All blog posts tagged "MobileFirst Platform"

Mobile Foundation Cordova plug-in updated to support cordova-android@11.x

The Apache community released cordova-android@11.0.0, which has support for Android 32 API Level (Android Version 12). As stated in the...

Mobile Foundation compatibility for iOS 16

Apple recently introduced the latest version of its iOS operating system, iOS 16 which is available for users from September...

Mobile Foundation compatibility for Android 13 RC

Similar to the earlier releases, Android 13 includes behavior changes, new features and APIs that may affect your app. Android...

STRENGTHENING PRE-AUTH ENDPOINT

The interim fix 8.0.0.0-MFPF-IF202010151343 introduced a breaking change to support compatibility with older versions of the Mobile Foundation server. If...

Impact of Apache Log4j vulnerability CVE-2021-44228 on IBM Mobile Foundation

A vulnerability has been reported in the Apache Log4j open source library in the CVE-2021-44228.

Mobile Foundation compatibility for Android 12 and iOS 15

The ongoing pandemic has affected all our lives in more ways than one in 2020 and still continues to be...

Mobile Foundation Cordova plugin updated to support cordova-android@10.x

Apache Community released cordova-android@10.0.0 which has support for Android 30 API Level (Android Version 11). As stated in the blog...

Mobile Foundation with Upgraded Version Of OkHttp

Mobile Foundation (MF) Android SDK uses OkHttp third party library to establish the communication between MF client and server. Starting...

HTTP2 Protocol support for AIX

APNS has announced that they will no longer support legacy binary protocol from March 31st, 2021. Users have been asked...

Adding delay to avoid notification alert getting lost in iOS

Sometimes, in iOS devices, if the notification opens when the application is not running or is in the background, then...

Apple stops legacy binary protocol based notifications

APNS has announced that they will no longer support legacy binary protocol from March 31, 2021. Users have been asked...

Migrating Mobile Foundation deployed using BYOL scripts to Helm based deployment on IBM Cloud Kubernetes Cluster

Deploying Mobile Foundation (MF) using Helm on IBM Cloud Kubernetes cluster provides many advantages compared to using scripts. The following...

IBM Mobile Foundation Support for iOS 14

We are pleased to announce IBM Mobile Foundation v8.0 providing Day 0 suport for Apple’s latest iOS operation system version...

Mobile Foundation Support for Android 11

We all know that Google I/O did not happen due to the ongoing pandemic, however, Google made sure developer previews...

Rich push notifications in Android & iOS

A rich push notification is a push notification with a rich media attachment. Mobile Foundation v8.0 supports different rich push...

Appsody stack and OpenShift Do component for Mobile Foundation

Developing a microservice from scratch is generally a cumbersome process. Components or stacks help microservice developers to jump-start their apps...

IBM Mobile Foundation as software on IBM Cloud is now Generally Available

We are happy to announce the general availability of IBM Mobile Foundation as software on IBM Cloud.

Announcing Mobile Foundation Updates in Cloud Pak for Applications V4.2

We are happy to announce new features and updates to Mobile Foundation, which is available as part of Cloud Pak...

Announcing Mobile Foundation Migration Studio

We have a great news to share with our MobileFirst Platform Foundation v7.1 customers. Today, we are happy to announce...

Mobile Foundation support for Ionic 5

We are happy to announce that IBM Mobile Foundation v8.0 officially supports the latest Ionic 5. Ionic 5 was released...

iOS 2020 Requirements - Is your App Ready?

During the last several months, Apple has made a few announcements that can affect your app. This post lists the...

Installing Mobile Foundation Server with Ant tasks - FAQs

This blog will provide you quick and handy information on installing Mobile Foundation (MF) server components using ANT Tasks.

Discontinuation of UIWebView and its implication on MobileFirst apps

UIWebView is by Apple since June 2018. However, this recent announcement by Apple brings an end to the use of...

IBM Mobile Foundation Server Installation and Configuration

Installation and configuration of Mobile Foundation (MF) server comprise of steps that can be carried out easily, as explained in...

