Development tools

The mobile app includes a set of development tools that you can use to test your configurations and to manage the downloaded data on the mobile device.

To access the development tools, select Settings from the mobile app menu and then select About on the Settings page. The list of development tools is displayed when you tap the Infor icon in the middle of the About page. You can select one of these tools:

• Synchronize Metadata

  As you edit your configurations on the server, they are not automatically downloaded to the mobile device. Select Synchronize Metadata to download the current configurations from the mobile services.

  Note: You can also use the Synchronize item on the mobile app's menu to synchronize metadata.
• View Logs

  Select View Logs to view the app's logs on the mobile device.

• Export Logs

  Select Export Logs to export the app's logs to the server.

  See Logging.

• Clear Logs

  Removes all app logs from the mobile device.

• Clear Cached Maps

  Removes any maps that have been downloaded for offline use.

• Clear Authentication Data

  Removes app authentication data from the mobile device. Also removes map authentication data.

• Clear Work Data

  Removes pending changes and downloaded work records, such as permit inspections and service requests, from the mobile device.

  Note: Shared resources and code definitions are not removed when you purge work data. If you want to remove these records, you must clear the application's content.
• Clear Application Content

  Select Clear Application Content to clear all content that has been downloaded from the mobile services to the local device.

• Turn On Mock Location

  You can use a mock location to test GIS functionality in the mobile app.

• Turn Off Mock Location

  Select this option to disable the mock location.

• Clear Metadata Cache

  Select this option to clear the metadata cache on the Rest Services application server. To use this option you must be granted the Clear Metadata Cache permission in Access Control. Because you're clearing data from the server, this option is only available when you are working online.

• Publish Shared Resources

  Publishes the shared resources for the current user's profile. Publishing shared resources creates a package in the Rest Services application directory on the server. Other users with the same profile can then download the package rather than downloading the shared resources from the Rest Services individually. This shortens the time it takes to complete the download.

  See Publishing shared resources.

• Delete Published Shared Resources

  Deletes the published shared resources package for the current user's profile.

• Form Viewer

  You can use the Form Viewer to preview the views defined in your Mobile configuration.