Mobile Development for SAP Haseman, Dave and Hightower, Ross

Developing mobile apps is one thing—developing mobile apps for SAP is quite another. In this book, you’ll learn how to use the SAP Mobile Platform to design and connect hybrid and native apps to SAP. From installing the Hybrid Web Container to building Mobile Business Objects (MBOs) to designing and customizing hybrid app user interfaces and functionality, this book will get you up and running in no time.1. Types of AppsHybrid, native, and web apps…client-initiated and server-initiated apps…offline and online apps. If your head is swimming with all the possibilities, this book will straighten you out. 2. Sybase Unwired Platform and the Sybase Mobile SDKYou’ve got all the pieces—now put them together. Learn how to install and configure the various parts of the SAP Mobile Platform. 3. Mobile Business ObjectsMBOs are a key piece of the SAP mobile puzzle. Get detailed information and examples about how to create them, customize them, and connect them to each other.4. Designing AppsThe design is what makes a mobile app. With step-by-step instructions and screenshots, build and customize screen flow, user interfaces, and app functionality to suit your needs.5. Advanced TopicsOnce you know the basics, it’s time to take your knowledge a step further. Understand SAP’s partnerships with third-party platforms, and explore the Mobile Analytics Kit (MAKit).Highlights include:

• SAP Mobile Platform
• Sybase Unwired Platform
• Unwired Platform Runtime
• Sybase Mobile SDK
• Eclipse IDE
• Hybrid Web Container
• Mobile Business Objects
• Hybrid App Designer
• Object API
• iOS
• Android
• MAKit

Dave Haseman is the IBM Professor of Information Technology Management at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), where he is currently the director of the SAP University Competence Center. The center operates close to 50 production SAP systems and utilizes its own private cloud environment to deliver SAP to over 60,000 students a year. He has been involved in the development and use of SAP NetWeaver tools, including Portal, Visual Composer, and NetWeaver Development Studio, and has developed the global SAP NetWeaver curriculum used by the SAP University Alliance. His current project efforts focus on developing SAP mobile curriculum for use by the University Alliance.

Ross Hightower has been a professor of information science for 21 years. He first became involved with SAP products six years ago while a professor at the University of Central Florida, where he helped to develop one of the largest programs in the SAP University Alliance. Currently, he is a member of a global team tasked by the SAP University Alliance with developing curriculum based on SAP mobile technologies.