MOBILE WEB APP INFRASTRUCTURE
A method, device and computer program product for forming a mobile web app infrastructure on a device may include creating a local web app server on the device in response to an application being started on the device. A proxy uniform resource locator (URL) address may be provided by the local web app server that enables the device to access an out of security URL to perform a function associated with the application.
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12 . A device, comprising:
a processor;
a local web app server created on the processor in response to an application being started on the device, wherein the local web app server provides a proxy URL address that enables the device to access an out of security URL to perform a function associated with the application.
13 . The device of claim 12 , further comprising a library comprising a plurality of native resources on the device.
14 . The device of claim 12 , further comprising a browser object created by the application, wherein the browser object is pointed to load a URL based at the local web app server and port address for the local web app server that is randomly generated.
15 . The device of claim 12 , further comprising a browser object loaded with a URL to the local server that accesses a bundle comprising computer code for operation of the application.
16 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the proxy URL address comprises a prefix to the out of security URL.
17 . A computer program product for forming a mobile web app infrastructure, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code configured to create a local web app server on the device in response to an application being started on the device; and
computer readable program code configured to provide a proxy URL address that enables the device to access an out of security URL to perform a function associated with the application.
18 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the computer readable program code further comprises computer readable program code configured to generating a port address for the local web app server randomly.
19 . The computer program product of claim 18 , wherein the computer readable program code further comprises computer readable program code configured to create a browser object, wherein the browser object is pointed to load a URL based at the local web app server and port address.
20 . The computer program product of claim 19 , wherein the computer readable program code further comprises computer readable program code configured to receive a local server connection from the device by the local web app server and delivering a request to the local server using bundled HTML and JavaScript files.
21 . The device of claim 12 , wherein the local web app server adds a prefix to a proxy URL address of the out of security URL.
22 . The device of claim 12 , wherein a port address for the local web app server is randomly generated.
23 . The device of claim 12 , wherein only local connections from the device are accepted by the local web app server.
24 . The device of claim 12 , wherein a secret number is used in the proxy URL address that is known only by the application to disable use of the proxy URL address by another application.
25 . The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the computer readable program code configured to provide a proxy URL address comprises computer readable program code configured to add a prefix to the out of security URL.
26 . The computer program product of claim 17 , further comprising computer readable program code configured to generate a secret number used in the proxy URL address which is known only by the application to disable use of the proxy URL address by another application.
27 . The computer program product of claim 17 , further comprising computer readable program code configured to generate a port address for the local web app server randomly.
28 . The computer program product of claim 17 , further comprising computer readable program code configured to create a browser object loaded with a URL to the local server that accesses a resource bundle comprising computer useable code for operation of the application.