As an integration/backend developer, when starting a project using Mobile Cloud Service, it is important to have some understanding of what this MBaaS (Mobile Backend as a Service) has to offer in terms of security features. This is important in order to be able to configure and test MCS. In […]
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Oracle Mobile Cloud Service (MCS). Implementing custom APIs using JavaScript on Node.js
Oracle Mobile Cloud Service is a mobile backend as a service. MCS does its magic by providing a lot of features to make implementing mobile services easy such as (among many others) authentication, logging/analytics, lookups and calling other services. There are also features available to make integration with mobile clients […]
Oracle and Mobile – an overview
This article had the working title ‘blurred lines’ because I felt that people might be confused about what Oracle offers in the mobile space. However, putting it on the internet with that title is not a good idea, because it would attract lots of people that are looking for […]
MAF 2.0 : Custom Toggle Springboard Functionality (or how I discovered AdfmfSlidingWindowUtilities)
Mobile apps usually have the possibility to toggle the springboard by using an icon that is displayed in the header of the app. The Oracle MAF reference app, Work Better, also tries to implement this behavior. The showing of the springboard works fine, however, hiding it does not really work […]
MAF 2.0 : Loading Images in a Background Process – Part I
Images are heavily used in Mobile apps. For instance a list that contains employees usually shows the images of these employees. This works well when you have a WIFI connection, but what if you are using slower connections ? If you look at a mobile twitter app you will see […]
Book : Oracle Mobile Application Framework Developer Guide
It has been a while since my previous post, and I have a very good reason for that. I have been busy, very busy. But now, after a long time of writing and rewriting I can finally anounce that my book, Oracle Mobile Application Framework Developer Guide, is available for […]
UX Expo 18th of March – OTN ArchBeat YouTube Video Interview: Jeremy Ashley & Lucas Jellema
On Friday 7th of March, Bob Rubart interviewed both Jeremy Ashley and Lucas Jellema about trends in User Experience, the consequences of these trends – both in terms of opportunities as well as challenges – and the reasons why the UX Expo event on March 18th at AMIS HQ (Nieuwegein, […]
Oracle ADF Virtual Developer Day 2013
Are you in Europe and looking for a free ADF event that you can attend without traveling ? Stop looking now! Tomorrow Tuesday – November 26th from 9am – 1pm GMT you can attend the Oracle ADF Virtual Developer Day 2013. This is an online event that provides sessions that […]
OOW13 and JavaOne 13: Notes from a Conference – Part One
In this article a first brain dump with observations from the Oracle OpenWorld and JavaOne conferences. These are fairly raw notes – primarily for my own consumption. They may be useful to you as well. OOW13: 1824 sessions, 3104 speakers J1: 523 sessions, 557 speakers
Oracle OpenWorld & JavaOne Review bijeenkomst – 10 oktober
Op 22 september begint in San Francisco de Oracle OpenWorld: hét internationale evenement waar Oracle haar productstrategie presenteert en Oracle-specialisten ervaringen uitwisselen. Naast Oracle OpenWorld wordt ook de JavaOne georganiseerd, internationaal trefpunt voor de Java-community. AMIS heeft de traditie om uitgebreid verslag te doen van beide conferenties. Dat doen we […]
Het Oracle OpenWorld Preview Evenement (5 september 2013) – 15 sprekers & sessies
Vanaf 22 september vindt in San Francisco de Oracle OpenWorld conferentie plaats: hét evenement waar Oracle haar productstrategie uit de doeken doet en waar Oracle specialisten van over de hele wereld ervaringen uitwisselen. Tegelijk met Oracle OpenWorld wordt ook de JavaOne conferentie georganiseerd, het trefpunt voor de wereldwijde Java gemeenschap. […]
Using AutoLayout in iOS
Like many iOS developers I did my sharing of trying out AutoLayout after it was introduced last year. And like many of these developers I ran into a fair share of trouble. It was not until Cessare Rochi clarified things in his session ‘AutoLayout, oh boy’ at mdevcon that I […]
ADF Mobile : Oracle eCourse available
Today Oracle published the first in a series of online eLearning training materials. The ADF Academy presents free and online : Developing Applications with ADF Mobile. The main goal is to deliver technical training material to everybody that needs it. You get an online training, where you can view audio […]
iOS App Security – Backgrounding screenshot
Every time security of apps comes up in any conversation it turns out a lot of people are unaware of this being an issue at all. Simple things like the screenshot iOS takes every time your app gets backgrounded are not the common knowledge I expected it to be by […]
Training Oracle ADF 11g, 15 tot en met 19 april
Van 15 tot en met 19 april geeft Luc Bors de 5-daagse ADF 11g training op het kantoor van AMIS in Nieuwegein. In 5 dagen leer je de basis van Oracle ADF 11g. De training bestaat basis uit presentatie, demonstratie en hands on, doorspekt met best practices en voorbeelden uit […]
ADF Mobile : Implementing the “Pull to Refresh” Pattern
One very common pattern in Mobile Apps is the use of “pull” to refresh a list of data in an App. For one of my projects I suggested to use this pattern and I had to figure out a way to implement this in ADF Mobile. In this post I […]
ADF Mobile : Device Interaction API – Pictures, GPS and Email With Attachments
During the AMIS ADF Masterclass I showed how to take a picture from within an ADF Mobile application, attach it to an Email and send that email out to several recipients. To top it of, I even added the GPS coordinates to the subject, so you know where the picture […]
AMIS vat Oracle OpenWorld samen in speciale whitepaper
Als sluitstuk van de jaarlijkse Oracle OpenWorld conferentie brengt AMIS een whitepaper uit. Een handzaam document waarin het volledige verhaal van Oracle OpenWorld 2012 is gebundeld. Een team van AMIS was tijdens de conferentie in oktober nadrukkelijk aanwezig; als sponsor, deelnemer, netwerker en spreker – en als aandachtig luisteraar en […]
Maak bij AMIS als eerste kennis met Oracle ADF Mobile!
