How to enable App Transport Security for iOS 9 in IBM MobileFirst Platform Server

 Bharat Devdas |  September 07, 2015

App Transport Security is one of the new features enforced by Apple to improve secure communications between App and Web Services. This feature is available from iOS 9 or later. This post talks about how to enable transport security on IBM MobileFirst Platform Servers.App Transport Security, in simple words, mandates...

Integrating StrongLoop with MobileFirst Platform

 Uri Segev |  September 07, 2015

OverviewMost mobile applications need to access data stored in the enterprise's back-end system of records and other back-end systems. The traditional way for accessing those back-end systems in MobileFirst Platform (MFP) is using adapters. Adapters are pieces of code written in JavaScript that are called fom the mobile application using...

Integrating MQA into Xamarin.Android app

 Vidyasagar MSC |  September 01, 2015

It all started when I received an email seeking help on using MQA or to be more precise integrating MQA into Xamarin based android app. Before jumping into addressing the problem, let's define MQA.

MobileFirst Platform support for Android Marshmallow

 Bharat Devdas |  August 28, 2015

This blog post will be continuously updated with the latest updates from testing IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation with Android Marshmallow</p>

Connecting Securely to On-Premise Backends from MobileFirst on IBM Bluemix containers

 Manu George |  August 27, 2015

Note: This procedure is no longer applicable. Use the VPN service for MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1 on Containers. For instructions for MobileFirst server running on Liberty buildpacks and Mobile Foundation Bluemix service (which also runs on Liberty buildpack), pl refer to this blog post .

Filling in the blanks with 7.1 Analytics

 W Harrison Wright |  August 25, 2015

Sometimes you may want to take your analytics data beyond the console.

First lab series for MFP 7.1 has been released

 Andrii Vasylchenko |  August 23, 2015

We just published first hands-on labs series based on MobileFirst Platform 7.1.

Integrating IBM MobileFirst on Bluemix Containers with Bluemix Services

 Srinivasan Nanduri |  August 21, 2015

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation v7.1 is enabled to run on IBM Bluemix using the IBM Containers.

Importing Visual studio Cordova project with Ionic and AngularJS into MobileFirst Platform

 Vidyasagar MSC |  August 20, 2015

Let me start this post with a disclaimer that "Don't panic by reading the post title". It might look bit lengthy, but still summarises what we are trying to achieve here.Let me explain you in four steps,

Handling binary responses in native Android using Java adapters

 Nathan Hazout |  August 19, 2015

This is a follow up to Handling binary responses in native iOS using Java adapters.

Try on Bluemix and migrate to on-prem MobileFirst Platform

 Chethan Kumar |  August 19, 2015

Contributed By : Chethan Kumar SN (chethankumar.sn@in.ibm.com) and Vittal Pai (vittalpai@in.ibm.com)

Xamarin SDK for IBM MobileFirst 7.1 is live

 Srihari Kulkarni |  August 17, 2015

Last week, we announced the general availability of IBM MobileFirst Platform v7.1. Today, we are announcing the availability of the Xamarin SDK for IBM MobileFirst Platform v7.1. Xamarin developers can exploit the new APIs in v7.1. You can download the SDK from the Xamarin Component Store.

Debugging a MobileFirst Sliverlight and Windows 8.1 Universal Apps

 Vinod Appajanna |  August 14, 2015

In this blog I will share a few ways of debugging or troubleshooting an MobileFirst Windows Silverlight and Windows 8.1 Universal apps (Desktops, tables and phones). I will be debugging JavaScript code, managed code (C#), native code (C/C++) and combination of these.Basically we will cover

Windows Universal apps and more: Part 2 - full support in MobileFirst 7.1

 Ajay Chebbi |  August 14, 2015

IBM MobileFirst 7.1 has started the support for the Windows Universal app development paradigm. In a previous post I had explained a manual procedure of developing a C# Windows universal app using MobileFirst 7.0 DLLs. That post also explained in detail the Windows 8.1 Universal App development paradigm. Starting with...

Certificate Pinning in IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1

 Idan Adar |  August 14, 2015

New in IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1 are several Hardened security features.One of these features is Certificate Pinning.

IBM MobileFirst Platform Server on Bluemix.net in under 5 minutes

 Ajay Chebbi |  August 14, 2015

You may have already heard about IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation and its capabilities. Some of the industry-grade features like security framework that it provides may have appealed to you and you now want to try it! You can do this in under 5 minutes, without downloading any software and without...

Converting a MobileFirst Hybrid application to a Cordova application

 IdanAdar |  August 14, 2015

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation v7.1 introduces support for creating Cordova applications using the MobileFirst Command Line Interface (CLI).In this type of application, the MobileFirst SDK is packaged into a Cordova plug-in and is served as such along-side other core Cordova plug-ins and 3rd party Cordova plug-ins.

Handling the Applicative State in MobileFirst Platform Foundation v7.1

 Lior Burg |  August 14, 2015

In previous versions of MobileFirst Platform Foundation, the logged-in state of clients was wholly dependent on an HTTP session. After logging in, the end user remained logged in only as long as the HTTP session was alive. If either the application restarted, or the HTTP session ended, the end-user was...

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1 is here

 Idan Adar |  August 14, 2015

We are pleased to announce the Generally Availability of IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1!This new release is packed with many fixes and new features. Review the full list in the Release Notes.

Writing Swift applications with Worklight 6.2 and below

 Nathan Hazout |  August 05, 2015

This article is for customers running Worklight 6.2 and below. For newer versions of Worklight/MobileFirst, see 6.3, 7.0 or 7.1.

