Alison Clark and Rob Galvin present the state of Hybrid applications using RhoMobile Suite

2. 2 Zebra Confidential: For Internal Use
Summary Analysis
• Cross Platform Mobile Development Tools market is maturing as revenue growth slows
• Factors contributing to slowing trend
• Increased popularity of native apps (performance)
• Diminishing productivity returns – developers reporting less efficiency gains from previous years, eroding perceived value of cross
platform tools
• Spending per developer has dropped over the past 14 months
• However, a shortage of native developers w/in the enterprise continues to help drive growth for cross platform mobile
development tools
Smith’s Point Analytics, LLC
Cross Platform Mobile Development Tools: Market Analysis & Forecast – Third Edition

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Smith’s Point Analytics, LLCCross Platform Mobile Development Tools: Market Analysis & Forecast – Third Edition

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Smith’s Point Analytics, LLCCross Platform Mobile Development Tools: Market Analysis & Forecast – Third Edition

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Smith’s Point Analytics, LLCCross Platform Mobile Development Tools: Market Analysis & Forecast – Third Edition

6. TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS MANUFACTURING RETAIL HEALTHCARE
Mobility DNA
Creating productivity from mobility
“How can I streamline the
movement of my people,
inventory and assets?
“How can I achieve
the next level of
operational productivity?”
“How can every one of my
employees provide great
customer experience?
“How can I achieve the next level of care
and safety?
Applications
Lower risk and expense with purpose built
ready-to-use enterprise applications. Trust
these vetted industry-specific applications
to help you optimize productivity and
operations.
Management Tools
Staging and managing devices
is the work of IT managers. We
make the management
experience easy and efficient.
AppGallery
Utilities
Using our robust set of utilities, companies
gain tighter security, enhanced
productivity, and an enriched experience.
Which collectively keeps workers – and
business – moving forward.
Stage Now
Swipe Assist
Enterprise Home Screen
SimulScan
All-Touch Terminal Emulation
Development Tools
Building and delivering applications is
the backbone of Zebra ISV’s. Our goal
is to enable developers to easily
access device value adds regardless of
development tools or preferences.
RhoMobile
Enterprise Browser
EMDK for Android
WorkForce Connect Push-to-
Talk
WorkForce Connect Voice
Enterprise Mobility
Management
Mobility DNA is a comprehensive suite of development and management tools, and applications and utilities that provide customers with enterprise grade
capabilities. Designed specifically for Zebra Mobile Computers , these software tools, utilities, and applications help you connect every strand of your enterprise
mobility platform, for a simplified, integrated and more secure solution.

7. RHOMOBILE SUITE
Based on Rhodes open source framework, RhoMobile Suite is a set of tools that
enable a developer to use existing web skills − CSS, HTML 5, JavaScript and Ruby −
to build data-centric, cross-platform, native mobile consumer and enterprise apps.
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Application Development Platforms
2013, 2014 & 2015

8. RHOMOBILE SUBSCRIPTION BASED PRICING
Feature
Open
Source Silver Gold
Rhodes
(Basic App Framework) X X X
RhoStudio X X X
RhoElements
(EnterpriseFeatures – barcode, automatic
encryption, etc.)
X X
Cloud Build X X
Visual Studio Plugin X X
Sync (RhoConnect) 1000 devices Unlimited devices
Push 1000 devices Unlimited devices
Support (call center) 9-5 business day (1 day response) 24/7 (4 hour response)
PRICE FREE
$2,995 per developer annually
(Online $299 monthly)
$9,995 per developer annually
(Online $999 monthly)

9. Implementations
ISV: Field Service Application
Customer completed annual work load in 9 months
Customers have choice of ruggedized or consumer devices
Large Food Manufacturer / Retailer
Using RhoMobile Suite for all mobile initiatives
Flexibility to shift dev resources based on project priorities
ISV: Solution utilizing Sensors, IOT, Mobile Application
Customers have choice of ruggedized or consumer devices

10. RhoMobile Suite What’s Next
Oct – 2015 Future
Device Support
• TC55KK
• MC40KK
• TC70KK
• TC75KK
• MC18KK
New Features
• USB Printing support WM/CE (Android added last release)
• New ORM Common API completed
• RhoConnect Push - https support between Rhoconnect push server and
Rhoconnect server
• RhoConnect Push - support for 0.12 node
Device Support
MC92KK
New Device support
OS Support
iOS 9
New OS support
New Features
Shared runtime support WinM/CE
(last release to support WinM/CE)
New APIs
• Simulscan
• Impact
• Payment support
• Scan and Pair
• Notification LED

11. TALKING POINTS
HYBRID FRAMEWORKS WEBVIEW

12. ZEBRA DEVELOPER OPTIONS
C# DEVELOPER
ANDROID
DEVELOPER
WEB DEVELOPER NO CODE
EMDK FOR
XAMARIN
EMDK FOR
ANDROID
RHOMOBILE
SUITE
ENTERPRISE
BROWSER
iFactr DATAWEDGE

13. Hybrid App Review
YOUR APP
UI / JS FRAMEWORK
RHOMOBILE
WEBVIEW
NATIVE SDK
CSS? JAVASCRIPT? MOBILE DESIGN?
CHOICES? HYBRID READY?
DEVICE CAPABILITIES? EXTENDABLE?
UNDER THE HOOD? PLATFORM DIFF?

15. ANDROID NAME GAME

16. Google WebView History
• < 4.4 WebKit based
• 4.4 Chromium
• Remote debugging
• HTML 5 Features
• High performing V8 Javascript Engine
• 5.0 +
• Updatable Webview via APK

17. ANDROID 5.0+ HYBRID APP IMPACT
Webview now delivered as an APK
• Security
• Quicker availability to new features
• End of Fragmentation??

18. iOS WebView
• <= iOS 7
• UIWebview
• No Nitro JIT – Safari faster
• iOS 8
• WKWebview* Introduced
• Equal Performance
* WKWebview :
• Not a simple rip & replace
• Cordova only recently provided official support – only available to iOS9
• RhoMobile still used UIWebView
• iOS 9
• New Safari View Controller
• Not meant for Hybrid container –
but InAppBrowser
• Delegate “Web” content to Safari –
Access to iCloud Keychain

19. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
• 5.x
• New license model
• Relaunch of cloud build and rhomobile.com
• New Device support
• MC32 CE7, TC70, MC18
• API Updates
• Smart Cradle API
• Camera, Timer, Barcode (WP8)
• Device API
• iOS: ios 8, 64-bit, Mobile Iron VPN
• New Live-Update Debugging Option
• Over 40 bugs fixed

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