If you are using the "legacy" build tiles on the Intel XDK Build tab, please convert to Cordova builds ASAP!
On or very soon after December 14, 2015 the Intel XDK legacy build options will disappear and will no longer be available to build apps. The legacy build option is based on three year old technology that predates the current Cordova project. All Intel XDK development efforts for the past two years have been directed at building standard Apache Cordova apps.
The legacy build tiles have been marked as deprecated for over six months. This will be your last warning regarding a recommendation to move to the new Cordova build tiles!
Many of the legacy intel.xdk APIs that are supported by the legacy build option have been migrated to standard Apache Cordova plugins and published as open source plugins. The API details for these plugins are available in the README.md files in the respective 01.org GitHub repos. Additional details regarding the new Cordova implementations of the legacy intel.xdk APIs can be found by reading Intel XDK Namespace Cordova Plugin API Details.
FYI: Standard Cordova builds do not require the use of the "intelxdk.js" and "xhr.js" phantom scripts. Only the "cordova.js" phantom script is required to successfully build Cordova apps. If you have been including "intelxdk.js" and "xhr.js" in your Cordova builds they have been quietly ignored. You should remove references to these files from your "index.html" file; leaving them in will do no harm, it simply results in a warning that the respective script file cannot be found at runtime.
The Emulate tab will continue to support some legacy intel.xdk APIs that are NOT supported in the Cordova builds (only those intel.xdk APIs that are supported by the open source plugins are available to a Cordova built app, and only if you have included the respective intel.xdk plugins). This Emulate tab discrepancy will be addressed in a future release of the Intel XDK.
- - - - additional information from Appmobi regarding their mobile app cloud services - - - -
The legacy build containers also included "built-in" support for several Appmobi mobile app cloud services. Please see the following abbreviated email from Marcel Smit of Appmobi, regarding these services.
NOTE: AppMobi is an independent company.
From: Marcel Smit
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Subject: Start using Appmobi’s Secure Mobile Platform for free
Dear Mobile Specialist,
In my last email, I informed you that as from 12/16/2015 onwards, support for the appMobi Cloud Services are terminated. In that email I briefly introduced the components of Appmobi’s Secure Mobile Platform. The platform allows you to secure a Cordova mobile app at the code level in just minutes. As you know, this process could normally take weeks or even months.
As part of the platform you get Secure Push Messaging, Secure Live Update, Authentication Integration, Secure Data Store and Secure Analytics. The platform is installed on your private stack, so you’re in charge at all times.
During the last few months, the Appmobi team has been working closely together with the Intel® XDK team on a full integration of these services within the Intel® XDK.
Using the latest version of the Intel® XDK, a developer can now start a new project and add the Appmobi plug-in, select the desired security levels in the Appmobi platform and copy the Appmobi files into the Intel® XDK project. The mobile app is immediately secured at the code level.
If you’re interested in seeing how easy it is for a developer to use the Intel® XDK and add the deepest level of security, please have a look at this link: https://vimeo.com/146417548
One last comment: in my previous mail I mentioned that we would apply a discount for developers who used the Cloud Services before. We decided to change that. Instead we want to remove all barriers to start securing mobile apps. That’s why we set both the development license and production license at $ 0. Even support comes at zero cost.
Here is the link to get your complimentary license: https://licensing.appmobi.com/demo/signup/
Best regards,
Marcel Smit
CEO
Appmobi
www.appmobi.com
3789 Fillmore St | San Francisco, CA 94123