How to move a MFP 8 Beta Mobile App to the MFP 8 GA Version?

Question

This is the situation:

I build a app with different integrations with the mfp 8 beta.

The app worked fully on the local dev server and mostly on

Answer 1

Client SDKs

• Cordova: remove and re-add any cordova-mfp-* plug-in you may have in your app
• iOS: execute pod update from the project's root folder (note that the podfile structure has changed)
• Android: re-build the project
• Windows: execute nuget update from the project's root folder

CLI

1. Uninstall: npm uninstall -g mfpdev-cli
2. Reinstall: npm install -g mfpdev-cli

^ Required due to a bug that prevented deployment of adapters to a Bluemix-hosted MobileFirst Server

Adapters

Clear (or completely delete, remove) the ~/.m2 folder in your workstation and re-build them to use GA artifacts.

^ Required due to a bug that prevented deployment of adapters to a Bluemix-hosted MobileFirst Server

^ You should also either create a new adapter instead of the beta adapter, or update the adapter's pom.xml file to be like a newly created adapter's structure (some fields' values will be different)

APIs

Update your security-related APIs, as these have changed between the beta and GA. See here: https://mobilefirstplatform.ibmcloud.com/blog/2016/06/22/challenge-handlers/

Bluemix Mobile Foundation server instance

It is recommended to create a new server instance; support for instances created during the beta will soon be stopped.

DevKit installers

Download and install the GA version of the installer, replacing your existing.