The document introduces AeroGear, a mobile development framework that simplifies front-end and server-side development for various platforms, including Android, iOS, and web. It discusses features such as local data management, authentication, push notifications, and a unified approach to mobile app development, allowing for multi-platform support. The document further outlines different mobile app options (browser, native, and hybrid) and highlights AeroGear's capabilities in managing user interfaces and security aspects.

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2. Gearing Up for Mobile
Development with AeroGear
Prajod Vettiyattil
@prajods
in.linkedin.com/in/prajod
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Naveen Raj Balasubramaniam
@Naveenrajbala
in.linkedin.com/in/naveenraj

3. Agenda
A walk with AeroGear
Simplify mobile development
Front end development support
Server side development support
The Road Ahead
Summary
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4. A walk with AeroGear
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5. Mobile Development Framework
Local Data
Management
User Interaction
Management
Authentication /
Authorization
Communication
Framework
Native API handler
Patch / Version
Management
Management
Monitoring
UI Framework
Data
Management
Request
Processing
Authentication /
Authorization
Device Variant
Management
Communication
Framework
Metering /
Billing
Patch / Version
Management
Monitoring
Management
Server side Framework
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User / Device
Registration

6. Mobile Development Framework
AeroGear features
Local Data
Management
User Interaction
Management
Authentication /
Authorization
Communication
Framework
Native API handler
Patch / Version
Management
Management
Monitoring
UI Framework
Data
Management
Request
Processing
Authentication /
Authorization
Device Variant
Management
Communication
Framework
Metering /
Billing
Patch / Version
Management
Monitoring
Management
Server side Framework
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User / Device
Registration

7. Mobile web Development
There many mobile
phone operating systems
in the market.
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8. And there are Frameworks
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There are lot of technologies for every platform
Native and non–native technologies
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9. Overview of AeroGear
AeroGear is for mobile development
• A set of libraries
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Android library, iOS library, JavaScript Library
AeroGear Connectivity
AeroGear Controller, Security
AeroGear Persistence
• Unified approach to development
• Multi-platform support
• Out of the box push notification and
security
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10. Browser support in Aerogear
Currently AeroGear supports the following desktop
web browsers
• Firefox
• Chrome
• IE
• Safari
Currently AeroGear Supports the following mobile web
browsers.
• Android Browser
• Safari
In General all the web browsers with html5 support
will support Aerogear apps too
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11. Mobile development options
Option 1: Mobile Browser app
Mobile Brower
HTML5,
CSS3, JS
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• Mobile browser app(web
app)
• HTML5 + CSS3 +
javascript
• Most portable
• Platform independent
code
• No access to native
APIs

12. Mobile development options
Option 2: Native App
• Native apps
Native App
Native Device
APIs
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• Platform dependent
• Uses native APIs
• Most powerful, least
portable
• Most popular among
users
• Best user experience

13. Mobile development options
Option 3: Hybrid App
• Hybrid apps, plugins
Native Shell
Mobile Brower
HTML5, CSS3,
JS
Bridge code
Native Device APIs
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Developed as web apps
Deployed and run as native apps
Javascript calls the bridge code
Plugins for direct access to native
APIs
• Looks like a native app
• Has limitations in accessing native
APIs
• Cordova, PhoneGap, Appcelerator,
Sencha
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14. Comparing the options
Mobile Brower
Native Shell
Mobile Brower
Native App
HTML5,
CSS3, JS
HTML5, CSS3,
JS
Bridge code
Native Device
APIs
Browser only
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Native Device APIs
Native only
Hybrid(browser+native)

