Mobile Client for Handhelds 

All applications developed in the Mobile Applications for Handheld perspective of SAP NetWeaver Development Studio are deployed to the Mobile Client for Handhelds on based on the Embedded Abstract Windowing Toolkit (eSWT) technology.

NetWeaver Mobile offers three handheld clients (based on AWT, JSP, and eSWT) that all share the same base functionality, such as synchronization, persistence, deployment, logging, security, etc. While the AWT and JSP-based clients support full backward compatibility to mobile applications running in NetWeaver '04 and NetWeaver 2004s, the eSWT-based client offers new, additional features, without providing backward compatibility:

●      Native look and feel of the client UI through eSWT rendering technology

●      Icon-driven, clearly structured UI for quick launching of applications and easy navigation among views

●      Progress bar for synchronization and sync log with a variety of settings

●      Application Programming Interface (API) for developing custom applications for the client in the Mobile Applications for Handhelds perspective of the Developer Studio

Backward compatibility to previous Mobile Client versions is not supported by the eSWT-based client. Only AWT and JSP clients offer backward compatibility.

For a list of supported client device platforms, see the Product Availability Matrix (PAM) for SAP NetWeaver Mobile 7.1 on SAP Service Marketplace at service.sap.com/pam.

Applications for the eSWT-based client are developed in the Mobile Applications for Handhelds perspective of the SAP NetWeaver Development Studio.

More information: SAP NetWeaver Mobile Client

A laptop equivalent of this client is already installed as part of the mobile plug-in installation.

More information: Installing Mobile Plug-Ins in the IDE

To test your developments, you usually deploy them to this laptop equivalent.

For basic testing, we recommend that you use an emulator of a real device.

For more thorough testing, we recommend that you install the Mobile Client for Handhelds on a real mobile device.