclusion



• Costly and time-consuming setting up of local build environment (especially updates)

• Kapsel offline plugin not very transparent, i.e. no options to show cached data in HCPms

or to trigger a refresh etc.

• No use of destinations from HCP

Conclusion



• Thus, we clearly recommend using SAP HCPms and SMP within the following contexts:

Extending a SAP Fiori (SAPUI5) web app with mobile features (e.g. Push Notifications)

Extending a native mobile app with SAP features (e.g. Logon Manager, Offline OData)

Outlook

SAP Roadmap & Strategy


• Role in the landscape of SAP solutions: As mobility is one of SAP’s current and future key topics, also

SAP HCPms and SMP will be – at least from our point of view. Also providing on-premise and cloud

solutions in this area will be important in the future as this is requested by the customers

• New releases: SAP frequently provides new releases for Hybrid App Toolkit. So be prepared to update HAT

and your local Cordova development environment… So looking forward to have a cloud build service…

Outlook

SAP‘s Announcement with Apple


• “This partnership will transform how iPhone and iPad are used in enterprise by bringing together the

innovation and security of iOS with SAP’s deep expertise in business software”

(http://news.sap.com/apple-sap-partner-to-revolutionize-work-on-iphone-ipad/)

• It’s planed to deliver a new HANA Cloud Platform SDK for iOS apps and to train developers in a online SAP

academy for iOS

http://news.sap.com/apple-sap-partner-to-revolutionize-work-on-iphone-ipad/


Q & A


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Veicht Johannes

Lead IT Consultant

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