Best Practices for Mobile Apps

1 Introduction

Guides in this section will help you apply best practices and patterns when building mobile apps with Mendix.

2 Best Practices for Offline-First Apps

• Deleted Flag – Remove deleted objects from the offline database via the synchronize to device activity.
• Incremental Synchronization – Incrementally sync objects from the server to the device based on changed dates.
• Batch Synchronization – Spread long synchronizations to multiple actions and present a progress to your users.
• Compound Object – Combine multiple objects to improve synchronization performance.
• Request Object – Capture changes as objects and apply them after synchronization making these changes more secure.

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• To increase the clarity, organization, and documentation of your apps, see Mendix Best Practices for Development