Example: Upgrading a mobile application in MobileFirst Server and the Application Center
We can upgrade deployed mobile applications using a combination of the operations console and the Application Center. The mobile client of the Application Center must be installed on the mobile device. The HelloWorld application must be installed on the mobile device, and must connect to MobileFirst Server when the application is running. We can use this procedure to update Android, iOS, and Windows Phone applications that have been deployed on MobileFirst Server and also in the Application Center. In this task, the application HelloWorld version 1.0 is already deployed on MobileFirst Server and in the Application Center. HelloWorld version 2.0 is released and we would like users of version 1.0 to upgrade to the later version.
To deploy the new version of the application:
- Deploy HelloWorld 2.0 in the Application Center.
- From the Application Details page, copy the setting of the external URL.
- When the external URL is copied to the clipboard, open the operations console.
- Change the access rule of HelloWorld version 1.0 to "Access Disabled".
- Paste the external URL into the URL field.
When a mobile device connects to MobileFirst Server to try to run HelloWorld version 1.0, the device user is requested to upgrade the version of the application.
- Click Upgrade to open the Application Center client. When the login details are correctly completed, you access the Details page of HelloWorld version 2.0 directly.
Parent topic: The Application Center console