IBM Mobile Foundation Server Silent Installation FAQs

This blog gives you quick and handy information on the FAQs related to Silent Installation of Mobile Foundation (MF) Server....

IBM Mobile Foundation and iOS 13

iOS 13 is here and IBM Mobile Foundation is pleased to announce that we have embraced the iOS 13 upgrade...

Announcing the availability of IBM Mobile Foundation for Red Hat OpenShift Container platform

We are happy to announce the availability of IBM Mobile Foundation for Red Hat® OpenShift Container Platform. Customers can now...

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Support for iOS 13

Update: Please refer our latest blog for the latest news on iOS13 compatibility with MobileFirst .

IBM Mobile Foundation and Android 10

Android 10 is here and IBM Mobile Foundation is ready for it.

Addressing Security Scan Findings In Mobile Foundation Apps

Most organizations mandate mobile apps to undergo code scanning and pen tests before they can be uploaded to public app...

Mobile Foundation 8.0 is now available as a certified Cloud Pak

We are happy to announce the availability of IBM Mobile Foundation 8.0 as a certified Cloud Pak.

MobileFirst with Google App Bundle and Dynamic Delivery In Native Android Apps

Google I/O 2018 announced a new publishing format for Android Developers - Android App Bundle.

Should I use App Update or Direct Update?

Google I/O 2019 brought in a flurry of new feature announcements. One of the less publicised feature was that of...

Leverage IBM Support Portal to stay on top of support updates for Mobile Foundation

IBM Support Portal is the single destination for all your support requirements related to IBM products.The all-new experience offered by...

64-bit Google Play Store Compliance for MobileFirst

Update 31 Jul 2019: A new set of JSONStore SDKs have been published ( Android Native ibmmobilefirstplatformfoundationjsonstore v8.0.2019072505, Cordova cordova-plugin-mfp-jsonstore...

Mobile Foundation compatibility for Android Q Beta version

Google has announced the next version of Android, which is Android Q. The developer preview of Android Q was launched...

IBM MobileFirst and iOS12

iOS12 is here and IBM MobileFirst is pleased to announce that we have embraced the iOS12 upgrade gracefully like every...

Update your MobileFirst Android apps to API Level 26

If you have been following the mobile developers’ chatter on the internet, you are probably already aware that new apps...

IBM MobileFirst and Android Pie

Android Pie is here and IBM MobileFirst is ready for it.

Db2 Q-replication for MobileFirst 8.0 in an Active-Active Configuration

Deploying a mobile application is more than just building a mobile application and deploying it to the public app store....

Power your React Native apps with IBM Mobile Foundation

Dear React Native developers, a warm welcome to you to IBM Mobile Foundation. Today, we are pleased to announce the...

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Support for iOS 12

Update: Please refer our latest blog for the latest news on iOS12 compatibility with MobileFirst .

MobileFirst Platform Foundation compatibility for Android P Beta Version

Google announced the next version of Android, which is Android P in March 2018. The developer preview of Android P...

Custom property setting needed for MobileFirst Foundation with WebSphere Application Server (WAS) ND version 8.5.5.12 and upwards

This post describes an error seen with MobileFirst Foundation installation on WAS ND 8.5.5.12 and upward versions and the workaround...

Rapidly develop MobileFirst apps using Ionic Creator

In this blog post you will learn how to add IBM MobileFirst capability to an Ionic v3 application developed using...

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Support for iOS 11 and iPhone X

Every year Apple releases a new version of iOS, and with every new release MobileFirst keeps up the promise of...

MobileFirst Platform Foundation compatibility for Android Oreo Version

On the day of the first total solar eclipse to sweep across the US in 99 years, Google released the...

Compatibility tests for iOS 11 with supported MobileFirst Platform Foundation releases

Please refer our latest blog for the latest news on iOS11 compatibility with MobileFirst .

MobileFirst Platform Foundation compatibility for Android O Beta Version

Update: Announcing support for Android Oreo for IBM MobileFirst v7.1 and v8.0.

