UPDATABLE NATIVE MOBILE APPLICATION FOR TESTING NEW FEATURES

• US 20160092348A1
• Filed: 09/25/2015
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Straub, Christian David, Serper, Yuliya
• Granted Patent: US 9,858,174 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3684 for test design, e.g. generating new test cases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

For cloud development tools building native mobile applications, it is often useful to test out parts of an application on a physical device. Systems and methods are provide for providing an native application that allows portions of itself to uptake newly developed features allowing rapid testing of these features.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at a mobile device having one or more processors;

executing a first application having a feature registry;

receiving a request to install a feature being developed for a second application using an application development framework of a cloud-based service;

retrieving the feature from a server;

updating the feature registry based on the retrieved feature; and

causing the feature to be exposed via the first application.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein executing the first application comprises executing an application dedicated to testing features of mobile applications under development.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the request to install the feature comprises receiving a request to install the feature for a first time.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the request to install the feature comprises receiving a request to install the feature for a second time after having been modified using the application development framework.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein retrieving the feature from the server comprise retrieving one of a plurality of features into which the second application has been partitioned.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein updating the feature registry based on the retrieved feature comprises adding the feature to one or more user interfaces of the first application.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a list of available features from the server; and

rendering the list within a user interface of the first application.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a computer program product which when executed by the one or more processors of the mobile device cause the one or more processors to implement the method of claim 1.

9. A method comprising:

separating, by a computer, a first application under development using an application development framework of a cloud-based service into a plurality of features;

sending, by the computer, a list describing the plurality of features to a mobile device;

receiving, at the computer, a request from the mobile device to test a feature in the plurality of features using a second application on the mobile device; and

sending, by the computer, the requested feature to the mobile device instructing the second application to register the feature in a feature registry;