Overcoming the challenges of mobile development in the enterprise

Presentation delivered at AppDevTrends, part of Live360 2017 in Orlando, FL.

1. ADH10 Overcoming the Challenges of Mobile Development in the Enterprise Roy Cornelissen Mobile Lead Consultant Xpirit Netherlands @roycornelissen
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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