This document discusses IBM's XPages Mobile Apps. It outlines types of mobile apps like pure native, hybrid, and web apps. It then summarizes mobile controls from the XPages Extension Library for building mobile web apps, including reusable controls and styles. It also mentions the Mobile Documents, XCamera, and social mobile inbox projects, which allow accessing documents, using the camera, and connecting to social networks from mobile apps built with XPages.

1. XPages Mobile Apps
Niklas Heidloff, Architect and Community, IBM
DanNotes 23.11.11
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2. Agenda
 Types of Mobile Apps
 Mobile Controls from the XPages Extension Library
 Mobile Documents
 XCamera
 Mobile Address Book and To Dos (Mark Hughes)
 Mobile Contacts and Reminders (David Marko)
 Social mobile inbox
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3. Types of Mobile Apps
 Types
 Pure native apps
 Hybrid apps
 Web apps
 Advantages of mobile web apps
 Easier to implement for various platforms based on standard skills
 No deployment
 Advantages of native apps
 New smartphone features available in native SDKs first
 Best possible performance and maximal UI capabilities
 Most mobile business applications are very easy !
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4. Mobile Controls from the Extension Library
 Based on Dojo 1.6.1
 For WebKit based browsers
 Requires Domino 8.5.3
 Reusable controls for common scenarios, e.g. views
 Styles for iPhone and Android
 Development using standard XPages techniques
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5. Mobile Documents
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6. XCamera
 XPage which accesses the camera via PhoneGap
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7. Mobile Address Book and To Dos (Mark Hughes)
 Access to personal or public address book and mailboxes without template
changes
 Supports offline including offline content creation
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8. Mobile Contacts and Reminders (David Marko)
 Contacts and reminders – online and offline reading
 Access to mail and calendar
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9. Social Mobile Inbox
 Access to Domino, Connections Profiles, activities, communities, LotusLive
Symphony
 Based on the XPages Social Enabler
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10. References
 XPages Mobile Controls: http://extlib.openntf.org
 XCamera: http://mobilecontrols.openntf.org
 Mobile Documents: http://mobiledocuments.openntf.org
 Mobile Address Book: http://www.openntf.org/p/mAddressBook
 Mobile To Dos: http://www.openntf.org/p/ITANA Tasks
 Mobile Help App: http://www.openntf.org/p/XPages Help Application
 Mobile Contacts and Reminders: http://www.openntf.org/p/Mobile
contacts and reminders
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