[Mobile] How to build a Mobile application incrementally

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[Mobile] How to build a Mobile application incrementally

The building of UI instruments for the end user to interact with objects of a S8 System is done incrementally using inspection.

We need a robust inspector framework to let us create/change/edit the UI while working in the system (or connected remotely to the system)

There is NO tool for building, it is just instantiating aMobileCoordinator, then #open (to make it accessing for testing) and #inspect (to edit the contents incrementally, adding widgets and links for actions); when complete, the #spec of the UI is captured (as a literal) to be used to instantiate the instrument later.

we want a normal inspector over aMobileApplication to support incremental system UI interface modification and inspection during system's lifetime.
it´s an enriched inspector, that is: the inspector should present instruments to view and modify any part of system UI.
- it must allow, not only inspection but also, modification of any part of inspected system UI at any granularity.
it must allow a live modification and inspection of an existing system UI.
- the instruments presented in (MobileApplication)Inspector will depend on the mobile application part that is being inspected.
- when inspecting aMobileCoordinator or aMobileTemplate, an instrument to add aMobileWidget should be available, while when aMobileApplication is inspected an instrument to add aMobileThread should present.
not any application will be inspectable through this tool: this is an inspector for aMobileApplication.
a control for persisting a representation of system UI should be available, to save a snapshot of the inspected mobileApplication (its spec).
after modifying any part of inspected system UI, a protocol for re-loading the mobileApplication with modifications should be available.
inspector user experience:
- maybe a palette could be available, in order to drag a palette control to the inspected UI part.