Overview

The following table lists the functions that you can perform in client-side applications, and the corresponding IBM MobileFirst JavaScript client-side API.

Function	Description
Initializing and reloading an application Managing authenticated sessions Obtaining general application information Retrieving and updating data from corporate information systems Storing and retrieving user preferences across sessions Globalizing application texts Specifying environment-specific user interface behavior Storing custom log lines for auditing and reporting purposes in special database tables Writing debug lines to a logger window Using functions specific to specific device	WL.Client WL.App
Defining the behavior of the application before it enters the background or foreground	WL.App.BackgroundHandler
Defining the application badge	WL.Badge
Displaying an indication that the application is busy	WL.BusyIndicator
Enabling you to use location services to perform various actions that are based on Geo and WiFi positions	WL.App.setKeepAliveInBackground WL.Client.purgeEventTransmissionBuffer WL.Client.setEventTransmissionPolicy WL.Client.transmitEvent WL.Device WL.Device.Geo WL.Device.Geo.Profiles WL.Device.Wifi WL.Geo
Storing sensitive data on the client application	WL.EncryptedCache
Interacting with JSONStore, to populate the local store with documents, and to update, delete, and search across documents	WL.JSONStore WL.JSONStoreInstance
Printing log messages to the log for the environment	WL.Logger
Using push and SMS notifications.	WL.Client.Push
Manipulating the Android options menu, and the Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 apps application bar	WL.Item WL.OptionsMenu
Showing a dialog with buttons for the application	WL.SimpleDialog
Managing the tab bar on Android and iPhone	WL.TabBar WL.TabBarItem
Switching the currently displayed, web-based screen with a natively written page	WL.NativePage
Removing the user certificate that is installed by the user certificate authentication realm	WL.UserAuth