Smartface is a mobile technology company focusing on enterprise mobility in the cloud for mobile transformation in enterprises. Smartface is headquartered in

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with offices in

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and

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. Smartface Cloud, a cloud-based native

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and

application lifecycle management Application lifecycle management (ALM) is the product lifecycle management (governance, development, and maintenance) of computer programs. It encompasses requirements management, software architecture, computer programming, software testing, ...

platform for enterprises, is the latest generation of the products offered by Smartface Inc. The previous generation product Smartface App Studio was a desktop based "

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Mobility Framework" for mobile application development. In 2019, Smartface announced their focus on digital transformation with two new products, Appcircle.io for Continuous Integration and

Continuous Delivery Continuous delivery (CD) is a software engineering approach in which teams produce software in short cycles, ensuring that the software can be reliably released at any time and, following a pipeline through a "production-like environment", withou ...

for mobile application development and Smartface Middleware Platform as a

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specialized for frontend integration.

Appcircle.io Mobile CI/CD Platform

Appcircle is a Continuous Integration and

platform specific for mobile app development. As a CI/CD platform, it enables developers to automate their mobile app build, sign and deployment processes and it also provides in-browser mobile device emulator/simulators for iOS and Android. For automation and

, it uses a

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-based system where developers can configure steps with a visual interface and add steps from a component marketplace. It is an extension of the Smartface Cloud lifecycle management modules for universal use for any type of mobile app project as an independent product and for this reason, it has a separate presence at Appcircle.io. Similar to Smartface Cloud, it does not require the presence of a Mac to build, deploy and test iOS apps. One important difference from Smartface Cloud is that it is based on

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and supports

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and

on-premise On- premises software (abbreviated to on-prem, and incorrectly referred to as on-premise) is installed and runs on computers on the premises of the person or organization using the software, rather than at a remote facility such as a server farm ...

deployments besides

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use.

Smartface Middleware Platform

Smartface Middleware Platform is a

specialized in frontend integration for modern frontends like mobile apps or chatbots. For this purpose, it can be categorized as "Backend for Frontend" (BFF) instead of a full-fledged middleware for communication between backend systems. It includes features focusing on unifying

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s on a single platform to eliminate the repetition of work and to ensure frontend compatibility. It specifically focuses on rapid delivery and productivitization with its cloud-native architecture running on

for scalability and availability.

Smartface Cloud

Smartface Cloud is a Mobile Enterprise Application Platform (MEAP) with native iOS and Android app development and lifecycle management capabilities. It incorporates a cloud-based integrated development environment (Cloud IDE) that runs on the browser to develop native mobile apps with JavaScript. The apps developed in the cloud can be deployed directly on "on-device emulators" for iOS and Android, eliminating the dependency on a specific OS and hardware as well as physical connectivity for mobile application development (e.g. iOS apps can be developed without a Mac). As for the lifecycle management, it incorporates integrated modules for testing, enterprise and app store distribution along with the ability to update native iOS and Android apps remotely. As a JavaScript based interpreter framework, Smartface allows updating application code and assets from a remote resource and run the updated app without the need for

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(e.g. critical updates can be done without waiting for the App Store review).

Smartface App Studio

Smartface App Studio is now deprecated and replaced with the Cloud IDE offered in Smartface Cloud. It is a cross-platform mobility framework (mobile application development platform) which offers its own integrated development environment to design, develop and publish native apps for Android and iOS. Smartface App Studio offers a

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design editor to design mobile apps and the design fits into Android and iOS devices without any additional effort. Coding is done with an integrated 100%

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code editor. Native iOS and Android apps can be developed with a single

codebase. Smartface App Studio is the only environment that allows whole native iOS development process to be done on Windows (as an alternative to Mac-only

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) with an on-device iPad/iPhone

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for Windows PCs. The emulator also offers a full featured iOS

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on Windows. .apk output for Android and output for iOS can be created with a single-click. Downloading Smartface App Studio and developing, publishing and submitting apps to

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s are free with the community license without any feature limitations. Also there are indie, professional, and enterprise license options available.

Partners and customers

Main partners and customers of Smartface: * Garanti Bank *Kofax *Vasco *Kobil *Kuveyt Turk *

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*Deniz Bank *BAB *VMG * Zain

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.smartface.io * https://www.smartface.io/guides * https://cloud.smartface.io Mobile software programming tools Android (operating system) development software IOS development software Mobile software development Integrated development environments Mobile technology companies Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area Software companies of the United States