Documentation and Tutorials

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Develop your applications by following the tutorials bellow: set-up your development environment, experience the product and add value by integrating with Mobile Foundation 8.0 offerings.

Product Overview

Learn about the Mobile Foundation offering.

Main Capabilities Product Components           MobileFirst Server         MobileFirst Operations Console System Requirements Licensing in MobileFirst Server Matrix of features and platforms Accessibility features for IBM Mobile Foundation Release Notes

Installation and Configuration

Set up your development or production environment to work with IBM Mobile Foundation.

Setting up the development environment           MobileFirst environment                   Installation Guide                 Using MobileFirst Server in Eclipse         Cordova environment         iOS environment         Android environment         Windows 8.1 Universal and Windows 10 UWP environments         Web environment         MobileFirst Platform Foundation installation                   Simple MobileFirst Server installation                           Installing MobileFirst Server in graphical mode                         Installing MobileFirst Server from command line                 Installing MobileFirst Server in a production environment                           Installation prerequisites                         Setting Up Databases                         Topologies and Network flows                         Installing the MobileFirst Server         Configuring the MobileFirst Server         Installing and configuring for token licensing         Installing and configuring the MobileFirst Analytics Server         Installing and configuring the MobileFirst Analytics Receiver Server         Installing and configuring the Application Center         Installation Reference         Deploying MobileFirst Server on IBM PureApplication System

Administering Applications

IBM Mobile Foundation provides several ways to administer MobileFirst applications in development or in production.

Deploying applications to test and production environments Administrating applications through the MobileFirst Operations Console Administrating applications through Ant Administrating applications through the Command-line Federal standards support in Mobile Foundation License tracking

Upgrading to IBM Mobile Foundation V8.0

Learn about product changes to prepare and plan for the migration of your MobileFirst applications.

Migrating from earlier releases           Migration Cookbook         Migrating client applications                   Migrating existing Cordova and Hybrid applications                 Migrating existing native iOS applications                 Migrating existing native Android applications                 Migrating existing native Windows applications         Migrating authentication and security concepts         Migrating existing adapters         Migrating push notifications         Migrating apps storing mobile data in Cloudant

Quick Start

Get started quickly with Mobile Foundation.

Quick Start with Cordova Quick Start with iOS Quick Start with Android Quick Start with Windows 8.1 Universal and Windows 10 UWP Quick Start with Web app Quick Start with Xamarin

API Reference

Explore the available APIs.

MobileFirst client-side API MobileFirst server-side API MobileFirst Java Token Validator API REST API for the MobileFirst Server administration service REST API for the MobileFirst Server push service REST API for the MobileFirst runtime REST API for MobileFirst Analytics and Logger

Adding the MobileFirst SDK

Add the Mobile Foundation SDK to your Cordova or Native iOS, Android, Windows 8.1 Universal or Windows 10 UWP application.

Adding the Mobile Foundation SDK to Cordova applications Adding the Mobile Foundation SDK to iOS applications Adding the Mobile Foundation SDK to Android applications Adding the Mobile Foundation SDK to Windows 8.1 Universal and Windows 10 UWP applications Adding the Mobile Foundation SDK to Web applications Adding the Mobile Foundation SDK to Xamarin applications

Developing Applications

Learn to use MobileFirst APIs: Direct Update, JSONStore, WLResourceRequest, Client-side translation, debugging applications, MobileFirst CLI and more...

Mobile Foundation SDK development in Cordova applications           Adding custom splash screens and icons to Cordova apps         Securing Cordova Applications         Developing UI for Cordova Applications Using MobileFirst CLI to manage MobileFirst artifacts Using the MobileFirst CLI in Eclipse Resource Request from client applications           Resource request from JavaScript (Cordova, Web) applications         Resource request from iOS applications         Resource request from Android applications         Resource request from Windows 8.1 Universal or Windows 10 UWP applications         Resource request from Xamarin applications JSONStore           JSONStore in Cordova applications         JSONStore in iOS applications         JSONStore in Android applications         Security utilities         Code examples Client-side log collection           Log collection in JavaScript (Cordova, Web) applications         Log collection in iOS applications         Log collection in Android applications Using Direct Update in Cordova Applications           Serving Direct Update requests from a CDN         Implementing Secure Direct Update Multilingual translation of JavaScript (Cordova, Web) applications Debugging JavaScript (Cordova, Web) applications Live Update Developing for Apple watchOS 2 Simple Data Sharing

Developing Adapters

Develop server-side code to integrate with enterprise back-end systems and cloud services.

