Officially Released – IBM Domino Mobile Apps for iPad

Joyous news – IBM released IBM Domino Mobile App for iPad. This software will allow most Domino apps to run on an iPad. Thus provide additional flexibility in your environment.

Requirements:

iPads require iOS 11.4+ or 12.1+ installed
Users will need access to their IBM Notes ID files (May be obtained through ID Vault)

Limitations:

Note the following limitations in release 1.0 taken from IBM Website

  • AES GCM encryption is not supported. IBM® Domino® Mobile Apps falls back to AES-128 CBC mode when communicating with Domino servers configured to use AES GCM.
  • Java™-based applications (JavaAgents, XPages) are not supported.
  • Web services design elements are not supported.
  • Use of application management framework such as AppConfig is not supported.
  • The Notes® mail application (based on the standard mail template) is not supported.
  • Sharing attachments with other entities such as other iOS applications is not supported.
  • Custom actions that are defined for the drop-down action menu are not available.
  • Importing images into Notes rich text fields is not supported.
  • Domino Mobile Apps network requests are limited to 10 seconds. If latency between the client and a Domino server causes network operations to exceed this limit, then normal operations can fail.
  • The Notes Workspace is not supported.
  • Roaming is not supported.
  • The Create menu is not available.
  • Text in Notes text fields cannot be selected.

Future:

There is an expectation that an Android version is in the works.