Creating a Handheld Application Project

Prerequisites

Your development workstation is configured and the SAP NetWeaver Development Studio is installed.

More information: Configuring the Development Workstation

Context

To create a Mobile Application for Handhelds, you first need to create a corresponding project in SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio. Such a project is defined by the creation of a first development component.

You use the New Project wizard in the Mobile Application for Handhelds perspective of the SAP NetWeaver Development Studio to generate an initial project framework for Handheld Application project.

More information: Mobile Applications for Handhelds Perspective

The wizard helps you in creating a first development component. In the typical Composite Development Scenario workflow this will usually be a Service Component.

More information: Development Scenarios

Procedure

In the Mobile Application for Handhelds perspective of SAP NetWeaver Development Studio, click the New icon and choose Project to start the New Project wizard.

Alternatively, you can start the wizard by choosing File New Project.
In the New Project wizard, expand the Mobile Applications for Handhelds node, select Mobile Service Component , and click Next .

Note

The typical component creation workflow in the Composite Development Scenario follows the sequence Mobile Service Component Mobile UI Component Mobile Application.
In the Select Software Component dialog box, expand the appropriate development node for your project, for instance the Local Development node, and select a software component node, such as My Components .

Note

For team development, select the appropriate DTR node.

More information: Collaborating on Handheld Application Development
In the New Development Component dialog box, enter the required data.

Note

Enter the project name in lower-case letters and keep the name down to 9 letters or less.

Results

You have created a Handheld Application project by creating an initial Mobile Component and have thus obtained a container for all the development objects and resources of your application.