Gluon Attach
Gluon Attach is the component that addresses the integration with low-level platform APIs in an end-to-end Java Mobile solution.
Attach provides an uniform, platform-independent API to access device and hardware features. At runtime, the appropriate implementation (attach:desktop, attach:android, attach:ios) makes sure the platform specific code is used to deliver the functionality.
Attach is open source, and it is freely licensed under the GPL license. Gluon can provide custom consultancy and training, commercial licenses, and open source commercial support, including daily and monthly releases.
Getting started
The best way to get started with Gluon Attach is using the Gluon Client Maven archetype from your IDE and creating a Gluon Mobile project.
The Gluon Client samples are a good way to find out how Attach is used.
See the documentation on how to add Attach with the Client Plugin.
The list of available services at Attach can be found here.
Issues and Contributions
Issues can be reported to the Issue tracker
Contributions can be submitted via Pull requests
Building Attach
Gluon Attach is frequently released, and this is only required in case you want to fork and build your local version of Attach.
Requisites
These are the requisites:
- A recent version of JDK 11
- Gradle 5.0 or superior.
To build the iOS Services:
- A Mac with with MacOS X 10.11.5 or superior
- XCode 9.x or superior
How to build and install Attach
To build the Attach services on the project's root, run:
./gradlew clean build
If you want to install them, run:
./gradlew clean publishToMavenLocal
When the process finishes successfully, the different services can be added to a Gluon Mobile project.
For instance, the Display service for desktop can be added to the project like:
<!-- dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.gluonhq.attach</groupId>
<artifactId>display</artifactId>
<version>4.0.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
<!-- plugin -->
<configuration>
<attachList>
<list>display</list>
</attachList>
</configuration>