rafaeljribeiro / nuxeo-web-mobile

Nuxeo Web Mobile - when WebEngine meet JQuery Mobile

This add-on provides a WebApp exposing Nuxeo with dedicated views for Mobile browsers. All Mobile browsers will be automatically redirected to this application. Note for developers: there's no guarantee the current API will be maintained since we envisage to split the data and the UI restitution. Test and feedback are very welcome.

About the Nuxeo Web Mobile application: we expose a subset of functionalities of Nuxeo DM. Here is an overview of what you can do:

• Automatic redirection to the Web Mobile application.
• Redirection to the document into the Mobile application when JSF request asked.
• Dedicated login page.
• Multiple views are available for a document:
  • Subset of Metadata
  • Preview
  • Comments
  • Annotation (just the text, no display over the preview)
  • Relation
  • Content
  • The list of contributors to each document. Clicking on a user will show his data, especially his phone number and mail. It is then possible to send him an email or start a phone call.
• You also have some default actions enabled:
  • Mail it (send a link to the current document to a contact from your address book)
  • Download it (download the attached file)
  • Mail me (ask the server to send the current document to yourself, including the attached file)
• Profile view
  • Access to all users' profiles
  • Phone number (clickable)
  • Email (clickable)
  • Avatar (can only be set from the desktop browser)
  • Edition of First Name, Last Name, Phone Number, mail.
• There are two different kinds of browsing, always available:
  • Hierarchical: You have a root view that expose the default domain root children and your personal workspace content. Clicking on an element shows its content or the document view (if it's a leaf).
  • There are two kinds of search:
    • Full text search: from the Home page and the search view
    • faceted search: you have access to your personal and shared faceted search recorded. You can't create new faceted search from the mobile application.

This application works on all main mobile browser (WebKits - Android, iOS, BB6 -, Fennec Mobile and Windows Phone - not tested but JQuery is supposed to). About iOS you have also the possibility to add the application into your springboard: the browser button will be hidden and you will feel like using a built-in application.

Here is the list of Web Mobile bundles you can find inside this addon:

• Nuxeo Application Definition: service where you describe an application (Base URL, Login relative Path URL, Request Handler) filters will automatically will do the redirection to your application.
• Nuxeo Application Sample: simple example of how to use the Nuxeo Application Definition.
• Nuxeo Web Mobile: This is the WebEngine application that uses JQuery Mobile to provide a dedicate UI for Mobile Browser.
• Nuxeo Web Mobile Cordova: This is the iOS / Android native project that embedded a Nuxeo server management and enhance your nuxeo-web-mobile experience with some natives behaviors. Send file store into your server to other application, file / camera / gallery direct upload, ...

How to build nuxeo-web-mobile bundle

You can build Nuxeo Web Mobile application with:

$ mvn install

If you want to test it, copy the jars built (in nuxeo-web-mobile/target and nuxeo-application-definition/target directories) into your Nuxeo server: in $NUXEO_HOME/nxserver/bundles (Tomcat) or in $NUXEO_HOME/server/default/deploy/nuxeo.ear/bundles (JBoss).

About Nuxeo

Nuxeo provides a modular, extensible Java-based open source software platform for enterprise content management and packaged applications for document management, digital asset management and case management. Designed by developers for developers, the Nuxeo platform offers a modern architecture, a powerful plug-in model and extensive packaging capabilities for building content applications.

More information on: http://www.nuxeo.com/