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Stretching product topologies to delight customers

Maurizio Luinetti is an Executive Architect for IBM Software providing technical leadership and driving client adoption of IBM architectures, designing...

Support plan for Apple and Google's next mobile OS releases

IBM plans to provide service updates to IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1 and IBM MobileFirst Foundation 8.0 (either on-perm or...

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Support for iOS 10

The MobileFirst Platform Foundation v6.3 to v8.0 are supported on iOS 10. Read more on our support plan here.

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1 And Ionic 2 - Going forward at your own pace

IntroductionAs human beings, many of us spend a great deal of time thinking about the future. We can’t wait to...

Compatibility tests for iOS 10 with supported MobileFirst Platform Foundation releases

Apple announced iOS 10 mid-June during their annual WWDC conference. This release of iOS includes many new user and developer...

Quick Review of Challenge Handlers in MobileFirst Foundation 8.0

Challenge handlers have changed between 8.0 beta and 8.0 GA. If you have used challenge handlers in previous versions of...

Migrating apps and adapters to MobileFirst Foundation 8.0

With the release of MobileFirst Foundation 8.0 (in beta form, and now generally available) on-premise 8.0 or Mobile Foundation service,...

IBM MobileFirst Studio 8.0 Plug-in for Eclipse Now Available

The IBM MobileFirst Studio 8.0 Plug-in for Eclipse is now available in the Eclipse Marketplace!Use this plug-in to manage your...

Protecting IBM MobileFirst Foundation 8.0 application traffic using IBM DataPower

Note: This article was written for MobileFirst Foundation 8.0. For a similar topic on 7.1 see Protecting IBM MobileFirst Platform...

Fixing the incompatibility between Cordova Statusbar Plug-in and MobileFirst Foundation 8.0

When integrating the cordova-plugin-statusbar to an iOS Cordova application that uses the MobileFirst Cordova SDK for MobileFirst Foundation 8.0, you...

Support plan for Apple's iOS 10 release

iOS 10 may be announced in Apple’s upcoming World Wide Developer Conference next week (June 13th - 17th).Update: announced!IBM plans...

MobileFirst Platform Quality Assurance 7.0 is now available!

IBM MobileFirst Platform Quality Assurance 7.0 is now available on IBM Passport Advantage and Fix Central! The new version includes...

Mobile Foundation Bluemix beta service winding down - formal release coming

Dear Mobile Foundation Beta participants,We’re delighted to share that we’ve had a successful Beta run for the Mobile Foundation Bluemix...

Mobile App Builder – new service now available

As originally posted in the Bluemix Developer Center.

Announcing IBM Mobile Analytics for Bluemix experimental service

As originally posted in the Bluemix Developer Center.

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Responds to Google Play Store Announcement of Blocking Apps Using Vulnerable OpenSSL Version

[UPDATE Sept. 29, 2016] Update to iFix level 6.3.0.00.20160526-2153 or later to avoid OpenSSL issues on MobileFirst Platform Foundation 6.3....

Automatic testing of Adapters in IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8.0 Beta (Part 1)

IntroductionSoftware testing is an important aspect in software development. It is so critical, that most organizations won’t even publish a...

Spring framework integration with Adapters in IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8.0 Beta

IntroductionOften when developing more advanced Java adapters (and JAX-RS services in general)The need for writing more modular, testable and decoupled...

Working with LDAP and LTPA in IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8.0 Beta

IntroductionThe ability to connect an application to a user registry is an important ability. You might want your users to...

MobileFirst Applications and enterprise backend service integration using Open API

OverviewThe MobileFirst Java Adapter is a simple and secure extension point on the MobileFirst Platform using which you can quickly...

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation support for iOS 9.3.1

Apple’s iOS 9.3.1 released earlier this March packs in new features to its mobile operating system for iPhone and iPad....

Steps to configure Mobile Foundation Service to connect to on-premises Analytics server

Note: This blog post refers to MobileFirst server running on IBM Containers. For instructions for MobileFirst server running on Liberty...

Leverage Social Login In IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8.0

IntroductionThis blog continues from my previous blog about Social Login, it is recommended to read that previous blog first.

