sap mobile start - how to create a tile to launch custom app developed using mdk in sap bas?

[gaurav_setu]

I have followed few developer tutorials:

https://developers.sap.com/mission.mobile-dev-kit-enhance.html

https://developers.sap.com/mission.mobile-dev-kit-enhance.html

https://developers.sap.com/mission.mobile-dev-kit-level-up.html

Following above tutorials I created many mdk apps with systems SampleServiceV4 & swagger_petstore

I googled a lot but surprisingly I did not see any blog explaining creating tile selecting 'system' for sap mobile start

this below blog has shown creating tile selecting "no system"

https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blogs-by-sap/sap-mobile-start-adding-native-apps-to-your-con...

providing additional details below:

bas project folder with apps developed using mdk:

destination:

mobile services native/mdk:

project.json of app

launchpad is sap mobile start enabled.

app configuration (content manager / demo), system available for selection:

what should be correct selection for 'app ui technology' ?

if i select sap ui5, it asks for component id. what should i provide in component id?

if i select 'dynamic url' , what should be the url?

Please help in this regard.

@dennis_koehler 

@SAPSupport 

[dennis_koehler]

Hi @gaurav_setu ,  if you're MDK apps are deployed natively you can follow the blog by selecting No-System in the content manager. Only with this selection you will get the option to create the "Native Tiles" for iOS / Android leveraging the URL Scheme of your native app. 

Otherwise if you're calling webapps you can create "usual" tiles with a system and another UI technology. Those would also show on the Work Zone launchpad and will be available in SAP Mobile Start as well. 

Hope this helps! Best regards, 
Dennis 

[gaurav_setu]

@dennis_koehler To make the question easy, I have updated with detail. Please check.

[dennis_koehler · Accepted solution]

Hi @gaurav_setu , 

i think there is some misunderstanding / confusion. I think you first need to think about how you want to integrate the app. I'm not an MDK expert, but as far as i know you could run it as a native app or via the web. 

If you have a native app, it's not required to select a system during the App Configuration inside the Work Zone Site Manager. You configure it as a native application following my blog. The main parameter you would require for this is the App URL scheme of the native container that your MDK application is running in. 
(Not 100% sure, but based on your screenshots i think this would be the URL starting with "sapmobilesvcs://...") 

If you're running your MDK application as a webapp, you should just be able to call it via URL. For this you would also select "No System" -> "URL" and provide the application URL that you would use to open the app. 
(Based on your screenshot i think it's the URL like: "https://cb5b....hana.ondemand.com/nsDemoSampleApp")

I don't think there is the need to select a runtime destination for your app as a "System" parameter. This usually is required for content of remote content provider systems (e.g. SAP S/4HANA). I think the destinations are consumed by your app directly. 

Hope this is more clear now! 
Best regards, 
Dennis

[gaurav_setu · Accepted solution]

Wow!, it worked perfect. Thanks!

[gaurav_setu]

@dennis_koehler @SAPSupport