Reason and Prerequisites
The SAP Fiori Client app was initially developed to help users run SAP Fiori web applications using their mobile devices. With the considerable improvement of device browser capabilities, the need for the SAP Fiori Client app has been significantly reduced. In addition, due to the increasing limitations [1 2] of the WebView component, applications such as the SAP Fiori Client that are built on top of it can no longer provide an optimal user experience.
For these reasons, SAP will be removing the SAP Fiori Client app from the public app stores, with the recommendation that end-users use their native browsers instead.
Solution
Recommended Approaches:
• Option 1: Transition to SAP Mobile Start
SAP Mobile Start can serve as an option for customers interested in a native launch experience for their users. It enables the end-users to immediately react to critical business situations by providing SAP S/4HANA notifications as well as approval workflows delivered by the SAP Task Center.
Please find introductory blogs as well as deep-dive how-to blogs on the SAP Mobile Start community page (https://community.sap.com/topics/mobile-experience/start).
Note: SAP Mobile Start is certified to be integrated into SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud but not for SAP ECC.
Pre-requisites: SAP Work Zone, standard edition
• Option 2: Build custom mobile applications using SAP Mobile Services
SAP Mobile Services provides a seamless way for customers to accelerate their mobile application development to mobilize their data (SAP or 3rd Party) with a great degree of flexibility for customization.
Customers can choose from multiple modes of development: SAP Mobile Development Kit to build cross-platform applications; SAP BTP SDK for iOS & SAP BTP SDK for Android for fast native application development.
Please check the official documentation (https://developers.sap.com/mobile) and roadmap (https://roadmaps.sap.com/board?range=FIRST-LAST&PRODUCT=000D3A47875C1EDB98A89A88E176C229) for further details.
• Option 3: Use the device browser
To access SAP Fiori launchpad, we recommend using your default device browser. Please note that using a browser means that certain device-native functionality will not be available, including barcode scanning and voice recording (see FAQ below for alternatives to barcode scanning APIs for the browser).
For customers who have Mobile Device Management (MDM) capability, a link to SAP Fiori launchpad can be added to the users’ home screens using the "Add to Home Screen" functionality provided by the MDM [3].