For up-to-date product documentation, see the IBM MobileFirst Foundation Developer Center.
Develop Cordova apps for iOS
Details relevant to developing Cordova apps for iOS with MobileFirst are provided here.
Note: MobileFirst development is supported in Xcode from version 7.1 by using iOS 8.0 and later.
Note: The MobileFirst iOS SDK supports ARC (Automatic Reference Counting).The default MobileFirst application that is generated for the iPhone/iPad environment also supports ARC. Refer to the Apple documentation for more details on ARC.
- Cordova iOS applications with MobileFirst start-up flow
The MobileFirst framework is initialized in the iOS platform to display a WebView in the Cordova app with MobileFirst.- MobileFirst Cordova plug-in initialization of analytics
The MobileFirst Cordova plug-in prepares your iOS app for sending analytics data to the server. If your app does not require analytics, this code can be removed.- Enabling OpenSSL for Cordova iOS
The MobileFirst iOS SDK uses native iOS APIs for cryptography. We can configure the MobileFirst V8.0.0 to use the OpenSSL cryptography library in your Cordova iOS app.- Enforcing TLS-secure connections for Cordova iOS
From iOS 9 Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol version 1.2 must be enforced in all iOS apps. We can disable this and bypass the iOS 9 requirement for development purposes.
Parent topic: Develop Cordova applications