Types of SAP Mobile Technologies

[Former Member]

Hi,

I am new to SAPUI5 and very much interest to learn SAP Mobile technology.

I am currently searching for which one is best like SUP, SAPUI5 and etc..

Please let me know which SAP Mobile technology is better and simple to develop the app.

What exactly are the differences among SAP SUP, SAPUI5, Neptune, & PhoneGap.

As per my understanding PhoneGap is a framework where we can develop hybrid applications irrespective of mobile platforms.

Please let me know how can I start my SAP Mobile applications.

Thanks & Regards,

Chandu V

[midhun_vp · Accepted solution]

The major platforms in the SAP mobile technologies are:

1. SUP
2. Syclo
3. NW gateway
4. Sybase Mobiliser.

SAPUI5, PhoneGap, Sencha, Appcelerator etc are frameworks based on web technologies. That means hybrid apps.

SUP is a strong platform capable of developing different types of mobile applications:

• Native offline - It is based on the development of MBOs. Offline capabilities will be present
• Native online - It is based on the Odata services exposed from NW gateway. In this case NW gateway and SUP will be present in the mobile architecture. Offline capabilities will be absent
• Online apps - It is based on the web technologies such as javascript, html and css. In this case we can use the the frameworks such as Phonegap, sencha and appcelerator for developing good looking and featured apps.

Based on your skills you can select which platform you can take for development. The native offline/online apps uses java(BB,android), objective c(ios), c# (win) for development.

To become a SUP developer you don't want to know any programming languages. It is about understanding the business logic and implementing it as a graphical design.

To start learning go through this,

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8803#section2

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-36055

- Midhun VP

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Midhun,

Thank you very much. Now I understood the difference among all the above technologies.

Thanks & Regards,

Chandu V

[Jitendra_Kansal]

Want to start with sup, you can follow below links:

   Below link contains sup sample project.

You can directly import them to see how does t work

https://cw.sdn.sap.com/cw/groups/sup-apps

Some other interesting blogs:

http://scn.sap.com/community/developer-center/mobility-platform/blog/2012/07/30/a-workflow-applicati...

http://scn.sap.com/community/developer-center/mobility-platform/blog/2013/04/27/building-offlinedisp...

http://scn.sap.com/community/mobile/blog/2013/02/20/develop-hwc-app-with-customized-list

[Jitendra_Kansal]

Hi Chandu,

SAP UI 5 is very new technology for develop mobile ap.

Check below link

http://scn.sap.com/community/developer-center/front-end/blog/2013/05/31/how-to-create-sapui5-applica...

SUP (SMP its new name) is a platform uswd to develop different kinds of app using various backend. Sap, web services, sql etc. It mainly develops below kind of app

Hybrid app - small, light weight app, platform independent

Native app - complex, heavy,  platform specific

http://scn.sap.com/community/developer-center/mobility-platform/blog/2013/08/06/a-comparison-of-the-...

You van follow below link for any information regarding  sup development. You can put query regarding the same and can read various blogs, documents involving sup

http://scn.sap.com/community/developer-center/mobility-platform

PhoneGap API comes along with SUP mobile sdk..using them you can access device native functionality.

http://scn.sap.com/community/mobile/blog/2012/07/05/sup-phonegap

[Former Member]

Hi Jitendra,

Thank you very much for reply.

I need small clarification about SAPUI5 with PhoneGap and SAPUI5 with Netweaver gateway, what exactly this combination means.

Thanks & Regards,

Chandu V

[Jitendra_Kansal]

Hi Chandu,

For ui5 + NWGW which will consume oData services

http://scn.sap.com/community/developer-center/front-end/blog/2012/12/10/new-e2e-tutorial-gain-hands-...

http://scn.sap.com/community/developer-center/front-end/blog/2012/10/15/consume-netweaver-gateway-se...

For ui5+ phonegap

  http://scn.sap.com/thread/3287821

http://scn.sap.com/community/technology-innovation/blog/2012/05/11/sapui5--building-mobile-apps-toge...

You will find everything from above links.

Rgrds,

Jitendra

[GrahamRobbo]

Hi Chandu,

I suggest you search SCN and use Google to research these topics. There is plenty of information already out there.

Cheers

Graham Robbo