How to connect my mobile app to sap.

[Former Member]

Hello,

I am a abaper and i am new to mobile development.

I have have a requirement that i have to create mobile app for sap.

But i am not getting, how to proceed.

what all i need to develop this mobile app.

Please guide me how should i start?

Regards

Neeraj

[Jitendra_Kansal · Accepted solution]

Hi Neeraj,

you can check this blog which explains about how we can create a simple HWC app to get the list of purchase order and release them as per requirement.

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

for native app approach,

you can check below documents..

for BB: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-48708

for Android: http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-46101

although these documents don't have SAP backend but i am sure you will have a good idea about mobile app development-native approach.

Regards,

jitendra

[midhun_vp]

Hope this series will help to create your first app using a BAPI with zero coding,

- Midhun VP

[midhun_vp]

There are few options to develop mobile application that connects to SAP.

With a middle-ware and without a middle-ware. The middle-ware gives you more flexibility during development and provide more security. The major middle-wares from SAP are Sybase Unwired Platform and Syclo. For this you need a license for these products. Or to start with trail versions are also available.

If you don't want to use a middle-ware for your mobile app you can accessing data from SAP via Odata service. Based on the mobile platform you have to write code to develop application. For Android its Java, for IOS its Objective C, for BB its Java etc..

Also there are other third party tools that allows development of mobile app using web technologies like HTML5, Javascript and CSS. The major platforms are PhoneGap, Appcelerator and Sencha.

You can choose which approach you can go with. There are a lot of tutorials in SCN to start with.

- Midhun VP