Creating a Mobile Web Application Using Oracle Application Express 4.2

This tutorial covers how to create a mobile web application using Oracle Application Express 4.2.

Time to Complete

Approximately 20 minutes

Introduction

Oracle Application Express 4.2 introduces the ability to declaratively define mobile web applications using jQuery Mobile. The Application Builder has been enhanced to support multiple user interfaces, both desktop and mobile, within a single application. Therefore, developers can choose to build an application only for the desktop, only for mobile, or for both. Mobile pages use jQuery Mobile to render content on the vast majority of mobile devices. In this tutorial, you create a mobile web application and run the application to view its mobile user interface.

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial, you should have:

Creating a Mobile Web Application

Running the Application

You can run the application you created on a mobile device by logging into the application on the mobile device. You can also view the application in your desktop's browser by performing the below mentioned steps.

Summary

In this tutorial, you have learned how to:

Resources

Credits

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