New Features

SAP Mobile Platform 2.3 SP04

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Contents
New Platform Features ..........................................................1
Object API Development .................................................1
Mobile Business Objects ................................................2
Administration .................................................................2
Rebranding .............................................................................3
Documentation Changes ......................................................4

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SAP Mobile Platform

New Platform Features

New Platform Features

This release introduces SAP Mobile Platform, which incorporates both the Sybase
Unwired Platform and Syclo Agentry development environments. SAP Mobile Platform
version 2.3 SP04 includes new features that support development and management of the
system.
Several product names have also changed in this release. See Rebranding on page 3.
Note: See Supported Hardware and Software for the list of devices, operating systems, APIs,
and tools that SAP Mobile Platform currently supports.

Object API Development

New or changed features for Object API development.
Background Synchronization
In 2.3 SP04, iOS RBS applications can take advantage of the Apple background refresh
feature to synchronize to the SAP Mobile Server in the background, and keep the client
database up to date with any server-side data changes that might occur while the user is not
using the application.
Documented in: Developer Guide: <Device Platform> Object API Applications ( iOS):

Background Refresh
Performing Background Synchronization

Index APIs
In 2.3 SP04, you can dynamically create, find, and drop an index for an MBO table on the
device database, which increases performance compared to modifying the data model in SAP
Mobile WorkSpace to perform these tasks.
Documented in: Developer Guide: <Device Platform> Object API Applications (Android,
iOS, BlackBerry, and Windows):

Index APIs

iOS Object API Application Support for iOS7 Devices

iOS OAPI applications built with SAP Mobile SDK version 2.3 SP04 work on iOS7 devices.
The Tutorial: iOS Object API Application Development and Recipe Sample application have
been updated accordingly.

New Features

New Platform Features

iOS Object API Application Support for 64-bit Architectures

iOS OAPI applications built with SAP Mobile SDK version 2.3 SP04 supports 64-bit
architectures. The Tutorial: iOS Object API Application Development has been updated
accordingly.
Android Object API Supports Importing a certificate from a System Store
In 2.3 SP04, you can import a certificate binary large object (BLOB), which is a digitally
signed copy of the public X.509 certificate, from either a file or from X509Certificate/
PrivateKey retrieved from system credential storage using the Android KeyChain API .
Documented in: Developer Guide: <Device Platform> Object API Applications (Android):

Importing a Certificate into the Data Vault

Mobile Business Objects

New or changed features for MBO development.
Web Service Connection Profile Enhancement
In 2.3 SP04, define the operations to be included as part of the Web service connection profile,
by selecting only required operations, structures, and lists. Simple types are always selected
and cannot be unselected.
Documented in:SAP Mobile WorkSpace - Mobile Business Object Development:

Creating a Web Service Connection Profile

Administration
New or changed features for administration.
Relay Server Installation and Configuration Instructions for Apache on Linux Hosts
In 2.3 SP04, there are new installation and configuration instructions for Relay Server on
Apache HTTP Server RedHat Enterprise and SUSE Enterprise.
Documented in: Installing a Relay Server in Landscape Design and Integration.
Application Customization Resource Bundles
In 2.3 SP04, a customization resource bundle can be either a JAR or ZIP file.
Documented in: Application Customization Resource Bundles in SAP Control Center for
SAP Mobile Platform.

SAP Mobile Platform

Rebranding

Load Balancer Configuration

In 2.3 SP04, the SAP Mobile Server Administrator can configure a farm of relay servers,
including values for the load balancer that is in front of the Relay Server farm, in SAP Control
Center.
Documented in: Setting Relay Server General Properties in SAP Control Center for SAP
Mobile Platform.
Cipher Management
In 2.3 SP04, the SAP Mobile Server Administrator can enable or disable individual ciphers
supported in the security characteristic/security profile.
Documented in:

Managing Ciphers for SSL Encryption in SAP Control Center for SAP Mobile Platform
Set Enabled Ciphers in Developer Guide: SAP Mobile Server Runtime

