Features

Supporting multiple OS and devices

Appeon Workspace is designed to run on various mobile OS and mobile devices. See the following table for details.

Table 1. Supported OS and devices

Supported OS

Supported devices

Available in

iOS

iOS devices including iPad 2/3/4/Mini/Air, iPhone 4/4S/5/5C/5S/6/6 Plus, iPod touch 4/5

Version 1.0 & 1.5

iOS, Android OS

iOS devices and Android-based smartphones and tablets

Version 2013 R2 & 2015

iOS, Android OS, Windows Phone

iOS devices, Android-based smartphones and tablets, and Windows-Phone-based smartphones and tablets

Future version


Hosting multiple native mobile apps

You can add as many apps as you like to Appeon Workspace, with the application icon, name, and a brief application description displaying on the Appeon Workspace home screen. This adds better recognition and access to your Appeon Mobile apps. You can flick with your fingers to slide from screen to screen on your device to view your apps when there is more than one screen apps listed on the Appeon Workspace home screen. For detailed instructions on adding/closing/editing/deleting the applications in Appeon Workspace, refer to Running apps in Appeon Workspace.

Displaying in portrait and landscape

Appeon Workspace can be viewed in either portrait or landscape orientation -- you just rotate the device to change the orientation. By default, it is initially displayed in the orientation you hold your device.

Adding extra security to applications

Appeon Workspace adds extra security to applications. In AEM (Appeon Enterprise Manager), you can configure whether a user (an Appeon Workspace Client ID) has access to a particular application. For details, refer to the section called “User Management” in Appeon Server Configuration Guide for .NET, the section called “Group Management” in Appeon Server Configuration Guide for .NET, and the section called “Client Security” in Appeon Server Configuration Guide for .NET or those sections in Appeon Server Configuration Guide for J2EE.

Also, in Appeon Workspace, you can enable the SSL Verify Peer option to make the access to applications safer. For details, refer to Validating server SSL certificate.

Providing configurations to applications

Appeon Workspace provides a number of configuration options to the mobile application, such as the server connection timeout, the display of titlebar, the display of the advertisement banner, languages, logs etc. For details, refer to Configuring Appeon Workspace.

Customizing Appeon Workspace

Appeon Workspace are customizable. You can change Appeon Workspace into your own workspace by customizing the icons, UI texts, workspace banner, languages, etc., in Appeon Developer and publish it to online app stores or distribute it over-the-air. For details, refer to the section called “Customizing and packaging Appeon Workspace” in Appeon Developer User Guide.

Supporting offline applications

Appeon Workspace are capable of running offline applications deployed by Appeon Developer. For details, refer to the section called “Offline Settings” in Appeon Developer User Guide.