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Want to get a jump start on doing mobile development with DNN? Ash Prasad, who built native mobile app "dnnmobi" for DNN using Appcelerator and DNN Web APIs, presents a deep dive into the code and what it takes to build a mobile app: Mobile logins, permissions, creation of simple list views, dialogs, interacting with DNN's native web APIs, and actionable tips that you can put to use immediately
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Mobile App Development Using Appcelerator and DNN WebAPIs
- Ash Prasad Sr. Manager Engineering Development, DNN Corp.
- About Me – Ash Prasad DNN Corp Sr. Manager, Development Look after Evoq products Creator of DNN 7.1 Search Microsoft Asp.Net / IIS MVP Author: Professional DNN7: Open Source .NET CMS Platform DnnMobi Creator CISSP
- UI – Look & Feel Login List of Questions Ask a Question
- Mobile Technology Paradigm • Server Side › Existing DNN Web APIs - DNN Platform - Evoq Content - Evoq Engage •Mobile Side › Devices - iOS, Android, Windows Phone › Platform - Native, Hybrid, Html5, Responsive
- Mobile Frameworks • Html5 › Apache Cordova › PhoneGap › Icenium (Telerik) • Native › Android › iOS - Objective-C - Swift • Hybrid › Xamarin › Appcelerator
- Winner …Appcelerator
- Why Appcelerator • Cross Platform › iOS, Android, Blackberry, Tizen › Windows Phone (coming) • MVC Architecture (Alloy) • JS / Html / CSS (tss) • No need to learn Native • All open source - Free
- Development Environment • Mac (Android and iOS) › 8 GB RAM, SSD • PC (Android only) • Titanium Studio › FREE, Open Source › Alloy MVC framework › Eclipse based • Genymotion › FREE - very fast Android emulator • TiShadow
- Development Environment (contd.) • SublimeText3 (Optional) › There are plugins for Titanium • Developer certificates › Apple and Google- $$$ • DNN Site › DnnMobiHelper installed • Android phone – set in Developer mode • iOS Device (iPad, iPhone) • TestFlight (optional)
- Architecture – Mobile / Site JS Helper DLL Helper
- Appcelerator MVC • View › XML markup • Style › TSS (css) • Controller – › JS code behind Controllers Styles Views
- Appcelerator - View
- Appcelerator - Style
- Appcelerator - JS
- Appcelerator – TiApp.Xml
- Appcelerator – Library •Login •Get •Post •TabId •ModuleId •Antiforgery •Logoff •IsLoggedIn
- UI Flow – Login to Answers
- Data Flow – Login • 2 Callbacks › Success - Open Main › Failure - Show error • WebApiHelper › Login
- Data Flow - Main • TabGroup • Add tabs › Answers › Messages
- Data Flow - Answers • ListView › Template • WebApi • Auto Load • Databind
- Tips • Use Genymotion for Android › Google’s Emulator – Very Slow • Xcode emulators - pretty good • Use TiShadow for faster dev • Test on physical devices often • Android and iOS are DIFFERENT › Accept it!!
- Tips (cond…) • Understand Layout › horizontal vs. vertical • Brush up on Javascript • Understand DNN Security › Use WebApi attributes › Cookies
- For Further Viewing If you found this presentation interesting, view our on-demand webinar featuring Jack Kurtz from Fortuitas (a DNN Partner): Building a Mobile App via the DNN API Jack Kurtz CEO, Fortuitas