15. Which option is AeroGear for ?
• Primarily
• Client-server type of apps
• Browser only apps
• Hybrid apps
• Also
• Native apps
• The communication and server side
features
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16. Simplify mobile development
with AeroGear
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17. AeroGear Mobile Development
Aerogear makes front end development easier and
unified in the following platforms
• Android
• iOS
• Mobile web
For the server side, AeroGear touches the following areas
• Push Notification (Android, JS, iOS)
• Security
• More coming up…
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18. Unified Development
Libraries for different platforms
• Java for Android
• JavaScript for web browsers
• Objective-C for iOS
• Unified approach
• Single application for multiple Mobile platforms
• Same deployment can be viewed by both mobile device
browsers and desktop browsers
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19. Push Notification
Notifications are a popular method of communication
Push = messaging
from Server side
The why and how of notification
• Alert apps about events, updates
• High scalability
• Lightweight messages
App 7
Server
Push
Service
Push
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20. Push: The platform concept
Push
Servers
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21. Security
Authentication
Authorization
• OTP: One Time Password
• HTTPS: SSL
• General: username /password (encrypted transmission)
• Single Sign On
• Federated Identity Management using external Identity
Managers
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22. Support for
front end development
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23. User Interface Development
• UI Coding: Use HTML 5, CSS3 and
Javascript
• aerogear.js: javascript library
• REST: used for communications
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24. AeroGear Development
Communication and Storage
Pipe
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A connection made to the server
Connectivity to asynchronous data sources
Pipeline
pipe
Pipeline
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A wrapper for a set of pipes
Has management features for pipes
DataManager
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Data connections
Data models
Data connection is represented as a Store
Store
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Data Stores on the mobile platform
Eg: SQLite(iOS, Android), Web Storage(HTML5)
Data Manager
iOS
Store
Android
Store
Web
Store

25. JavaScript Development
Creating Pipeline and Pipes
Instantiate a Pipeline
Add pipes to the Pipeline
Name
URL
Using Data Manager and Store
Instantiate a DataManager
Adding stores to the DataManager
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Type

26. JavaScript Development
Creating Pipeline and Pipes
var memberPipe = AeroGear.Pipeline([{
name: “2014",
settings: {
baseURL: “JUDCon/“
}
}
]).pipes.members;
The pipe’s URL will then look like:
URL
Instantiate a data manager
var dataManager = AeroGear.DataManager(
"membersStore" ),
MemberStore =
dataManager.stores["membersStore"];
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pipe’s name
http://localhost/application_name/JUDCon/2014
Using Data Manager and Store
Assign a store
Instantiate a pipe
//Create a custom local store
var dManage =
AeroGear.DataManager({
name: "mySessionStorage",
type: "SessionLocal",
id: "customID"
});

27. Android Development
Pipeline and Pipes
public class MyActivity extends ListActivity {
Pipeline pipeline;
void onCreate() {
pipeline = new Pipeline("http://www.judcon.com");
pipeline.pipe(Car.class);
}
Pipeline
Operations
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void onStart() {
LoaderPipe<Car> pipe = pipeline.get("car", this);
pipe.read(new MyCallback());
}
}
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28. Android Development contd…
SQLStore
Memory Store
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Operations
StoreConfig sqlStoreConfig = new StoreConfig();
sqlStoreConfig.setContext(getApplicationContext());
sqlStoreConfig.setType(SQL);
sqlStoreConfig.setKlass(Data.class);
Store store = dataManager.store("sqlStore",
sqlStoreConfig);
((SQLStore))store).open(/*callback*/);
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StoreConfig memoryStoreConfig = new StoreConfig();
memoryStoreConfig.setContext(getApplicationContext());
memoryStoreConfig.setType(MEMORY);
memoryStoreConfig.setKlass(Data.class);
Store store = dataManager.store("memoryStore", memoryStoreConfig);

29. iOS Development
Pipeline and Pipes
// NSURL object:
NSURL* serverURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://todoaerogear.rhcloud.com/todo-server/"];
Pipeline
Operations
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Update
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// create the 'todo' pipeline, which points to the baseURL
of the REST application
AGPipeline* todo = [AGPipeline
pipelineWithBaseURL:serverURL];
// Add a REST pipe for the 'projects' endpoint
id<AGPipe> projects = [todo pipe:^(id<AGPipeConfig>
config) {
[config setName:@"projects"];
// this is the default, can be emitted
[config setType:@"REST"];
}];

30. iOS Development contd…
SQLite
Memory Store
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// create the datamanager
AGDataManager* dm = [AGDataManager manager];
// add a new (default) store object:
id<AGStore> store = [dm store:^(id<AGStoreConfig>
config) {
[config setName:@"tasks"];
[config setType:@"SQLITE"];
}];
Data
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// create the datamanager
AGDataManager* dm = [AGDataManager manager];
// add a new (default) store object:
id<AGStore> myStore = [dm store:^(id<AGStoreConfig> config) {
[config setName:@"tasks"];
}];

