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Re: Android app access business logic and data on i

There are many tools that will deploy to both platforms (Android and iOS) from a single source. No need to spend $s twice other than in the testing arena.

Phonegap is just one. There are also tools from IBM i specific vendors ranging from Lansa to Profound to CNX to ....

<blatantPlug> Come to RPG & DB2 Summit and you can meet all the tool builders plus talk direct to folks like Scott Klement, Mike Pavlak, and Alan Seiden - just to name three - who have been doing this stuff for a while.</blatantPlug


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On Sep 16, 2018, at 7:33 PM, midrange <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Even though title was "Android", I mentioned in original post will be both
an Android app and iOS app...
But since it's twice the $$ , I'm still trying to talk them into a good
phone/tablet html5 webpage

Jim

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Find someone influential with an iphone and make sure they know they won't
be able to use the new app

On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 11:00 AM midrange <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I lost that argument with the marketing person....
Jim

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I would forget about android and make the app browser based.

There are lots of ways to do that.

Art

On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 5:53 PM midrange <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I had not thought about Ajax calls - it makes sense.

Jim

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Check out Scott Klement's presentation on using PhoneGap with RPG.
http://scottklement.com/presentations/#MOBILERPG
<http://scottklement.com/presentations/#MOBILERPG> the presentation
and code samples are available.

The presentation includes a basic discussion of the various
approaches and pluses and minuses.

You can certainly use web services - but that still leaves the
problem of how to code the interface on the device.


Jon Paris

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On Sep 16, 2018, at 3:47 PM, midrange <franz9000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Current system is RPGLE, including cgi and the Apache web server.

Database design is "old". No flat files or multi-member stuff -
not that old..

Management wants to have an android/iOs app to submit orders (with
proper editing),

plus inquiry. No rewrite of the system to do this, just an add on.

I'm not familiar with Android type apps but would guess web services ?

This will not be heavy traffic, maybe 15 orders per hour, 20 inquiry..

My question is whether (without needing big software) web services
is to normal way to go?

Authentication is also important - current web serving is a user/pwd .

V7R3..



Jim

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