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OpenNTF Project:OpenNTF Project:XPages Mobile ControlsXPages Mobile Controls

Niklas Heidloff, IBM05/14/10

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http://www.openntf.org/mobileor

http://www.openntf.org/Projects/pmt.nsf/ProjectLookup/XPages%20Mobile%20Controlsor

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AgendaAgenda

● Overview● Mobile apps with native look and feel● Mobile apps accessing native services● Mobile apps caching data and supporting offline

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Goals of the ProjectGoals of the Project

● Identify which out of the box app dev functionality for mobile apps IBM® Lotus® Domino® could support in future releases

● Demonstrate how to use the Lotus Domino XPages app dev platform today to build mobile apps with standard web development skills without having to write native/device specific code

● Demonstrate how to build mobile apps for Android™, iPhone® and Blackberry® using XPages

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Technical GoalsTechnical Goals

● Enable developers to develop mobile apps via XPages (rapid application development, access to Lotus Domino services, etc.)

● Enable developers to build mobile apps that look & feel like native apps to achieve the best user experience

● Enable developers to build sophisticated mobiles apps accessing native services and supporting offline

● Enable developers to build mobile apps via XPages easily, e.g. via reusable controls

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Project OverviewProject Overview

● Reusable XPages Controls using Dojo Mobile 1.5● XPages Sample App using Lotus Domino 8.5.1 only● XCamera using PhoneGap● Simple HTML5 Offline Samples using Lotus Domino

8.5.2● Reusable XPages Controls leveraging Dojo Mobile 1.5

including Offline● Login Control using IBM Lotus iNotes® Ultralite

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ScenariosScenarios

● Hide the browser● Provide native look & feel● Access to native services● Offline and cached data

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Scenario: Hide the BrowserScenario: Hide the Browser

● Sub scenarios■ Address bars should be hidden■ App specific actions should be shown■ Bookmarks on home screens should look like

bookmarks to native apps● Android and Blackberry show that an app is 'just' a

web app. iPhone is a little better

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In the web browser the address bar keeps coming up

and the menu button shows generic browser actions

Android (similar on Blackberry – see appendix)Android (similar on Blackberry – see appendix)

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Instead app specific actions should be shown and the browser bar should be hidden

AndroidAndroid

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The browser's actions are displayed at the bottom

The address bar can be toggeled on/off

iPhoneiPhone

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When launched from home page bookmark the generic actions don't show up

The address bar is toggeled off initially

iPhoneiPhone

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Scenario: Hide the BrowserScenario: Hide the Browser

● Hide address bar■ iPhone: Works out of the box■ Android: Dojo 1.5 (dojox/mobile) hides the address

bar automatically ● Hide app specific actions (Android and Blackberry)

■ Possible solutions require native apps/shells with embedded browsers at this point

■ Neither PhoneGap, nor other frameworks support this functionality at this point but hopefully in the future

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Scenario: Native LookScenario: Native Look

● Many iPhone apps use the typical iPhone style● Android has it's own style but few apps use it● Blackberry doesn't have it's own style● Not all apps use these styles, but many of the most

popular apps, esp. for iPhone

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Scenario: Native FeelScenario: Native Feel

● Most Android and iPhone apps use nice page transitions

● This is not only nice to have, but required to get the necessary user acceptance. Mobile users have high expectations since they know it from other apps

● Technically this means one HTML/XSP page with lot's of hide/show and Ajax

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iPhone Style iPhone Style

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Android StyleAndroid Style

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Dojo 1.5Dojo 1.5

● Dojo 1.5 (dojox/mobile) provides a framework to build web apps that look and feel like native apps

■ Page transitions■ Loading indications■ Typical styles for iPhone and Android

● Dojo 1.5 has not been released yet but the code is available in the dojotoolkit SVN trunk

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Reusable XPages Controls using Dojo 1.5Reusable XPages Controls using Dojo 1.5

● The project leverages Dojo 1.5● Custom styles can be used● This part of the project works on Lotus Domino 8.5.1

and iPhone and Android● 10 reusable controls are provided to assemble custom

apps● A live version of this app is available under

http://i.openntf.org

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Loading of new ContentLoading of new Content

