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Overview: Mobile apps builder

Mobile App Builder is an addition to the Module Builder, which allows you to automatically build HTML 5 mobile applications, based on the dynamic modules and taking advantages of the actual mobile devices and its features. You are able to enhance and extend the mobile apps built with the Mobile app builder.

Sitefinity CMS Box is a mobile application that connects to your Sitefinity CMS to provide the option to load every published mobile application, built with the Mobile app builder. You can use Sitefinity CMS box to create, edit, or delete dynamic module content items. For example, you can create a dynamic module Tasks, then create a mobile application for this module, then you can create and edit tasks with Sitefinity CMS Box, installed on your mobile device. 

Sitefinity CMS Box is on App Store and Google Play.

RESTRICTIONS: The dynamic module that is used to build the mobile application cannot have:

    • Hierarchical content types
    • Hierarchical taxonomy fields
    • Video fields
    • Only the default language is supported. If your dynamic module has more than one language, you will be able to use only the default language with Sitefinity CMS box.

Using mobile apps with Telerik Backend Services

 You can make a mobile app that is based on a dynamic module, which is synchronized with Telerik Backend Services.
For more information about handling authentication, see Synchronizing data with Telerik Backend Services » Using Telerik Backend Services with mobile applications.
This section contains:
  • Build mobile applications with the Mobile app builder
    Before you can use your dynamic module on a mobile device, you must build a mobile application for it. All created mobile apps are displayed on the Mobile app generator page, where you can create, edit, delete, export, and publish them to Sitefinity box.
  • Edit mobile applications
    Once created mobile applications can be edited, published or unpublished from Sitefinity Box. You modify created mobile apps on Mobile app generator page, which displays a list of all apps together with actions you can perform on them
  • Use modules with Sitefinity box
    Once you have created and published a mobile app on Sitefinity Box, you can use it to create content items on your mobile device.

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