Adding mobile deployment entry

You can update the EGL deployment descriptor with details that are needed to deploy mobile applications.

Before you begin

Notice:
You must configure Rich UI Deployment before making changes to mobile deployment.

Procedure

  1. Open the EGL Deployment Descriptor editor by double-clicking an EGL deployment descriptor. For details about creating the file, see Creating an EGL deployment descriptor.
  2. Click the Mobile Deployment tab. The Mobile Deployment page is displayed.
  3. In the Cordova Deployment section, select Enable Cordova Deploy. It will deploy the mobile project to a Cordova project as a hybrid mobile project. Otherwise, the mobile project will be deployed to a web project.
  4. Identify the target Cordova project. Select the existing Cordova project in the workspace or click New to create a new Cordova project.
    For details about creating Cordova project, refer to Creating mobile applications.
    Notice:
    You need to specify certain plug-ins for certain EGL Cordova library. For more information, see the following table.
    Table 1. EGL Cordova features and plug-ins
    EGL Cordova features Cordova plug-ins
    AccelerometerLib Cordova-plugin-device-motion
    Battery Events Cordova-plugin-battery-status
    Network Events/CordovaLib.getConnection Cordova-plugin-network-information
    CameraLib Cordova-plugin-camera
    CompassLib Cordova-plugin-device-orientation
    ContactsLib/Contact Cordova-plugin-contacts
    CordovaLib.getDevice/Device Cordova-plugin-device
    CordovaLib.vibrate/CordovaLib.vibrateWithPattern/CordovaLib.cancelVibrate Cordova-plugin-vibration
    GeolocationLib Cordova-plugin-geolocation
    Media Cordova-plugin-file, Cordova-plugin-media
  5. Identify the main handler to be shown as the index page of the mobile application. Select from the selected handlers in Rich UI deployment.
  6. Identify the default locale for the main handler.
  7. If the current mobile project has service definition, you can identify the URL for deployed web project containing EGL services within the current mobile project. The format is {HTTP/HTTPS} :-//{IP/Domain}:Port/Context-Path/yourAppName. Here is the example. http://www.IBM.com:8001/IBD/Mobile/myCordovaApp The service URL here only refers to the EGL developed service defined in the current project. It won't affect the access of third-party service or the access of EGL services defined in other projects. You are still able to use tools such as the RUI service binding to configure those services.
  8. The RUI Handler of the mobile projects can be deployed to a web project, a Cordova project, or both. Select the check box beside the Enable Web Deploy attribute to insert the check mark. The RUI handlers will be deployed to a web project and Cordova project. Otherwise, it will be deployed to a Cordova project only.