Oracle heeft afgelopen maandag haar nieuwste product ADF Mobile gelanceerd. Luc Bors, expertise lead ADF bij AMIS, is op verzoek van product managers van Oracle Corporation bètatester geweest. Hij heeft meer dan vier maanden ervaring opgedaan met ADF Mobile. Op 12 november deelt hij die ervaring met u in de […]
ADF Mobile : Your First Navigation and Device Interaction
Now ADF Mobile is generally availble, it is now time to create your first ADF Mobile application. In this post I will show you how to create a simple application that contains of two pages with navigation. A bonus for this post is that you will see how to get […]
ADF Mobile is now Generally Available
After extensive beta testing oracle announced today that ADF Mobile is now generally available and can be used to build multi platform on device apps. I finally am allowed to share my knowledge in blogposts and other kinds of publications. Using JDeveloper and the ADF Mobile extension, it is very […]
Kom kennismaken met AMIS en doe mee met uitdagende projecten
Hierbij nodigen we je uit om met ons kennis te komen maken. Ben jij een (junior) Oracle consultant die een stap verder wil maken? Wil je verder groeien en ontwikkelen tot principal consultant? AMIS geeft je de kans om die stap te zetten. Bij ons krijg je de ruimte om […]
JavaOne 2012: The Big Stories
The show is over, the people are gone and the cleaning can start. What do we take home from JavaOne 2012? That depends on who you ask. Some people primarily will have taken goodies from the exhibition floors with them while other may have focused on less tangible goods and […]
OOW 2012 – The Big Stories
The show is over, the visitors are on their way home. The process of digesting the announcements, roadmaps and rumors – confirmed or not – can proceed in full swing. What has become of last year’s plans, what are this year’s plans (for next year and beyond) and what has […]
OOW 2012: Questions to get answered during this conference
The show of the year is around the corner: on Sunday it will all start again, the Oracle Open World conference. Tens of thousands of developers, architects, administrators, project managers, decision makers and others involved with Oracle products one way or another are gathering in and around San Francisco. AMIS […]
Uitnodiging: Kom kennismaken met AMIS
Hierbij nodigen we je uit om met ons kennis te komen maken. Ben jij een (junior) Oracle consultant die een stap verder wil maken? Wil je verder groeien en ontwikkelen tot principal consultant? AMIS geeft je de kans om die stap te zetten. Bij ons krijg je de ruimte om […]
Dinsdag 18 september: Oracle Open World & JavaOne 2012 Preview mini-conferenties – 12 presentaties op 1 avond
Van 30 september tot 5 oktober is San Francisco weer het domein van tegen de 45.000 deelnemers aan de Oracle Open World en JavaOne conferenties. Ruim 2000 presentaties worden daar gehouden, in vele tientallen zalen in hotels en het Moscone Conferentie Center in downtown San Francisco, waaronder pakweg 20 door […]
Oracle E-Learning Resources
There is a lot of new stuff out there nowadays, regarding products and/or functionality or others. This is also true for Oracle and in short it’s not easy to follow all those innovations and/or new products. So from time to time I have a watch on stuff that interests me […]
Using SQLite databases in iOS apps
Recently I’ve been working on an application that has to store a significant amount of data on a device. When storing data on the iPhone there are a few options. You can use straight up text or xml files that are then read when the app runs, you can use […]
Training iOS 5 applicatieontwikkeling voor iPhone en iPad
Van 5 tot en met 7 september geeft AMIS de training iOS5 applicatieontwikkeling. Leer in drie dagen zelf apps voor iPhone en iPad ontwikkelen. Schrijf je in via deze link: http://www.amis.nl/trainingen/ios-5-applicatieontwikkeling-bouw-apps-voor-ipad-en-iphone/
The year of the ADF developer @ Oracle Open World
Open World made it clear: 2011 is the year of the ADF developer. Not only were there a lot of sessions about ADF, but also because ADF screens could be found in many sessions like the ones on the new Enterprise Manager 12c and on Oracle Fusion Applications. Not only […]
Most important, yet most overlooked..
After reading the title of this blog post, you could easily be forgiven for not having a clue what this piece of writing will be about. Not to worry, soon, this will all change. A warning is due, however. Being called the AMIS Technology blog, this place is usually (over)filled […]
AMIS Mobile SIG – rain sensors pouring data into the mobile network
Last night, the AMIS Mobile Special Interest Group convened. This session had as objective to explore the many different mobile agents and devices that we encounter, the types of signals, information and functions that are relevant with these various agents and the impact their inclusion in the mobile sphere of […]
Getting started with your career (in Dutch)
Als bezoeker van deze blog ben je bezig met het maken van mooie oplossingen en nieuwe uitdagingen op technisch gebied. AMIS nodigt je uit om ons team te komen versterken. AMIS wil je op het gebied van Oracle en Java uitdagen de volgende stap in je carriëre nemen. AMIS merkt […]
Android puts Oracle on the (Google) map
For a couple of months I have been discovering the Android platform. As an original Oracle developer I was wondering how an Android app can be connected to an Oracle database. For this purpose I developed an Android app that stores speed traps that users may hit while driving, into […]