Overcoming the challenges of mobile development in the enterprise

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1. ADH10 Overcoming the Challenges of Mobile Development in the Enterprise

   Roy Cornelissen Mobile Lead Consultant Xpirit Netherlands @roycornelissen
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3. Pretty pictures are for consumers... We could get away with

   applications that looked like this. @roycornelissen

4. • IT department dictates • “It’s ready when it’s ready”

   • Siloed architectures • ”The ESB fixes everything” • No need for fancy UI’s @roycornelissen

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6. § Catching the Mobile Moment § Delivering software at a

   different pace § Mobile isn’t neutral § Distribution § New types of architecture @roycornelissen

7. Catching the mobile moment Identify Design Engineer Analyze IDEA Cycle

   Forrester Research @roycornelissen

8. Catching the mobile moment @roycornelissen Product vs Project

9. 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 @roycornelissen

10. BYOD @roycornelissen

11. Enterprise Management @roycornelissen

12. All devices by @roycornelissen

13. Corporate Data to @roycornelissen

14. Intune

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16. What about Privacy?

17. What about Older devices?

18. What about Low end devices?

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25. Vendor “Magic box” Xamarin App logic

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28. Wrapper App EMM API @roycornelissen

29. Wrapper Core OS layer API layer Cross platform layer Application

    layer @roycornelissen

30. Wrapper Core OS layer API layer Xamarin Application layer ModernHttpClient

    @roycornelissen

31. APK File I/O SQLite IOCipher SQLCipher Java .dll @roycornelissen

32. iOS 6: DIY iOS 7+: requires PIN @roycornelissen

33. Wrapper App Requires an SDK @roycornelissen

34. right there m’kay? @roycornelissen

35. “We don’t see much demand” @roycornelissen

36. “The API’s are not ready yet” @roycornelissen

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38. Let’s stick to standards Forget custom solutions @roycornelissen

39. appconfig.org @roycornelissen

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41. Leverage OS features instead Wrapping is too cumbersome @roycornelissen

42. var keyValue = NSUserDefaults .StandardUserDefaults .DictionaryForKey ("com.apple.configuration.managed") ["name_of_setting"] .ToString ();

    @roycornelissen

43. var keyValue = NSUserDefaults .StandardUserDefaults .DictionaryForKey ("com.apple.feedback.managed") ["name_of setting"] =

    "value"; @roycornelissen

44. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <restrictions xmlns:android= "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" > <restriction android:key="string" android:title="string

    resource" android:restrictionType="bool" android:description="string resource" android:entries="string-array resource" android:entryValues="string-array resource" android:defaultValue="reference" /> <restriction ... /> ... </restrictions> @roycornelissen

45. <application ... > <meta-data android:name="android.content.APP_RESTRICTIONS" android:resource="@xml/app_restrictions" /> ... </application> @roycornelissen

46. android.intent.action .APPLICATION_RESTRICTIONS_CHANGED @roycornelissen

47. UserManager .getApplicationRestrictions() @roycornelissen

48. Core OS layer API layer Xamarin Application layer ModernHttpClient VPN

    per App @roycornelissen

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53. EMM platforms are immature @roycornelissen

54. EMM platforms are unaware of cross platform tools @roycornelissen

55. Assess every architectural decision or guideline @roycornelissen

56. Data protection and policies should be built into the app

    @roycornelissen

57. Use mobile optimized middleware for integration @roycornelissen

58. AppConfig initiative looks promising but it’s just a start @roycornelissen

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