Creating Java and JavaScript adapters JavaScript adapters           JavaScript HTTP Adapter                   Using SSL in JavaScript HTTP Adapters         JavaScript SQL Adapter         Using Java in JavaScript Adapters Java Adapters           Java HTTP adapter         Java SQL adapter Developing Adapters in Eclipse Testing and debugging adapters Server-side log collection           Log collection in Java adapters         Log collection in JavaScript adapters Advanced adapter usage and mashup Integrating with Cloudant using an adapter Cloud Functions adapter Adapters for Watson services Adapter auto-generation

Authentication and Security

Add various layers of protection to your applications.

Creating a Security Check           The Security Check Contract CredentialsValidationSecurityCheck           Implementing the security check         Implementing the challenge handler in JavaScript (Cordova, Web) applications         Implementing the challenge handler in iOS applications         Implementing the challenge handler in Android applications         Implementing the challenge handler in Windows 8.1 Universal and Windows 10 UWP applications UserAuthenticationSecurityCheck           Implementing the security check         Implementing the challenge handler in JavaScript (Cordova, Web) applications         Implementing the challenge handler in iOS applications         Implementing the challenge handler in Android applications         Implementing the challenge handler in Windows 8.1 Universal and Windows 10 UWP applications ExternalizableSecurityCheck Step Up Authentication Enrollment LTPA Security Check Confidential Clients Protecting External Resources           Trust Association Interceptor         Java Token Validation         Node.js Validation         Windows .NET Message Inspector Application Authenticity Configuring Device Single Sign-On Certificate Pinning Configuring the MobileFirst Server Keystore

Notifications

Send notifications with IBM Mobile Foundation.

Sending Notifications Handling push notifications           Handling Push Notifications in Cordova applications         Handling Push Notifications in iOS applications         Interactive notifications         Silent notifications         Handling Push Notifications in Android applications         Handling Push Notifications in Windows applications Handling SMS notifications           Handling SMS Notifications in Cordova applications         Handling SMS Notifications in Android applications         Handling SMS Notifications in iOS applications Setting Up Analytics Support for Push Notifications Push Service REST APIs

Analytics

Monitor deployed applications and adapters, gain insight on application usage, find out about errors in the wild and more.

Introduction to IBM MobileFirst Foundation Operational Analytics Using Analytics API in client applications Using Analytics REST API Elasticsearch Operations and Analytics Consoles           Managing Alerts         Configuring Log Filters         Creating Custom Charts         Scenario Loader         Push Notifications         Data Retention and Purging Analytics Workflows Best Practices           FAQs

Analytics Receiver

Optional service which receives client logs and forward them to Analytics

Introduction to IBM MobileFirst Foundation Operational Analytics Receiver

Mobile Foundation on IBM Cloud

Deploy Mobile Foundation to the cloud using IBM Cloud.

Create a MobileFirst Server instance using the Mobile Foundation IBM Cloud service Setting up Mobile Foundation on IBM Cloud Kubernetes Cluster using Helm charts Setting up MobileFirst Server on IBM Cloud Kubernetes Cluster           Setting up MobileFirst Application Center on IBM Cloud Kubernetes Cluster Setting up MobileFirst Server on IBM Cloud Private           Setting up MobileFirst Application Center on IBM Cloud Private         Logging and Tracing in IBM Cloud Private Setting up the MobileFirst Server on IBM Cloud using scripts on Liberty for Java           Securing containers         Troubleshooting

Application Center

Install, configure and use IBM MoblieFirst Foundation Application Center.

Preparations for using the mobile client Push notifications of application updates The Application Center console Command-line tool for uploading or deleting an application The mobile client Setting logging and tracing for Application Center on the application server Distributing mobile applications with Application Center tutorial

Troubleshooting common problems

Frequently asked questions and answers.

Push Notifications JSONStore Analytics

Product integration

Integrate Mobile Foundation 8.0 apps with other IBM products

List of available product integrations

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Last modified on March 12, 2020