METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSLATING FORMS TO NATIVE MOBILE APPLICATIONS

A method for generating native mobile applications, the method comprising: configuring a first renderer for a first operating system and a second renderer for a different second operating system; installing the first renderer on a first mobile device having the first operating system and the second renderer on a second mobile device having the second operating system; accessing a form defined by elements including at least one of a form layout, rules, expressions, validations, events, actions, authentication and data bindings; providing a translation server having interfaces; providing an adapter that maps the elements to the interfaces; translating the mapped elements via the interfaces into a payload, the payload including declarative data; sending the payload to the first mobile device and the second mobile device; and generating, based upon the payload, a first native mobile application on the first mobile device via the first renderer, the first native mobile application utilizing first native controls of the first mobile device, and a second native mobile application on the second mobile device via the second renderer, the second native mobile application utilizing second native controls of the second mobile device. - - - - -QC I -'c6 rL Cz o E