This appendix describes the MAF sample applications.
This appendix includes the following section:
MAF ships with a set of a sample applications that provide different development scenarios, such as creating the basic artifacts, accessing such device-native features as SMS and e-mail, or performing CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations on a local SQLite database. These applications are in the PublicSamples.zip
file at the following location within the JDeveloper installation directory of your development computer:
jdev_install/jdeveloper/jdev/extensions/oracle.maf/Samples
To view these applications, extract the PublicSamples.zip
file to your JDeveloper working directory (typically, this is User Home Directory
/jdeveloper/mywork
).
These applications, which are described in Table G-1, are complete. Except where noted otherwise, these applications can be deployed to a simulator after you configure the development environment as described in Installing Oracle Mobile Application Framework.
Table G-1 MAF Sample Applications
Application Name | Description | Additional Resources Required to Run the Sample Application |
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HelloWorld |
The "hello world" application for MAF, which demonstrates the basic structure of the framework. This basic application has a single application feature that is implemented with a local HTML file. Use this application to ascertain that the development environment is set up correctly to compile and deploy an application. See also Section 2.2.2, "What Happens When You Create a MAF Application." |
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ACS |
This application provides the REST services that are used within the SecurityDemo application to configure the login server and the Access Control Service. |
This web application needs to be deployed on a Weblogic server. |
APIDemo |
This application demonstrates how to invoke custom JavaScript methods from within a MAF AMX page. Use this approach to invoke the Apache Cordova APIs that are not included in the DeviceFeatures data control. You can also use this approach to add custom JavaScript methods to an application and invoke them as well. This application also demonstrates calling back to Java from the JavaScript methods. For more information, see Section 3.3, "Setting Display Properties for an Application Feature" and Section B.2, "The MAF Container Utilities API." |
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BarcodeDemo |
This application demonstrates how to make use of a Cordova plugin by calling the BarcodeScanner plugin from embedded JavaScript that is invoked from a backing bean. Android and iOS versions of the plugin were manually added to the application controller and view controller projects, then registered within the |
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CompGallery |
This application serves as an introduction to the MAF AMX UI components by demonstrating all of these components. Using this application, you can change the attributes of these components and see the effects of those changes in real time without recompiling and redeploying the application after each change. See generally Chapter 13, "Creating the MAF AMX User Interface." |
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ConfigServiceDemo |
This application demonstrates the use of the Configuration Service to change the end points used in a MAF application. Changes to end points in |
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DeviceDemo |
This application shows you how to use the DeviceFeatures Data Control to expose device features such as geolocation, e-mail, SMS, and contacts, as well as how to query the device for its properties. This feature demonstrates how to use |
You must also run this application on an actual device, because SMS and some of the device properties do not function on an iOS simulator or Android emulator. |
ExpandCollapseComponent |
This application demonstrates how to create a custom component that can act as a container for any type of AMX component. It also provides an example of expand and collapse functionality. For more details look at the |
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FragmentDemo |
This application shows how you can use fragments to define reusable artifacts that can used as templates. It demonstrates how you can have multiple content types for each feature, one for tablet, one for phone, and use the fragment so that you don't have to code the list/form each time. |
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GestureDemo |
This application demonstrates how gestures can be implemented and used in MAF applications. See also Section 13.4, "Enabling Gestures." |
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LifecycleEvents |
This application implements lifecycle event handlers on the MAF application itself and its embedded application features. This application shows you where to insert code to enable the applications to perform their own logic at certain points in the lifecycle. See also Chapter 11, "Using Lifecycle Listeners in MAF Applications." |
For iOS, the LifecycleEvents sample application logs data to the Console application, located at Applications-Utilities-Console application. |
Navigation |
This application demonstrates the various navigation techniques in MAF, including bounded task flows and routers. It also demonstrates the various page transitions. See also Section 12.2, "Creating Task Flows." |
This application must be opened from the |
PrefDemo |
This application demonstrates application-wide and application feature-specific user setting pages. See generally Chapter 21, "Enabling User Preferences." |
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PushDemo |
This application demonstrates how to register for and receive push notifications from the Apple Push Notification and Google Could Messaging servers. For more information, see Section 24.2, "Enabling Push Notifications for a MAF Application." |
This application is used with the PushServer sample application, which provides the ability to initiate a push notification. |
PushServer |
This application provides the ability to initiate a push notification that is received by the PushDemo sample application. For more information, see Section 24.2, "Enabling Push Notifications for a MAF Application." |
This web application needs to be deployed on a Weblogic server. This application is used with the PushDemo sample application, which demonstrates how to register for and receive push notifications from the Apple Push Notification and Google Could Messaging servers. |
RangeChangeDemo |
This application demonstrates how to use a RangeChangeEvent to invoke a Java handler method when the List View requires new data to be fetched from an external source. It also demonstrates how to configure the scrolling and buffering behavior of a List View using its attributes. For more information, see Section 13.3.15.1, "Configuring Paging and Dynamic Scrolling." |
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RESTDemo |
This application demonstrates how to use REST web services. The application feature, REST-JSON, uses a publicly available web service to retrieve the geo-coordinates of a given IP address. The service returns data in the JSON format. In the REST-JSON feature, the URL connection is used directly by the |
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SecurityDemo |
This application demonstrates how to secure a MAF application, configure authentication and the login server, use the Access Control Service, and access secure web services. For more information, see Section 29.1, "Introduction to MAF Security." |
This application is used with the ACS sample application, which provides the REST services used to configure the login server and the Access Control Service. |
SkinningDemo |
This application demonstrates how to skin applications and add a unique look and feel by either overriding the supplied style sheets or extending them with their own style sheets. This application also shows how skins control the styling of MAF AMX UI components based on the type of device. It also demonstrates the ability to change skin families (out-of-the-box or custom) at runtime. See also Chapter 7, "Skinning MAF Applications." |
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SlidingWindows |
This application demonstrates the use of the |
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StockTracker |
This sample demonstrates a simple example of how to build CRUD operations using a SQLite DB and a dean data control. It displays a list of stocks and allows you to Create, Update, Delete or Reorder the stocks. It uses a local SQLite database to store its data. The StockTracker application persists the data during CRUD operations. This sample also demonstrates how data change events use Java to enable data changes to be reflected in the user interface. It also has a variety of layout use cases, gestures, and basic MAF application layout patterns. This sample also demonstrates how to use CREATE and DELETE operations to add or delete items to and from a collection. For more details, look at the |
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UIDemo |
This application demonstrates the user interface layout and shows how to create the various list and button styles that are commonly used in MAF applications. It also demonstrates how to create the action sheet style of a popup component and how to use various chart and gauge components. See Section 13.3, "Creating and Using UI Components" and Section 13.5, "Providing Data Visualization." |
This application must be opened from the |
WorkBetter |
This human resources application contains two features: People and Organizations.People: This feature includes a search component, which allows you to search for people. It also demonstrates the ability to create custom components as well as how to build reusable layouts as fragments and use them between different features. It demonstrates how to use various DVT visualization components to display performance, compensation, and timeline- related information.Organizations: Like the People feature, this feature demonstrates how to build reusable layouts as fragments and use them between different features. It also demonstrates how to create views for different form factors and configure them. This application is meant to be an end-to-end demo of the various UI techniques and components available. It shows a variety of layout patterns and demonstrates various uses for both common and more complex components. It is not meant to showcase a compete application but rather focus on the user interface. Please consult other samples for things like data-model or web services. |