Getting Started with Ionic and MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8.0 Beta

This video shows you how to quickly get started with Ionic and MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8.0.See how the new version...

Implementing Social Login Authentication with IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8.0

IntroductionSocial Login has become a common authentication method in many mobile apps. App owners and users understand the big value...

MobileFirst Platform Foundation compatibility for Android N

Update: The JSONStore issues on Android N are addressed in the following iFixes MobileFirst Platform Foundation 6.3.0.0-MFPF-IF201609272209 MobileFirst Platform Foundation...

Guidelines for developing IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation V7.1 artifacts

OverviewAs the world evolves towards standard development practices, so is IBM® and its MobileFirst™ Platform Foundation (“the product”). This document...

Android Studio and Gradle Support for IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation v7.1

Starting with iFix build IF20160224-2343 and later builds, hybrid Android applications created with IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation v7.1 of Studio,...

Sample implementation for the SimpleCaptcha Security Check

OverviewIn this blog post I will demonstrate an Objective-C implementation for the “SimpleCaptcha” security check.The security check can be downloaded...

Apple watchOS 2.0 support in MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8.0 Beta

To follow through this blog post, make sure to first join the MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8.0 Beta Program.

Using IntelliJ to Develop MobileFirst Java Adapters

In MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8.0 adapters are Maven projects. This means that you can easily create, develop, build, deploy and...

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8.0 beta is now available

The MobileFirst team is happy to announce you that IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8.0 Beta is available!

HowTo: Set Up an Offline IBM MobileFirst 8.0 Development Environment

OverviewIBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation supports offline development, but requires modified installation steps as detailed below. For additional development tutorials and...

How to update the truststore in the Mobile Foundation service on Bluemix

Note: This procedure is no longer valid. Use the trust store capability in the MFP console for adding certificates for...

Getting Started With the MobileFirst Platform Development CLI 8.0 on Bluemix and the Development Kit

Using the new MobileFirst Platform Development CLI to register and run mobile appsThis video shows you how to quickly get...

Known Limitations & Workarounds for the Cordova Workflow in IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8.0 Beta

[UPDATE Apr. 9, 2016] There were several Cordova releases this past week that resolve the issues listed below. Get the...

Known Limitations in the MobileFirst Development CLI 8.0 Beta

The development CLI in the MobileFirst Platform Foundation 8.0 beta has the following known limitations and workarounds:

Sessions in MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1 Operational Analytics

When do sessions show up in the MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1 Operational Analytics console?

Connecting securely from IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation on Bluemix to on-premises systems

Note: This blog post refers to MobileFirst server running on IBM Containers. For instructions for MobileFirst server running on Liberty...

How to update the JRE related security files on IBM MobileFirst Foundation on Bluemix

This post provides the steps to follow if you are facing JRE security related errors while using the IBM MobileFirst...

HowTo: Use a CDN with an Express web application

OverviewIn this tutorial we are learning what is a Content Delivery Network (CDN), what are the benefits, and how to...

CVE-2015-5256: Apache Cordova vulnerable to improper application of whitelist restrictions on Android

[UPDATE Feb. 24, 2016]Cordova has updated their announcement regarding CVE-2015-5256. Follow the link for more information: http://cordova.apache.org/announcements/2015/11/20/security.html.

Protecting IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation application traffic using IBM DataPower

Note: This article was written for MobileFirst Foundation 7.1. For a similar topic on 8.0 see Protecting IBM MobileFirst Platform...

Introducing the developerWorks Cloud Architecture Center

At Interconnect this year, the IBM Cloud team and developerWorks are launching a new entry point into our cloud platform....

Connecting securely from IBM MobileFirst on Containers to on-premise systems

Note: This blog post refers to connecting a on-prem database as the admin and run time DB for the MobileFirst...

Try IBM Mobile Quality Assurance (MQA) at IBM InterConnect 2016!

OverviewThe technical conference is a great place to network, learn, and hopefully have some fun.

IBM MobileFirst supports Windows 10 Mobile

Late last year, Microsoft released two mobiles - the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL phones that came pre-loaded with...