Security Profile Security Characteristic Support Changes

In 2.3 SP04, security profiles no longer support strong, strong_mutual, domestic, or
domestic_mutual security characteristics. Instead use "default" or "default_mutual".
Documented in:

Creating an SSL Security Profile in SAP Control Center in SAP Control Center for SAP
Mobile Platform
Enabling and Configuring Administration Encryption for SAP Mobile Server in Security

Enforcing OData Application Registration

In 2.3 SP04, the SAP Mobile Server Administrator can require OData applications to register
with the SAP Mobile Server cluster.
Documented in: Enforcing OData Application Registration in SAP Control Center for SAP
Mobile Platform.

Rebranding
Sybase Unwired Platform and the Syclo Agentry development platform have been integrated,
and the product rebranded to SAP Mobile Platform. Changes have been made to the user
interface, and product documentation.
See the key for new product names introduced in version SAP Mobile Platform 2.3.

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Documentation Changes
Table 1. Product Name Change Key
Original Name

Rebranded Name

Comments

Sybase

SAP

In some cases, Sybase continues

to appear as a file, directory, or
API name.

Sybase Unwired Platform

SAP Mobile Platform

In some cases, Sybase Unwired

Platform continues to appear in
file, directory, or API.

Unwired Server

SAP Mobile Server

In some cases, Unwired Server

continues to appear in a lowerlevel directory.

Sybase Unwired WorkSpace

SAP Mobile WorkSpace

Unwired Platform

Unwired WorkSpace
Sybase Control Center

SAP Control Center

Sybase Hosted Relay Service

SAP Hosted Relay Service

Sybase Hosted Relay Server

SAP Hosted Relay Server

Sybase Mobile SDK

SAP Mobile SDK

Sybase Unwired Platform Run- SAP Mobile Platform Runtime

time

Documentation Changes
In Fundamentals, see Documentation Roadmap to learn more about product documentation
for developers and administrators.
Note: Check the Product Documentation Web site regularly for updates: http://

sybooks.sybase.com/sybooks/sybooks.xhtml?
id=1289&amp;c=firsttab&amp;a=0&amp;p=categories, then navigate to the most current
version.
Documentation Change Reference
Reference for changes made throughout the documentation, sometimes over the span of
several releases:

Installation Path Variable the shorter installation path variable continues to be

implemented:

SAP Mobile Platform

Documentation Changes
SMP_HOME represents the SAP Mobile SDK installation directory.
The default installation directory is: C:\SAP\MobilePlatform.
In earlier versions, this was represented as: SUP_HOME or
<UnwiredPlatform_InstallDir>\UnwiredPlatform\.
SCC_HOME represents the SAP Mobile Platform Runtime installation directory.
The default installation directory is: C:\SAP\SCC-XX.
In earlier versions, this was represented as:
<UnwiredPlatform_InstallDir>\SCC-XX\.
Hybrid App and Hybrid Web Container Name Changes several name changes have
been made to SAP Mobile Platform to reflect the change from a workflow emphasis, to
Hybrid Apps and Hybrid Web Container. These name changes can be seen in the Designer
user interface, and the product documentation. See the key for new product names
introduced in version SAP Mobile Platform 2.2.

Table 2. Hybrid App and Hybrid Web Container Name Change Key
Original Name

New Name

Workflow

Hybrid App

Comments

Workflow application
Mobile Workflow package

Hybrid App package

Workflow package
Mobile Workflow Designer
Mobile Workflow Forms Editor

Hybrid App Designer, or Designer

Mobile Workflow form

Hybrid App form

Mobile Workflow Forms Editor Design palette

Hybrid App Designer palette

Close Workflow

Close

Menuitem type

Submit Workflow

Submit

Menuitem type

Mobile Workflow Container

Hybrid Web Container

Sybase Messaging Client

Hybrid Web Container

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Documentation Changes

SAP Mobile Platform