Develop native applications

Whatever the environment, the process for developing native applications shares some common elements: a native API application in MobileFirst Studio, a second project in the specific IDE, an application descriptor, and a client property file. In some environments, we can use the web view to view the application.

• Development guidelines for using native API
  Native applications need native API content, which depends on the development environment. You start from a MobileFirst project, add a second project, and define the native application from the native API application. To build and deploy the native application, you create a .wlapp file and upload it to the console.

• Develop native applications for iOS
  After we have created the native API application in MobileFirst Studio and added the second project from Xcode IDE, you edit the application descriptor and client property files, and then copy the files to the appropriate project. To work with Apple Swift language, you create a Swift project.

• Develop native applications for Android
  After we have created the native API application in MobileFirst Studio and added the second project from Eclipse IDE, you edit the application descriptor and client property files, and then copy the files to the appropriate project.

• Develop native applications for Enterprise Edition (Java EE) , Micro Edition
  After we have created the native API application in MobileFirst Studio and added the second project from Eclipse IDE, you edit the application descriptor and client property files, and then copy the files to the appropriate project.

• Develop native C# applications for Windows Phone 8
  After we have created the native API application in MobileFirst Studio and added the second project Visual Studio Express , you edit the application descriptor and client property files, and then copy the files to the appropriate project.

• Develop native C# applications for Windows 8
  After we have created the native API application in MobileFirst Studio and added the second project Visual Studio Express , you edit the application descriptor and client property files, and then copy the files to the appropriate project.

• Add MobileFirst web capabilities to an existing native app
  We can add a MobileFirst web view into an existing native Android, iOS, or Windows Phone 8 application. For example, we can transform the application from pure native to hybrid. With such a change, we can add MobileFirst web capabilities to an existing native application.

Parent topic: Develop MobileFirst applications