● View control loadsnew entries auto-matically when scrolling down

● Progress indicatorsfor view and document loading

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Creation of new DocumentsCreation of new Documents

● Project shows how to createnew documents (via Ajax)

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BookmarksBookmarks

● Pages including pages withdocuments can be bookmarked

■ e.g. http://i.openntf.org/niklas/MobileControls1.0.0.nsf/m.xsp#document&unid=E58F1FE324BBC2418625771A001C5263

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NavigationNavigation

● Browser and device navigationbuttons are supported

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Sticky ScrollbarsSticky Scrollbars

● When navigating back to the view the scrollbars are sticky

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Custom StylesCustom Styles

● Custom styles can be used

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ReusableReusableControlsControls● 8 reusable

XPages Controlsare providedto assemblecustom apps

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Controls: mConfiguration and mHeaderControls: mConfiguration and mHeader

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Controls: mRectangle, Header and EntryControls: mRectangle, Header and Entry

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Controls: mPage and mViewControls: mPage and mView

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Controls: mPage and mDocumentContainerControls: mPage and mDocumentContainer

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Control myDocument is app specificControl myDocument is app specific

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New Documents can be created via custom CodeNew Documents can be created via custom Code

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SetupSetup

● The Dojo mobile code has to be imported into the NSF (see ReadMe.pdf for more details)

● Copy MobileControls1.0.0.nsf to your data directory and launch the XPages m.xsp or o.xsp

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XPages Sample App using Lotus Domino 8.5.1 XPages Sample App using Lotus Domino 8.5.1 onlyonly● Another part of the project shows how to build similar

apps via Lotus Domino 8.5.1 only without Dojo 1.5● This approach also works on some Blackberry devices.

Note that this approach is not as robust on Android and iPhone when compared to Dojo 1.5

● A live version of this app is available underhttp://m.openntf.org

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SetupSetup

● Copy MobileControls040.nsf to your data directory and launch m.xsp

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Scenario: Access Native ServicesScenario: Access Native Services

● Sub scenarios■ Local contacts■ Camera■ GPS/geolocation■ Accelerometer■ Gestures (e.g. shake, orientation change)■ Local filesystem■ Media (e.g. pick photo)

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Sample Scenario: Sample Scenario: Take Picture and upload to DominoTake Picture and upload to Domino

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Scenario: Access Native ServicesScenario: Access Native Services

● Most of this functionality is not in webkit and not in HTML5 or any other standard or proposal yet

● PhoneGap provides JavaScript APIs to use this functionality

● PhoneGap is a native app and as such needs to be deployed to mobile devices

● The XPages Mobile Controls project provides a sample how to use PhoneGap

● PhoneGap works on Android, iPhone and Blackberry

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PhoneGap Demo AppPhoneGap Demo App

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JavaScript to use CameraJavaScript to use Camera

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Setup: PhoneGapSetup: PhoneGap

● PhoneGap needs to be configured and then recompiled for the specific platforms -> requires native SDKs

● Config■ Name■ URL■ Icon

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Setup: Domino DesignerSetup: Domino Designer

● The PhoneGap JavaScript files(in 0.9 only one file for Android)need to be imported into NSF (see ReadMe.pdf for details)

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Scenario: Offline and cached DataScenario: Offline and cached Data

● HTML5 will support caching of resources and provide local storage capabilities

● Some webkit based browsers support today also SQL storage of data

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Local Storage Mini SamplesLocal Storage Mini Samples

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sessionStorage and localStoragesessionStorage and localStorage

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SQL StorageSQL Storage

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Cache Resources SamplesCache Resources Samples

● Sample shows how to cache DojoJavaScript files, images and stylesheets

● A reusable control is provided to refresh the cache and to see the cache status and events

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Reusable XPages Controls leveraging Dojo Reusable XPages Controls leveraging Dojo Mobile 1.5 including OfflineMobile 1.5 including Offline

● Same blog application as previously taken offline

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Reusable XPages Controls leveraging Dojo Reusable XPages Controls leveraging Dojo Mobile 1.5 including OfflineMobile 1.5 including Offline