31. The server side components
AeroGear Controller
AeroGear Security
UnifiedPush
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32. AeroGear Controller
What is the AeroGear Controller ?
• A lean MVC implemented in java
• Routes HTTP requests to plain Java Object endpoint, and
handles the results
• Can be deployed on any container supporting CDI(Context and
Dependency Injection)
public class Routes extends AbstractRoutingModule {
@Override
public void configuration() {
route()
.from("/").roles("admin")
.on(RequestMethod.GET)
.consumes(JSON)
.produces(JSP, JSON)
.to(Home.class).index();
}
}
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33. AeroGear Controller continued…
Routes
public class Routes extends AbstractRoutingModule {
@Override
public void configuration() {
route()
.from("/").roles("admin")
.on(RequestMethod.GET)
.consumes(JSON)
.produces(JSP, JSON)
.to(Home.class).index();
}
}
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34. AeroGear Controller continued…
Pagination
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If a page is too long for the screen
Returns a limited number of elements
Sample code returning a page in AeroGear controller, with pagination
route()
.from("/cars")
.on(RequestMethod.GET)
.produces(JSON)
.to(Cars.class).findCarsBy(param(PaginationInfo.class), param("color"));
Error Handling
route()
.on(YourException.class)
.to(ExceptionHandler.class).errorPage();
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35. Push Notification: Registration
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2 User
Developer
Push Notification Server
Application
Registration
Storage
Sender
JBoss AS backend server
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36. Push Notification: Runtime
Push Notification
Server
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Application
Registration
Simple Push
Storage
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Sender
GCM
APN
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JBoss AS backend server
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37. Push for web clients
http
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38. Push for Android
XMPP
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39. Push for iOS
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40. Push Notification: feature list
AeroGear Unified Push Notification Server
App 7
• Single unified push notification
• Single server for multiple apps and mobile platforms
• Currently supports Google Cloud Messaging, Apple
Push Notification
• Web push based on Mozilla’s Simple Push
Unified Push Administration Console
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A single place to manage configurations
Register new push apps
Register variants of platforms
Currently supported: Android, iOS and Simple push
variants

41. Security
Hawk
Java OTP
PicketLink
iOS OTP
Shiro
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42. Security
AeroGear Security Implementation
• Providing integration with security providers like
PicketLink, Shiro
• Completely decoupled from the AeroGear controller
import org.jboss.aerogear.controller.spi.SecurityProvider;
public class AeroGearSecurityProvider implements SecurityProvider {
@Inject
private IdentityManagement identityManagement;
@Override
public void isRouteAllowed(Route route) throws ServletException {
if (!identityManagement.hasRoles(route.getRoles())) {
throw new AeroGearSecurityException(HttpStatus.AUTHENTICATION_FAILED);
}
}
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}

43. Security: Filters and HSTS
Filters
• A security mechanism with many applications
• Eg: prevent ClickJacking
HSTS
• HTTP Strict Transport Security
• Force https usage
• Optional in AeroGear
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44. Security: OTP
AeroGear OTP
• One time password
• Increased security while executing transaction
• OTP and AeroGear Security can be used together or
separately
// Get a user’s otp
// verify the user’s otp
public class Otp {
public User otp(SimpleUser user, String otp) {
@Inject
@Secret
private Instance<String> secret;
Totp totp = new Totp(secret.get());
boolean result = totp.verify(otp);
if (!result)
throw new RuntimeException("Invalid OTP");
@Inject
@LoggedUser
private Instance<String> loggedInUserName;
return user;
}
public String secret() {
return new
Totp(secret.get()).uri(loggedInUserName.get());
}
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}

45. The Road Ahead
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46. Road Ahead
Browser Support
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Windows Mobile
Mobile Chrome
Opera Mobile and Desktop
Push Notification
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MQTT
STOMP

47. Summary
• What is Aerogear
• Supported platforms
• Front end development
• AeroGear Libraries for each platform
• Server side development
• AeroGear Push Notification
• AeroGear Security
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48. Useful Links
AeroGear References
• http://aerogear.org
External References
• http://www.markus-falk.com/mobile-frameworks-comparisonchart/
• http://www.infoq.com/articles/javaee-mobile-applicationdevelopment-aerogear
• http://www.slideshare.net/lfryc/the-gear-you-need-to-gomobile-with-java-enterprise
• http://www.slideshare.net/jaxlondon2012/html-alchemy-thesecrets-of-mixing-javascript-and-java-ee
• http://www.ohloh.net/p?ref=homepage&q=aerogear
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49. Thank You
@prajods
@Naveenrajbala
Start Gearing…
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