Generation of hybrid enterprise mobile applications in cloud environment

• US 9,952,835 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2016
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Wang, Qiu Shi, Zhou, Yi Quan, Cao, Lin
• Primary Examiner(s): APONTE, FRANCISCO JAVIER
• Application Number:
  US15/050,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20170242665A1
• Time in Patent Office: 791 Days
• Field of Search: 717107, 717174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

Generate hybrid enterprise mobile applications in cloud environment, according to one embodiment. A web application is selected in a web integrated development environment (IDE) executing in a browser. The web application may depend on various components and the dependent build components may reside on different repositories. Dependency analysis engine determines the dependent build components corresponding to the web application. The component retrieval engine retrieves the dependent build components from corresponding repositories to memory or cache of the browser where the web IDE is executing. Component build engine builds the dependent build components to a build result. Packaging engine packages the build result to a single package as an application asset package. The application asset package is received in a platform dependent build service. The application asset package is built as a hybrid mobile application in the platform dependent build service. The hybrid mobile application is published in an application store.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium to store instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:

receive instructions to select a web application in a web based integrated development environment executing in a browser;

analyze configuration files in the web application by a dependency analysis engine to determine dependent build components;

determine nested dependencies by recursively analyzing dependencies of the dependent build components;

when the dependency analysis engine completes the analysis, retrieve the dependent build components from corresponding repositories to a volatile memory associated with the browser in a server system;

in the server system;

build the dependent build components to a build result;

package the build result to an application asset package;

receive the application asset package at a platform dependent build service;

build the application asset package as a hybrid mobile application, wherein the hybrid mobile application can be executed in online mode and in offline mode; and

publish the hybrid mobile application in an application store.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the application asset package is a single file including the dependent build components.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein building the dependent build components further comprising instructions which when executed by the computer further causes the computer to:

generate a root page of the web application with bootstrap and script configuration.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein packaging the build result further comprising instructions which when executed by the computer further causes the computer to:

construct the application asset package based on the configuration files in the web application; and

compress the application asset package.

5. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, retrieve the dependent build components further comprising instructions which when executed by the computer further causes the computer to:

acquire assets corresponding to the dependent build components; and

save the retrieved dependent build components in a memory of the browser.

6. A computer-readable medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions which when executed by the computer further causes the computer to:

access the published hybrid mobile application from the application store in a first mobile device.

7. A computer-implemented method for generation of hybrid enterprise mobile applications in a cloud environment, the method comprising:

receiving selection of a web application in a web based integrated development environment executing in a browser;

analyzing configuration files in the web application by a dependency analysis engine to determine dependent build components;

determining nested dependencies by recursively analyzing dependencies of the dependent build components;

when the dependency analysis engine completes the analysis, retrieving the dependent build components from corresponding repositories to a volatile memory associated with the browser in a server system;

in the server system;

building the dependent build components to a build result;

packaging the build result to an application asset package;

receiving the application asset package at a platform dependent build service;

building the application asset package as a hybrid mobile application, wherein the hybrid mobile application can be executed in online mode and in offline mode; and

publishing the hybrid mobile application in an application store.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein packaging the build result to the application asset package further comprising:

packaging the application asset package into a single file including the dependent build components.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein building the dependent build components further comprising:

generating a root page of the web application with bootstrap and script configuration.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein packaging the build result further comprising:

constructing the application asset package based on the configuration files in the web application; and

compressing the application asset package.

11. The method of claim 7, retrieve the dependent build components further comprising:

acquiring assets corresponding to the dependent build components; and

saving the retrieved dependent build components in a memory of the browser.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving the application asset package in a platform dependent build service;

building the application asset package as a hybrid mobile application; and

publishing the hybrid mobile application in an application store.

13. A computer system for generation of hybrid enterprise mobile applications in a cloud environment, comprising:

a computer memory to store program code; and

a processor to execute the program code to;

receive selection of a web application in a web based integrated development environment executing in a browser;

analyze configuration files in the web application by a dependency analysis engine to determine dependent build components;

determine nested dependencies by recursively analyzing dependencies of the dependent build components;

when the dependency analysis engine completes the analysis, retrieve the dependent build components from corresponding repositories to a volatile memory associated with the browser in a server system;

in the server system;

build the dependent build components to a build result;

package the build result to an application asset package;

receive the application asset package at a platform dependent build service;

build the application asset package as a hybrid mobile application, wherein the hybrid mobile application can be executed in online mode and in offline mode; and

publish the hybrid mobile application in an application store.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the application asset package is a single file including the dependent build components.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor further executes the program code to:

generate a root page of the web application with bootstrap and script configuration.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor further executes the program code to:

construct the application asset package based on the configuration files in the web application; and

compress the application asset package.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the processor further executes the program code to:

acquire assets corresponding to the dependent build components; and

save the retrieved dependent build components in a memory of the browser.

18. A cloud environment for generation of a hybrid enterprise mobile application, the cloud environment comprising:

a cloud server executing a web based integrated development environment to;

receive selection of a web application in the web based integrated development environment;

analyze configuration files in the web application by a dependency analysis engine to determine dependent build components;

determine nested dependencies by recursively analyzing dependencies of the dependent build components;

when the dependency analysis engine completes the analysis, retrieve the dependent build components from corresponding repositories to a volatile memory associated with the browser;

build the dependent build components to a build result;

package the build result to an application asset package;

receive the application asset package at a platform dependent build service;

build the application asset package as the hybrid enterprise mobile application, wherein the hybrid mobile application can be executed in online mode and in offline mode; and

publish the hybrid enterprise mobile application in an application store; and

a cloud client accessing the cloud environment to;

download the hybrid enterprise mobile application in the cloud client.