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Responds to Google Play Store Announcement of Blocking Apps Using Vulnerable Cordova Versions

[UPDATE Sept. 28, 2016] Update to a later iFix to avoid both OpenSSL and Cordova vulnerabilities

HowTo: Send Custom Data to the MobileFirst Analytics Server from adapters or any java application

OverviewSending custom data from your MobileFirst 7.1 apps to the Operational Analytics Server can be accomplished by using the log...

Tips & Tricks for troubleshooting IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation Containers on IBM Bluemix

MobileFirst Platform Foundation for IBM Bluemix Container - Starter

IBM Mobile Quality Assurance has a new look!

A new year is a great time for a fresh start and improvement. IBM® Mobile Quality Assurance for Bluemix® has...

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation on IBM Containers – development, production workloads

What’s new in MobileFirst platform v7.1?The MobileFirst platform v7.1 can now be deployed and run on IBM Bluemix.

An IoT Cloud, Bluemix and MobileFirst Sample - What makes you happy?

IntroductionQuestion: What makes you happy, in the current and future world? IoT, PaaS or Mobile?

HowTo: Custom In-App Behavior Analytics

Overview

Continuous Delivery with IBM Bluemix DevOps Services

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation (rel. 7.1 – hereafter referred to as MFPF), is now available on Bluemix. The main components...

DefinitelyTyped project for IBM MobileFirst and Hybrid Mobile Apps

I’ve blogged before about the client-side API for hybrid mobile apps built on IBM MobileFirst. One of the things I’ve...

Foundation 7.1 Accessibility and Application Crash Analytics Support is now available

This month IBM MobileFirst™ Platform Foundation released two new features in an iFix for Operational Analytics, accessibility, and application crash...

MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1 Performance Testing for Session Independent Mode (OAuth model)

##OverviewThe purpose of this page is to describe how to run performance tests on the different features of the MFP...

CVE-2015-5257/CVE-2015-8320: Weak Randomization of BridgeSecret for Apache Cordova Android

As of November 25, 2015, this blog post acknowledges that IBM is aware that Cordova announced two CVEs for vulnerabilities...

Multi-line GCM notification in Android

Isn’t it frustrating that even with a big screen Android phone, you cannot read a Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) push...

Please take part in our Mobile Developers' Survey

We at IBM MobileFirst Platform team spend a lot of time creating new stuff. in our daily race to make...

Mobile Quality Assurance delivers export feedback

I’ve always been sort of fascinated by the speed and convenience of mail delivery services in the United States. In...

IBM Mobile Quality Assurance adds bug-tracking integration and sentiment analysis results for India

One of the nice things about new features is that they can provide you with the solution to the one...

Xamarin SDK for MobileFirst Foundation is 1 year old!

October 8th - the IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation (aka Worklight) Xamarin SDK turned 1! Agreed – this blog post is...

Running ibm-mobilefirst-starter container locally

Disclaimer: The solution discussed herein is from my own personal experience as a developer using the MobileFirst platform and do...

Using MFP Adapters as an endpoint for Analytics Alerts webhooks

Alerting in MFP Analytics now allows users to set alerts around their analytics data that will notify them when a...

JS errors in MFP Windows Universal apps when using AngularJS

Have you experienced the "add dynamic content Errors" in MFP Windows Universal apps?

MQA plays nicely with Cordova

My brother and I never got along when we were kids. I suppose that happens with most siblings. I would...

Best Practice - Capturing Client Logs and Analytics

Do you need to capture raw debug logs from devices in production from the field? Do you want to capture...

Enhance MobileFirst Cordova app using Visual Studio 2015

Exploring and Coding are part of every developer's life. While exploring you may come across many technologies, tools, libraries etc....

MobileFirst Analytics - Quick & Dirty Clusters

Since you've read the MobileFirst Analytics - Planning for Production blog post, you're ready to get some practice setting up...

CVE-2015-5204 HTTP header injection vulnerability in Apache Cordova Android File-Transfer Plugin

As of October 6, 2015, this blog post acknowledges that IBM is aware of the recent vulnerability in the Apache...