Integrating 3rd party Cordova plug-ins in Worklight/MobileFirst 6.x - 7.0

 Idan Adar |  August 03, 2015

When developing mobile applications you may come across situations where you will need to incorporate functionality that is not readily available to implement in Hybrid applications. This can be solved by integrating 3rd party Cordova plug-ins in your application. However, there are some hurdles standing in the way to achieving...

Saving, Encrypting and Showing Images using Cloudant

 Nana Amfo |  July 31, 2015

OverviewThis blog post is based on Saving and Retrieving Images using Cloudant with HTTP Adapters that I made a while ago using cloudant to store a base64 encoded image. Instead of saving the encoded image I will encrypt it using WL.SecurityUtils class provided in MobileFirst Foundation. WL.SecurityUtils is a small...

CVE-2015-1835: Remote exploit in Apache Cordova

 Karen Tran |  July 30, 2015

As of June 5th 2015, this blog post acknowledges that IBM is aware of a recently published remote exploitation in Cordova for Android devices.

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation is ready for Windows10

 Srihari Kulkarni |  July 29, 2015

With contributions from Rahul Raghuvanshi & Geet Manghnani.

Serving Data to the Apple Watch & other Wearables with IBM MobileFirst

 Andrew Trice |  July 22, 2015

Since Apple recently announced they’ve achieved over $1B in sales with the Apple Watch and taken over 75% of the smartwatch market, I figured a friendly reminder that you can power the Apple Watch (and other wearable platforms) easily, securely, and efficiently with the IBM MobileFirst Platform can’t hurt… All...

IBM MobileFirst Platform and iOS 8.4

 Ajay Chebbi |  July 14, 2015

iOS 8.4 is now public. All the flagship features such as JSONStore, authentication, notifications, app management capabilities, server connectivity and adapter invocation/chaining, Cordova plug-ins, common UI controls, native pages, native elements in hybrid pages, Analytics and logging all work as expected.

Retargeting your MobileFirst Windows Phone apps to 8.1

 Srihari Kulkarni |  July 02, 2015

If you're developing Hybrid applications for Windows Phone, you might have noticed that Visual Studio allows you to retarget your apps to Windows Phone 8.1. If your using the Visual Studio 2013 Profession Edition (Update 2 or higher), you have the choice on whether your can retarget your app or...

MobileFirst tweet notifications on Apple Watch (Swift)

 Erika Hoffman |  June 18, 2015

In this blog we will do the following: Create an iOS app and use MobileFirst native API Use a MobileFirst HTTP adapter Implement tag-based push notifications to notify users when new tweets are posted Register a Twitter app and use the Twitter API to obtain a list of recent tweets...

Handling binary responses in native iOS using Java adapters

 Nathan Hazout |  June 15, 2015

Starting with MobileFirst Platform 7.0, you can send and receive arbitrary data to your client's device using Java Adapters.

An example of using Git, IBM BlueMix DevOps Services and MobileFirst Studio

 Dennis Schultz |  June 10, 2015

I introduced some basic concepts around using Git with IBM MobileFirst Platform in the last post. This post will build on that through an example using IBM Bluemix DevOps Services as the host for my repository.

Source Code Management with IBM MobileFirst Platform

 Dennis Schultz |  June 10, 2015

This is a high level overview of managing the source code of your mobile application project in the IBM MobileFirst Platform (MFP). You should come away with enough foundational knowledge to start implementing Source Code Management (SCM) in your own project.

React Native for iOS with IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation

 Chevy Hungerford |  June 03, 2015

MobileFirst Platform Foundation with React Native for iOSIn the video below I go through a simple app using the MobileFirst Platform Foundation iOS SDK and a MobileFirst Platform Foundation HTTP Adapter with React Native for iOS as the front end framework. Below I will include important snippets of how to...

Introducing Labs: Experience MobileFirst Platform with self-paced instructional videos

 Idan Adar |  May 31, 2015

Today we put the spotlight on a new section in the MobileFirst Platform Developer Center, to which we call Labs.

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Custom Authenticators and Login Modules Explained

 AntonAleksandrov |  May 29, 2015

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation provides a robust and extendable API for implementing custom authentication flows. This video blog explains each of the components required to create a custom server-side authentication infrastructure with emphasis on developer productivity and reduction of required roundtrips. After watching this blog you'll learn how to leverage...

OpenSSL Security Alert for existing apps in Google Play Store

 IdanAdar |  May 29, 2015

If you have a Worklight Foundation or MobileFirst Platform Foundation application deployed in the Google Play Store, you may soon receive the following warning issued by Google:

Managing app and data on a device (Block, Wipe and others)

 Etienne Noiret |  May 27, 2015

Managing the lifecycle of mobiles apps, often referred as Mobile Application Management (MAM), is one of the key features of MobileFirst Platform Foundation. It includes:

Ionic partners with IBM to bring Ionic Creator to the MobileFirst Platform

 Idan Adar |  May 13, 2015

Re-post from Ionic.Also see the IBM press release.

Getting familiar with IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation OAuth Security

 Anton Aleksandrov |  May 11, 2015

In recent years OAuth has become a de facto industry standard for authorization. It allows client applications to securely access protected resources on behalf of the data owner without compromising data owner's credentials.

Using Multiple Versions of the MobileFirst CLI Simultaneously

 Andrew Ferrier |  May 05, 2015

One of the things to be aware of when working with MobileFirst platform is that you can often have installed multiple versions of tools simultaneously, with a little care. This is something as IBM consultants we frequently need to do, as we work with different customers, but might also be...

Xamarin SDK for IBM MobileFirst 7.0 released

 Srihari Kulkarni |  May 02, 2015

Earlier this year, IBM released MobileFirst Platform Foundation v7.0. Among the many enhancements, this release provided standards based integration and authentication for mobile applications. MobileFirst applications can now use the MobileFirst security framework to access third party protected resources via OAuth.