Developing for Android

• End-to-end flow demonstration

• Setting up your MobileFirst development environment
• Setting up the Android development environment

• Configuring a native Android application with the MobileFirst Platform SDK
• Introduction to MobileFirst Console
• Connecting to MobileFirst Server
• Using CLI to create, build, and manage MobileFirst project artifacts

Required reading

• Adapters overview
• Invoking adapter procedures from native Android applications

Further reading

• JavaScript adapters
  • JavaScript HTTP Adapter
  • JavaScript SQL Adapter
  • JavaScript Cast Iron Adapter
  • JavaScript JMS Adapter
  • Using Java in JavaScript adapters
• Java Adapter
  • Java HTTP adapter
  • Java SQL adapter
• Debugging adapters
• Integrating with Cloudant using an adapter

• JSONStore
• Working with Cloudant NoSQL DB API
• Remote-controlled Client-side log collection

Authentication concepts

Form-based authentication

• Form-based authentication - server configuration
• Form-based authentication - client implementation

Adapter-based authentication

• Adapter-based authentication - server configuration
• Adapter-based authentication - client implementation
• Two-Step authentication

Custom authentication

• Custom authentication - server configuration
• Custom authentication - client implementation

Application Authenticity Protection

• Application Authenticity Protection

Authenticating external resources

• Using the MobileFirst Server to authenticate external resources

Push Notifications

• Push Notifications Overview
• Push notifications in native Android applications

Location Services and Beacons

• Location services in native Android
• Working with Beacons

• Moving from development environment to stand-alone QA and production servers
• Distributing mobile applications with Application Center

• Operational Analytics
• Reports and analytics