MobileFirst Services on Bluemix now support Android and Open Source SDKs

When IBM Bluemix started, the opportunity for mobile developers was an obvious one. It takes only a quick look at...

New lab series for MFP 7.1 has been released!

Greetings!We just published new hybrid hands-on lab series for MobileFirst Platform 7.1

Ready-to-go Bluemix Web App to speed up MobileFirst Platform Foundation deployment to IBM Bluemix Containers

Have you tried deploying the MobileFirst Platform to IBM Containers before? If yes, you would have used a bunch of...

MobileFirst Analytics - Planning for Production

MobileFirst Analytics – Pre-productionPart of the value of MobileFirst Platform (MFP) Foundation is the out-of-the-box, simple, integrated analytics reporting and...

Updated features and a new addition to Mobile Quality Assurance

As you may know, the IBM Mobile Quality Assurance (MQA) team recently released the latest MQA SDKs. If you have...

How to Customize Ionic Styles in MobileFirst Platform/Ionic Hybrid Application

Before getting started, I would like to give the credit to my teammate Jeff Tennenbaum, who figured out how to...

Connect your iOS 9 app to Bluemix today

Our mobile backend applications are compatible with iOS 9. We tested our samples after upgrading them to the iOS 9...

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation is ready for iOS 9. Are you?

The recent announce of the much anticipated iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus and iPad Pro as well as iOS 9.0...

Hybrid Mobile Development and MobileFirst 7.1 - Increasing the Awesome

Working with hybrid mobile apps and MobileFirst 7.0 was a bit complex as the process was somewhat removed from what...

Getting Started With IBM MobileFirst and Node.js APIs built with LoopBack

IBM recently announced the acquisition of StrongLoop, creators of the LoopBack enterprise Node.js framework and active contributors to the Node.js community.

Configure Push notifications proxy for MobileFirst Server

There are cases where security guidelines / restrictions in the datacenter mandate that servers inside the datacenter cannot open outbound...

ATS and Bitcode in iOS 9

Note: Starting IBM MobileFirst Foundation 8.0 Bitcode is now supported.

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

App Transport Security is one of the new features enforced by Apple to improve secure communications between App and Web...

Integrating StrongLoop with MobileFirst Platform

OverviewMost mobile applications need to access data stored in the enterprise's back-end system of records and other back-end systems. The...

Integrating MQA into Xamarin.Android app

It all started when I received an email seeking help on using MQA or to be more precise integrating MQA into...

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

Note: This procedure is no longer applicable. Use the VPN service for MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1 on Containers. For instructions...

Filling in the blanks with 7.1 Analytics

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

First lab series for MFP 7.1 has been released

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

Integrating IBM MobileFirst on Bluemix Containers with Bluemix Services

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

Let me start this post with a disclaimer that "Don't panic by reading the post title". It might look bit...

Handling binary responses in native Android using Java adapters

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

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

Last week, we announced the general availability of IBM MobileFirst Platform v7.1. Today, we are announcing the availability of the...

Debugging a MobileFirst Sliverlight and Windows 8.1 Universal Apps

In this blog I will share a few ways of debugging or troubleshooting an MobileFirst Windows Silverlight and Windows 8.1...

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

IBM MobileFirst 7.1 has started the support for the Windows Universal app development paradigm. In a previous post I had...

Certificate Pinning in IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1

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

Converting a MobileFirst Hybrid application to a Cordova application

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation v7.1 introduces support for creating Cordova applications using the MobileFirst Command Line Interface (CLI).In this type...

Handling the Applicative State in MobileFirst Platform Foundation v7.1

In previous versions of MobileFirst Platform Foundation, the logged-in state of clients was wholly dependent on an HTTP session. After...

IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1 is here

We are pleased to announce the Generally Availability of IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation 7.1!This new release is packed with many...

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

When developing mobile applications you may come across situations where you will need to incorporate functionality that is not readily...

