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‘Corporate’ world use to rely on ‘User Endpoint Management solutions’ such as mobileiron, , Microsoft Intune, etc. Additional costs might be required.

Long-term Vision

To confirm

• use of device with multiple users?

• transition strategy?

Questions to be answered:

• Design of the mobile applications UX/UI

• Combination of the functionalities in only one app: modular mobile application

  Client mobile app

  • Advantages one app

    • one codebase

• Web/native solution: Android vs PWA

• • • can make “variant“ to simulate multiple apps

    • easier for users to find

    • mirror UX from web application (if PWA ?)

    • detailed customisation possible for the implementers

    • reuse of common functionalities (e.g. enquiring, barcode reader)

    • modular architecture: might allow additional implementation features

    • Show/display menu based on roles (possible issue if there is multiple user using on app)

  • Advantages multiple apps

    • versioning easier to read, a lesser impact for the update because the user-based of each app will be smaller

    • on app per role

    • “ready to use“

    • specialized apps => know its purpose, easier marketing/visibility

    • fit to segmented usage (claim and enrolment)

• Native/Web/hybrid solution: Android vs PWA (progressive web application) vs Ionic/Xamarin/ReactNative

  • Advantages native mobile app

    • not dependent on version of browser

    • Code already exists

  • Advantages PWA

    • “one” codebase for web and mobile front end even if mobile optimization is required

    • the ReactJS Frontend(used in modular) can integrate PWA capability => code can be reused

    • Regular web app gains offline functionality

    • can migrate one module at the time (no big bang required)

    • access to browser capabilities (e.g. GPS, camera)

  • Disadvantage PWA

    • Design to be reviewed => responsive design

    • Show only required fields => don’t pollute the view

    • Offline DB / Synchronization logic can be complex (service worker / Cache management)

    • Need SSL signed by a trusted body (let’s encrypt, GlobalSign ….) which complexify the testing by preventing usage local servers (current modular has the same limitation)

    • Don’t have access to full device hardware - limited to browser permissions/access.

    • dependent of the version of the browser / webview

  • Advantages Hybrid

    • code more likely to be independent of the phone vendor libraries

    • access to native platform capabilities (through Cordova)

  • Drawback for Hybrid

    • New language to be used

    • Possible license fees (tbc per solution)

    • Redevelopment required

• Client mobile app (insuree app)

Next step:

Nils: clean up formatting → Table

Uwe/Dragos/Patrick/Nils - meeting April 6th