● This part of the project demonstrates how to take a Notes view and Notes documents offline

● Works on iPhone and Android [and Firefox]● A live version is available under

http://208.85.188.19/niklas/MobileControls200.nsf/m.xsp

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Reusable XPages Controls leveraging Dojo Reusable XPages Controls leveraging Dojo Mobile 1.5 including OfflineMobile 1.5 including Offline

● The synchronization and offline mechanism is limited at this point:

■ The synchronization is hardcoded to the last 10 view entries and documents

■ The data is updated automatically when online■ The content of documents is stored locally but without

pictures and other embedded objects■ Comments can be read but no new comments can be

created offline

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Manifest FileManifest File

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Offline DetectionOffline Detection

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SetupSetup

● Register the MIME type in Domino Adminstrator

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SetupSetup● Disable the default Dojo

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SetupSetup

● Generate a custom Dojo build

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SetupSetup

● Import the two generatedjs files into MobileControls200.nsf

● Import dojox/mobile ● See ReadMe.pdf for more details

● Copy MobileControls200.nsf to your Domino data directory and launch m.xsp

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Login ControlLogin Control

● Another part of the project is the login control for mobiledevices

● This is not an XPages controlbut leverages Lotus iNotescode

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Resources – Open Source ProjectsResources – Open Source Projects

● XPages Mobile Controls Project:http://www.openntf.org/mobile

● PhoneGap: http://www.phonegap.com

● Dojo:http://www.dojotoolkit.org

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Resources – DemosResources – Demos

● Dojo sample:http://i.openntf.org

● Dojo sample including offline:http://208.85.188.19/niklas/MobileControls200.nsf/m.xsp

● Non Dojo sample:http://m.openntf.org

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Resources – VideosResources – Videos

● Dojo sample:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atu7c0wApwY

● Dojo sample including offline:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNht4vviamw

● Non Dojo sample:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-efgOkbIK9U

● XCamera:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2DsAuAojnE

● Simple offline samples:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkFWYHO-1ek

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Resources – HTML5Resources – HTML5

● Resources:http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/offline.html

● Local storage:http://dev.w3.org/html5/webstorage

● SQL storage:http://www.w3.org/TR/offline-webapps

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Project LicenseProject License

OpenNTF Alliance Mobile XPage Controls

© Copyright IBM Corp. 2010

This product includes software contributed to

OpenNTF Alliance – (http://www.OpenNTF.org/)

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License

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Project LicenseProject License

The dojo/hash.js file is part of Dojo 1.4.

Copyright (c) 2004-2009, The Dojo Foundation All Rights Reserved.

Available via Academic Free License >= 2.1 OR the modified BSD license.

see http://dojotoolkit.org/license for details

Dojo Mobile 1.5 is required but not part of this project

Copyright (c) 2004-2009, The Dojo Foundation All Rights Reserved.

Available via Academic Free License >= 2.1 OR the modified BSD license.

see http://dojotoolkit.org/license for details

PhoneGap 0.9.0 is required but not part of this project

http://www.phonegap.com/

Available via MIT

see http://www.phonegap.com/license for details

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Appendix - Scenario: Hide the BrowserAppendix - Scenario: Hide the Browser

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In the web browser the address bar keeps coming up

and the menu button shows generic browser actions

AndroidAndroid

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Bookmarks can be added to home page but they look different to native apps

AndroidAndroid

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Only links to native apps look native

AndroidAndroid

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This native app uses an embedded web browser

The actions show the app's actions defined in a custom XPage control

AndroidAndroid

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Android actions can be defined in custom control

Android &Android &BlackberryBlackberry

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In the web browser the menu button shows generic browser actions

BlackberryBlackberry

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This native app uses an embedded web browser

The actions show the app's actions defined in a custom XPage control

BlackberryBlackberry

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The browser's actions are displayed at the bottom

The address bar can be toggeled on/off

iPhoneiPhone

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Bookmarks can be added to home page and they look native

iPhoneiPhone

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When launched from home page bookmark the generic actions don't show up

The address bar is toggeled off initially

iPhoneiPhone

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