SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS – by the SAP HANA Academy
Introduction
If you had signed up to receive communications from Apple Developer, you would have found an announcement in your Inbox this morning about the SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS:
With this SDK, you can build (or extend) iOS apps that connect to the SAP Cloud Platform and the back-end data of your enterprise.
The SDK is built on Swift, Apple’s programming language that’s available as open source. If you are new to Swift, see https://developer.apple.com/swift/.
1-2-3
To get started, there is a 1-2-3 on the SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS website.
- Learn about it
- Download and get started (see below)
- Explore the tutorials
Installation
Installing the SDK is easy. Just go to the SAP Store to download.
To install, unzip and open the disk image [SAP-CP-SDK-for-iOS.dmg] and drag into Applications.
The SDK is about 670 MB. In the package we find a local version of the documentation (the same as can be found online on the SAP Help Portal: SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS).
The five frameworks:
- SAPCommon
- SAPFiori
- SAPFoundation
- SAPOData
- SAPOfflineOData
For more information about the frameworks, see
The tools:
- SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS Assistant
- OfflineOData
- ProxyGenerator
The SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS Assistant helps you to get started and setup the connections to the SAP Cloud Platform mobile services.
This is Step 2 in the Getting Started Guide.
Finally, the Assistant helps you setup the parameters for your Xcode project as documented in the guide.
Video Tutorial
This video from Andreas Schlosser covers the first steps installing and using the SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS.
See also his release blog:
Training
To help you get started, SAP Education offers three new trainings in the SAP Academy for iOS curriculum
- FFA100 – Introduction to Swift – 2 days, scheduled starting May 2017
- FFA200 – Introduction to the iOS SDK – 3 days, May 2017
- FFA330 – Native Mobile App Development with SAP Fiori for iOS – 5 days, June 2017
The openSAP training from November 2016 is also still available:
Plus you can find find some excellent tutorials on the SAP Developer website:
More Information
Apple Developer
- SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS: https://developer.apple.com/sap/
- Swift Resources: https://developer.apple.com/swift/resources/
- Swift.org: https://swift.org
SAP Education:
- SAP Academy for iOS: https://training.sap.com/g/en/curriculum/ios-sap-academy-for-ios-g-en
SAP Help Portal:
SAP Community
- The insides to the SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS
- Developer Tools for iOS Apps
- My First SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS Mobile App in Less Than 10 Minutes
SAP Cloud Platform
- iOS Apps for Enterprise Mobility – SAP: http://discover.sap.com/apple/en-us/design-ios.html
- SAP Cloud Platform SDI for iOS – SCP: https://cloudplatform.sap.com/capabilities/mobile/ios-sdk.html
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Awesome, finally here, I have been waiting quite some time to get into it. Thank you for the new tools and the opportunity to innovate!
Is it necessary to install the SCP iOS SDK to a local mac (and not a windows PC??) in order to developer mobile apps?
I was under the impression that since the iOS SDK and Xcode engine is in the cloud (SCP) that I can develop mobile apps by just having access to SCP which I can do using a regular Windows based PC without the need for local installation on a Mac. Kindly advise.
Thanks
J
Hi Jacky,
Both the Windows and iOS (iPhone, iPad) platforms support non-native apps that run inside a browser-like environment. Non-native apps are typically a bit limited in scope as they cannot use any of the hardware (camera, GPS, etc.).
If you want to develop native apps for the iOS platform, you will be working with Xcode (Mac) and if you want this native app to interact with SAP systems (cloud-based or on-premise), the SCP iOS SDK will be of great value.
If you want to develop apps for the Windows platform, you will be working with Visual Studio for the Windows platform. There is no SCP SDK for this platform currently.
For more information about developing apps for SCP, see https://cloudplatform.sap.com/developers.html#
Thank you Denys for your quick response. I'm not referring to accessing the mobile app in a windows OS. I will only develop NATIVE apps . If such, can you confirm that it is a Must that I install the iOS SDK (downloadable from https://store.sap.com/sap/cp/ui/resources/store/html/SolutionDetails.html?pid=0000014485) in my local Mac before I can develop native apps?
I cannot just login to SCP and use the iOS SDK in the cloud (no installation in my local mac) to develop native app? If a local installation of the SDK is a must, why is it called iOS SDK in the SAP Cloud Platform. The reason i asked is I dont have a mac but I do have a windows laptop.
Thanks
J
To develop native Apple iOS apps, you need to use the Apple Xcode IDE, which only runs on Apple macOS. You cannot use a platform neutral Java or web-based IDE. You cannot use Windows.
The SAP iOS SDK is intended to be used with Xcode.
You can run macOS on a Windows PC using virtualisation software (VMware / Virtual Box) but this may require some advanced skills and can be challenging.
If you want to develop iOS app on a Windows platform, then you can look into Apache Cordova (PhoneGap) and similar cross-platform apps. However, there is no SAP iOS SDK for this.
PS You might find this blog interesting https://blogs.sap.com/2017/06/26/why-when-you-should-build-native-ios-apps
Thank you very much Denys for the explanation.
Hello @Denys,
I am building an iOS application with will connect with an IMS system build on SAP technology.
Our backend is hosted internally and I have metadata file provided by our backend team.
So wanted to know if there is a way in which I can use "SAP iOS SDK" in my case.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Harish
Hi Harish,
I noticed you also posted the question to the forum:
I will update this comment when we have a response. Thanks