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ADH10
Overcoming the Challenges of
Mobile Development in the
Enterprise
Roy Cornelissen
Mobile Lead Consultant
Xpirit Netherlands @roycornelissen
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Pretty pictures are for consumers...
We could get away
with applications
that looked like this.
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• IT department dictates
• “It’s ready when it’s ready”
• Siloed architectures
• ”The ESB fixes everything”
• No need for fancy UI’s
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§ Catching the Mobile
Moment
§ Delivering software at a
different pace
§ Mobile isn’t neutral
§ Distribution
§ New types of architecture
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Catching the mobile moment
Identify
Design
Engineer
Analyze
IDEA Cycle
Forrester Research
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Catching the mobile moment
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Product
vs
Project
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Mobile isn’t neutral
On desktop, you designed for the web
On mobile, you design for the platform
http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2015/9/26/mobile-is-not-a-neutral-platform
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BYOD
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Enterprise
Management
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All devices
by
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Corporate Data
to
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Intune
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What about
Privacy?
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What about
Older devices?
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What about
Low end devices?
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Vendor “Magic box” Xamarin
App logic
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Wrapper
App
EMM API
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Wrapper
Core OS layer
API layer
Cross platform
layer
Application layer
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Wrapper
Core OS layer
API layer Xamarin
Application layer
ModernHttpClient
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APK
File I/O
SQLite
IOCipher
SQLCipher
Java
.dll
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iOS 6: DIY
iOS 7+: requires PIN
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Wrapper
App
Requires
an SDK
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right there m’kay?
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“We don’t see
much demand”
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“The API’s are
not ready yet”
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Let’s stick to
standards
Forget custom
solutions
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appconfig.org
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Leverage OS
features instead
Wrapping is too
cumbersome
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var keyValue = NSUserDefaults
.StandardUserDefaults
.DictionaryForKey
("com.apple.configuration.managed")
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.ToString ();
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var keyValue = NSUserDefaults
.StandardUserDefaults
.DictionaryForKey
("com.apple.feedback.managed")
["name_of setting"] = "value";
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...
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...
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android.intent.action
.APPLICATION_RESTRICTIONS_CHANGED
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UserManager
.getApplicationRestrictions()
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Core OS layer
API layer Xamarin
Application layer
ModernHttpClient
VPN
per
App
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1
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EMM platforms
are immature
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EMM platforms are
unaware of cross
platform tools
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Assess every
architectural decision
or guideline
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Data protection and
policies should be
built into the app
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Use mobile optimized
middleware for
integration
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AppConfig initiative
looks promising but it’s
just a start
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