Configuring the Development
Workstation
Use
Mobile Applications for Handhelds can be developed in a stand-alone, single-developer mode or within a team of developers jointly working on the development project. In both cases, developers can use the services provided by the NetWeaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI) for the entire lifecycle of the development project.
More information: Collaborating on Handheld Application Development
To utilize the NWDI, you must first configure your local development environment accordingly. The development configuration supplies your local development environment with all the necessary information for addressing infrastructure services and systems, such as the Design Time Repository (DTR) and the landscape directory. Such a configuration also contains a set of Software Components (SCs) to which Development Components (DCs) are assigned.
Prerequisites
The NetWeaver Developer Studio is installed on your development workstation, which is connected to a Data Orchestration Engine (DOE) server.
Procedure
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Configure the DTR Settings
The Design Time Repository (DTR) settings ensure that the development workstation is configured to work in a distributed development environment. Regardless of whether you want to create a new Development Component (DC) or edit an existing one, you must be able to log onto the DTR server.
To start the Mobile Applications for Handhelds perspective, start SAP NetWeaver Development Studio and choose Windows → Open perspective → Other → Mobile Applications for Handhelds.
1. In the Window menu of the Developer Studio, choose Preferences.
2. In the Preferences dialog box, select Development Infrastructure → Landscape Directory.
3. Enter the URL of the landscape directory server.
The URL is customer-specific. If you do not have the required URL, ask your administrator.
4. Open the Development Infrastructure perspective of the Development Studio and log onto the Development Infrastructure.
5. In the Import Development Configuration dialog box, choose from where to import the development configuration and the appropriate track.
If you do not have the required data, ask your administrator.
More information: Design Time Repository
Configure the Data Orchestration Engine (DOE)
This allows you to import data objects and structures from the Data Orchestration Engine (DOE), the middleware.
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1. In the Window menu of the Development Studio, choose Preferences.
2. In the Preferences dialog box, choose Mobile → General → Data Orchestration Engine, and maintain the appropriate values.
If you do not have the required data, ask your administrator.
○ Choose Add to add a new DOE configuration.
○ Select the configuration you want as your default.
You can only select one of the DOE configurations (checkbox). All configurations listed will be displayed in the Create Data Objects dialog box as possible sources of Data Objects. The configuration you selected as default will be highlighted and used as the Data Object source, unless you choose another source.
Configure the Deploy Location
To deploy a Handheld Application, you must define the deploy location. By default, this will be the Mobile Client for Handhelds installation that automatically ships as part of the mobile plug-ins for the NetWeaver Composition Environment (NW CE). This version of the Mobile Client for Handhelds is technically identical to a the installation that you would install on a mobile device, but it is installed directly on your workstation as part of NW CE. If you have another installation of this client on your machine, you can define a different deploy location.
Direct deployment to handheld devices is not supported.
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1. In the Window menu of the Development Studio, choose Preferences.
2. In the Preferences dialog box, choose Mobile → Handhelds → Runtime Settingsand enter the appropriate directory path or select Use default.
If you select Use default, you can also choose to Reset Client Installation.
Configure Client Settings
The Mobile Client for Handhelds installation itself also needs to be configured. Thus, you need to create a client user and define the connection settings to the Data Orchestration Engine (DOE), for example.
More information: Using the Mobile Client for Handhelds