bizdoc 0.0.15

Workflow organization forms.

Create form-driven mobile apps on top of BizDoc workflow engine.

Features

• Authentication: Okta, Entra or DirectortServices.
• Online messages and notifications.
• Analysis charts.
• Dashboard widgets.
• Capture and attach file from camera.
• Location sensitive forms.
• Geo location services.

Getting started

flutter pub add bizdoc

If you are going to access self owned server APIs, install dio.

flutter pub add dio provider

BizDoc mobile app relays on Firebase messaging. To fully take advantage of BizDocApp you'll need to create a Firebase project and provide it's settings to BizDoc.

Usage

Add BizDocApp to main.dart.

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return BizDocApp(
      serverAddress: 'https://bizdoc-server-here',
      authentication: FormIdentity());
  }
}

BizDocApp can be provided with certificate, Firebase settings for communication and title.

Set authentication

Set method according to server configuration.

Provider	Usage
Okta	Okta.
FormIdentity	Username password authentication.
DirectoryServices	Windows
Entra	Azure Active Directory

Declare components

BizDoc components are widgets which can access app state and services. Flutter supports three types of BizDoc components: form, action and widget.

First, declare a stateful widget.

class MyComponent extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _MyComponentState createState() => _MyComponentState();
}
class _MyComponentState extends State<MyComponent> {

}

Register components

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return BizDocApp(
        routes: {'my-component': (context) => MyComponent()
        }),
  }
}

Forms

A form is a component type which offers a user to fill a series of inputs.

Declare model

class MyModel {
  final Map<String, dynamic> _json;
  MyModel(this._json);

  String? get subject => _json['subject'];
  set subject(String? val) => _json['subject'] = val;
  num? get price => _json['price'];
  set price(num? val) => _json['price'] = val;
}

Here we use a getter and setter for each property. You can deserialize json using fromJson() pattern.

Manage state

Access form state using BizDocFormState.

class _MyComponentState extends State<MyComponent> {
  late BizDocFormState _state;
  late MyModel _model;
  @override initState() {
    _state = Provider.of<BizDocFormState>(context, listen: false);
    _model = MyModel(_state.data);
    super.initState();
  }
}

Update state on input change.

    TextFormField(
      keyboardType: TextInputType.text,
      controller: new TextEditingController(text: _model.subject),
      onChanged: (value) {
        _model.subject = value;
        _state.setDirty();
      },
      validator: (value) {
        if (value != null && value != '') _state.setInvalid();
        else if (_model.isValid) _state.setValid();
      },
    ),

Control widgets

Embed BizDoc control in your components to gain simplification of API use.

Name	Usage
CombinationPicker	Combination input.
CombinationPool	Combination input.
SelectTypeField	Picker for datatype.
AutocompleteTypeField	Autocomplete picker for datatype.
AddressField	Autocomplete address input.
DateFormField	Date picker
DateRangeField	Date range picker

Set GoogleMapsSettings property in BizDocApp.

Integrate APIs

Use extension or singleton to access BizDoc services.

Services available:

Name	Usage
DataSource	Retrieve BizDoc datatype values.
Geo	Geo location services. Set GoogleMapsSettings property in BizDocApp.
Session	Current session state.

extension MyModel on Session {
   Future<Iterable<VendorInfo>> vendors(String? name){
      final response = dio.get('/vendors/', queryParameters: {'name': name });
      return response.data.map((e)=> VendorInfo(e));
   }
}

class VendorInfo {
  final Map<String, dynamic> _json;
  VendorInfo(this._json);
  String? get name => _json['name'];
}

Use dio property to send an HTTP request to server /api.

Utilize in widgets.

  let vendors = await dataSource.vendors();

Dashboard widgets

Use BizDocWidgetState to get remote data.

class CubeAnalysisWidget extends StatefulWidget implements IDashboardWidget {
  const CubeAnalysisWidget({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  @override
  _CubeAnalysisWidgetState createState() => _CubeAnalysisWidgetState();
}

class _CubeAnalysisWidgetState extends State<CubeAnalysisWidget> {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Consumer<BizDocWidgetState>(builder: (context, value, child) {
      if (value.hasData)
      for (var item in value.data!) {
        ...
      }
    })
  }
}

Register component in BizDocApp resolve.

Settings

To fully take advantage of BizDoc app, add messaging and APIs settings.

Push messages

Firebase project FirebaseSettings of BizDocApp main.dart.

Geo location services

Google maps API in GoogleMapsSettings of BizDocApp in main.dart.

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) => BizDocApp(
        firebaseSettings: FirebaseSettings(
            apiKey: '...',
            projectId: '...',
            senderId: '...',
            vapidKey: '...',
            appId: '...'),
        googleMapsSettings: GoogleMapsSettings(apiKey: '...'),
      );
}

Additional information

Getting started development guide, and wiki.

Contact Moding's R&D team on [[e-mail]].