Saving, Encrypting and Showing Images using Cloudant

OverviewThis blog post is based on Saving and Retrieving Images using Cloudant with HTTP Adapters that I made a while...

CVE-2015-1835: Remote exploit in Apache Cordova

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

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

Since Apple recently announced they’ve achieved over $1B in sales with the Apple Watch and taken over 75% of the...

Retargeting your MobileFirst Windows Phone apps to 8.1

If you're developing Hybrid applications for Windows Phone, you might have noticed that Visual Studio allows you to retarget your...

MobileFirst tweet notifications on Apple Watch (Swift)

In this blog we will do the following: Create an iOS app and use MobileFirst native API Use a MobileFirst...

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

I introduced some basic concepts around using Git with IBM MobileFirst Platform in the last post. This post will build on...

Source Code Management with IBM MobileFirst Platform

This is a high level overview of managing the source code of your mobile application project in the IBM MobileFirst...

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

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

OpenSSL Security Alert for existing apps in Google Play Store

If you have a Worklight Foundation or MobileFirst Platform Foundation application deployed in the Google Play Store, you may soon...

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

Managing the lifecycle of mobiles apps, often referred as Mobile Application Management (MAM), is one of the key features of...

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

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

Getting familiar with IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation OAuth Security

In recent years OAuth has become a de facto industry standard for authorization. It allows client applications to securely access...

Using Multiple Versions of the MobileFirst CLI Simultaneously

One of the things to be aware of when working with MobileFirst platform is that you can often have installed...

Recent changes to Apple's app submission review process

Recently (April 2015) Apple has tweaked a bit the tests performed on .ipa files as part of the App Store...

Using HTTP Adapters to access Watson Question and Answer service at IBM Bluemix

Important:IBM Watson Question and Answer service has been disconinued. See https://developer.ibm.com/watson/blog/2015/11/11/watson-question-and-answer-service-to-be-withdrawn/

Saving and Retrieving Images using Cloudant with HTTP Adapters

OverviewCloudant is a DBaaS, Database-As-A-Service, that manages and scales fast growing data sets. Cloudant is built under Couchdb, a NoSQL...

Custom Network Analytics for iOS Apps

OverviewIn the 7.0 release of MobileFirst Platform Foundation, the WLAnalytics API for native iOS has been expanded to include 2...

An overview of using the Ionic Framework with MobileFirst Hybrid Mobile Applications

For the past few weeks, I've been spending a lot of time exploring hybrid mobile applications with IBM MobileFirst. I...

Managing PDF documents in a hybrid app for offline availability [Updated for MFP 7]

this article is a refreshed version of a previous article updated for IBM MobileFirst Platform 7.0. Indeed, the version 7.0...

Using ProGuard in Hybrid and Native Android applications

Starting MobileFirst Platform v7.0, you can use Android ProGuard to obfuscate Android code and block reverse engineering attempts of the...

Support for iPhone 6/6 Plus-compatible application resolution in MobileFirst Platform v6.3 and earlier

The below is related only to MobileFirst Platform 6.3 and below.In iOS, the application resolution is defined by the launch...

OOTB support for BlackBerry WebWorks 2.2

Contributed by: Rahul RaghuvanshiBlackBerry released WebWorks SDK 2.0 beta in Q1 2014 for the BlackBerry 10.x OS. We had previoulsy...

Working with JSONStore Collections (Join)

OverviewCurrently, JSONStore does not have a dedicated feature to join collection like most relational databases. However, you can utilize shared...

Developing a Xamarin.Forms app for IBM MobileFirst

A detailed walk thru of developing a Android and iOS Xamarin.forms app for IBM MobileFirst

Protecting adapter procedures for backend access

OverviewMobileFirst Platform Foundation Server allows to protect adapter procedures via several types of authentication, using security tests, realms and login...

Changing the Server URL during runtime

IntroductionAn often requested feature by customers for MobileFirst Platform (previously Worklight) is having the ability to change, during runtime, the...

Active/Active topology for the MobileFirst Platform Foundation Server

If you are deploying a MobileFirst Platform Foundation (aka Worklight) application and you are wondering how you will deploy the...