Navigating the Layout Designer

The Mobile Application Platform features a Layout Designer for building mobile applications.

Using the Layout Designer you:

  • Add mobile application pages and set page properties, such as styles, themes, transitions to other application pages, caching parameters, and so on.

  • Add elements to mobile application pages, such as text fields, buttons, action sheets, tables, and so on.

  • Define properties for page elements, including display options, input properties, image properties, and more.

  • Add cascading style sheets.

  • Define media queries.

  • Add JavaScript and Ajax events.

  • Set security parameters.

The Layout Designer is located in the IB_DOCTPLDEFN component in the PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture. To access the Layout Designer select PeopleTools > Mobile Application Platform > Layout Designer.

Image: Layout Designer – Layout page

This example illustrates the default view of the Mobile Application Platform Layout Designer:

Default view of the Mobile Application Platform Layout Designer

The Layout Designer features four pages. The following table lists and briefly describes the pages how to access them:

Page

Object ID

Description

Navigation

Layout

IB_DOCLODEFN

Use the page to:

  • Add pages to layouts.

  • Add elements to pages.

  • Define element properties.

  • Attach MAP PeopleCode to your application.

  • View the URL to access the application.

Select PeopleTools > Mobile Application Platform > Layout Designer.

CSS

IB_DOCLOCSS

Use the page to:

  • Add cascading styles sheets to a layout.

  • Add custom themes.

  • Define media queries.

Select PeopleTools > Mobile Application Platform > Layout Designer and click the CSS tab.

JavaScript

IB_DOCLOJS

Use the page to:

  • Add JavaScript to a layout.

  • Add jQuery Mobile events to a layout.

Select PeopleTools > Mobile Application Platform > Layout Designer and click the JavaScript tab.

Security

IB_DOCLOSECURE

Use the page to:

  • Define authentication for a layout.

  • Set system status for a layout.

  • Grant permission list access to a layout.

Select PeopleTools > Mobile Application Platform > Layout Designer and click the Security tab.