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Views in the Application Center client

The client provides views that are adapted to the various tasks that we want to perform.

After a successful login, we can choose among these views.

Figure 1. Views in the client application (Android, iOS, and Windows Phone operating systems)

Views available in the Android, iOS, and Windows Phone versions of the client application.

Use these views to communicate with a server to send or retrieve information about applications or to manage the applications that are located on your device.

The Windows 8 client home screen displays up to six applications in each category. On the Windows 8 client, if we want the full list of applications in a category, click the title of the category.

Figure 2. Client home screen on Windows 8

Home screen with the applications available in each category (Catalog, Favorites, Updates).

Here are descriptions of the different views.

Catalog

This view shows the applications that can be installed on a device.

Favorites

This view shows the list of applications that you marked as favorites.

Updates

This view shows all applications that you marked as favorite apps and that have a later version available in Application Center than the version, if any, installed on the device.

When we first start the mobile client, it opens the Login view for us to enter your user name, password, and the address of the Application Center server. This information is mandatory.


Displays on different device types

The layout of the views is specific to the Android, iOS, Windows Phone, or Windows 8 environment, even though the common functions that we can perform in the views are the same for all operating systems. Different device types might have different page displays. On the phone, a list is displayed. On a tablet, a grid of applications is used.

Figure 3. Catalog view on a phone

Screen layout of the Catalog view on a mobile phone.

Figure 4. Catalog view on a tablet

Screen layout of the Catalog view on a tablet.


Features of the views

On an Android or iOS tablet, we can sort the lists by tapping one of the sort criteria.

On a Windows Phone, Android, or iOS phone, sort criteria are available through the sort button.

On the Windows 8 client, we can sort the list of applications within a category. To sort the applications, select from the list of sort criteria in the Sort By field.

Field to access the list of sort criteria on Windows 8 client.

Applications that are marked as favorites are indicated by a star that is superposed on the application icon.

The average rating of the latest version of an application is shown by using a number of stars and the number of ratings received. See Preparations for using the mobile client for how to show the rating of all versions of the application instead of the latest version only.

Tapping an application in the list opens the Details view of the latest installed version of this application.

To refresh the view, tap the refresh button: Button to refresh the view. or, on Windows 8, Button to refresh the view on Windows 8 client..

To return to the login page:


The Details view

Tapping an application in the Catalog, Favorites, or Updates view opens the Details view where we can see details of the application properties. Details of the application version are displayed in this view.

On Android, iOS, and Windows Phone clients, the following details of the application version are displayed:

On Windows 8 client the following details of the application version are displayed:

We can take the following actions in this view.

Parent topic: The mobile client