The Hybrid Container public API consists of a number of interfaces and relevant methods that make it possible to prepare applications for launching and manage their status. For a detailed description of individual objects and methods please follow the links below.
The management APIs include several interfaces and relevant methods for each, which enable management and monitoring of the lifecycle of both Hybrid Container and web applications, as well as management of user accounts.
| Description | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Authentication | User authentication |
| Container Lifecycle | Application management and monitoring |
| Logger | Logging level configuration and access to local log files |
| User Accounts | User account management |
| Web Application Lifecycle | Various web application management objects and their methods. |
Hybrid Container API includes a number of APIs that consist of several interfaces and relevant methods for each. This set of APIs allows developers to create applications that cooperate with existing functionalities of end-user devices.
| Description | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Barcode Scanner | Barcode scanning |
| Contact Database | Support for W3C compliant contact objects |
| Document Picker | Capturing of media and retrieving various documents from the gallery |
| Document Viewer | Viewing of the content of external documents |
| Encrypted SQL | Storing and querying large sets of structured data |
| Filesystem | Access to the device's native file system |
| File Transfer | File transfer from a server |
| Geolocation | Access to geolocation data, including latitude, longitude, altitude, accuracy, heading and speed |
| Motion | Access to various sensors built into mobile devices |
| Network Status | Obtaining information about the state of the network connection |
| Notifications | Configuring push notifications and local notifications to handle all notification related actions |
| Touch ID | Support for user credentials secured by the TouchId mechanism |
| Web Browser | Opening pages in a browser window |
These APIs include several interfaces and relevant methods for each, which allow developers to create solutions that utilize multiple web applications, or help overcome certain limitations.
| Description | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Back Action | Support for hardware buttons on Android |
| Battery | Monitoring the battery level and charging state of a device |
| Interapp Communicator | Sending events between applications |
| Native Application Switcher | Switching between web applications |
| Open URL | Launching applications with a custom URL address |
| Side Bar | Controlling the natively animated menu |
| Splash Screen | Controlling the display of a splash screen at web app initiaton |
| Status Bar | Controlling the background color, foreground color and visibility of the status bar |
The following objects can be used in the Hybrid Container applications to enable Pega 7 Platform integration.
| Name | Purpose |
|---|---|
| PRPC Analytics | Facilitates sending of device log information related to data synchronization failures. |
| PRPC Client Store | Enables performing data synchronization, as well as store and forward capabilities by
means of the HTTPClientStore object and its methods. |
| PRPC Location Recorder | Enables geolocation track recording. |