Mobile Framework

Framework Enhancements

Platform Support. This release adds formal support for iOS 8, Android 5.1, and Windows 8 Mobile.
Mobile Client Logging Framework. This framework writes log messages to the console, the device log or the device database. Logged messages are synced to Web Central and viewed in Web Central.
Help Topic: Mobile Logging
Mobile Document Storage. A new system-wide application parameter, StoreMobilDocsAndPlansInDeviceDb, controls whether mobile devices that download documents and floor plans store them in the database or in the device file system.
Session Handling. Changes to the synchronization session simplify the mobile data sync process significantly. The framework uses JavaScript Promises to simplify asynchronous code and error handling. The synchronization session now opens a single session for the sync rather than one for each table or workflow rule call.

Full Screen Calendar Control. The Common.control.Calendar class and the Common.control.field.Calendar offer this new control, which many find more convenient than the scrolling control.
Editable Spinner Control. This new control lets you either edit or use the spinner to select numeric values
Display URL Control. You can have the framework download a document specified in a URL in a text field and display it. Please note that the display works differently on different mobile devices.
TextArea Control. A text control that uses the underlying functionality of each mobile device improves the usability of the text control, as the native views support better scrolling and editing of multi-line text.
Barcoding in Search Control. The search control now has an option to display a barcode icon and apply the result of the barcode scan to the search criteria.

Documents on Demand -- The framework can now sync documents on demand. This is useful for large documents, such as maintenance manuals or BIM model extracts, that you don't want to sync all at once. Instead, you sync the rest of the data, and then sync the record with the individual document that the user requested. See the Document Download and File Download examples in the Solution Template mobile app.
Deleting Documents -- The framework supports marking some documents as deleted. See MobileSyncServiceIntegrationTest.testCheckInRecordsCheckOutRecordsMarkDeleted() as an example.