Appendix G: New Features

Dan_vL · ‎2015 Jul 21

The following are some of the new features to the SMP 3.0 platform since its initial release that may be of interest to Kapsel developers.

To see new features in SP08 and previous releases see New Features
SMP 3.0 Server SP08

Build dated June 29, 2015.
Can add and remove certificates using the management cockpit. Settings > Certificates

Released on Sept 22, 2015.
SAP JVM 8.0
New Same-Origin Policy setting when creating an app. Note this does not apply to file URL's which are used by Kapsel apps that include the HTML/JavaScript in the app. It may need to be set to disabled for SAP Fiori Client apps that are proxied through an SMP server.
See also SAP Hana Cloud Platform mobile services 1.2 released
See also SAP Hana Cloud Platform mobile services 1.3 released

Build for SP09 PL01 dated July 15, 2015.
Cordova 5.0 support.
Recommended IDE for Android is now Android Studio rather than ADT plugins for Eclipse. See also An update on Eclipse Android Developer Tools
Kapsel plugin ID's changed to follow naming change made by Cordova plugins. For example com.sap.mp.cordova.plugins.logon --> kapsel-plugin-logon
A new Cordova Whitelist plugin with Content Security Policy
Localization of Kapsel Plugins and Fiori Client for languages including de, en, es, fr, ja, pt, ru, and zh_CN
Push Plugin on Android uses a newer push library.
Selection on the Choose certificate dialog is remembered on Android and can be avoided on iOS via a new AuthProxy API named setAutoSelectCertificateConfig
A Node.js application to create and build a pre-packaged Fiori application using the mobile cloud build service. See C:\SAP\MobileSDK3\KapselSDK\apps\packager\README.md.

Build for SP10 dated Sept 24, 2015.
See also SMP SDK SP10 released - What is new and Kapsel SP10 Release Notes
Initial support for iOS9. Note the build setting enable bitcode must be disabled and unsecure communication using HTTP is restricted with App Transport Security.

On Android, it is required to specify the minSDK used should be at least 14 in the config.xml with Cordova 5.1.1.

<platform name="android">

      <preference name="android-minSdkVersion" value="14" />

</platform>

The Logger plugin has a new API to enable clearing the log named sap.Logger.clearLog
Updates to the voice recording plugin to provide a SAPUI5 user interface for the recording and playback screens.
The push plugin can now optionally specify the senderID for GCM and on iOS supports remote notifications.
Previously with the Logon plugin it was possible to prefill the password field shown in the registration screen. This was to be used during development. This is no longer possible.
The Fiori Client now has a No Bridge security feature which prevents plugins from loading if the WebView opens a page other than the initial FioriURL.
To better control when a SAML authentiation is performed (for offline use), the following were added (SP09 PL03).
sap.authproxy.performSAMLAuth and a config option named "refreshSAMLSessionOnResume":"skip"

Build for SP11 SP01 dated Jan 29, 2016
See also the release notes for the Kapsel SP11 SDK and SAP Fiori Client 1.6 Changes.
Cordova 5.4.1 and Node 5.4.1 support.

Getting Started with Kapsel - Appendix G -- New Features (SP09+)