not register ionic application on mobilefirst to use

Question

In mobile first tutorial,
one step is mfpdev app register

Question is what is the use of the registration
as I develop an ionic project and can connect to mobile first without registration when Cordova web resources Previewed with the Mobile Browser Simulator using MobileFirst command mfpdev app preview

mobile first 8
ionic 3

manjunath kallannavar · Answer 1 · 2018-09-04T17:50:18.797

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mfpdev app register command will register your application with MobileFirst Server. Without registering your application with the server, the application on the mobile device will fail to connect to server with an error 'application does not exist'.

If you do not want to use mfpdev app register command, you can register your application manually at MFP Operations console.

For more details , refer : Registering an application

Update : If you are using command mfpdev app preview to preview your web resources with the Mobile Browser Simulator, Security checks are not run on the server-side and security challenges are not sent to the client that runs in Mobile Browser Simulator.

MobileFirst Development Server includes a confidential client "test" that has an unlimited allowed scope ("*"). By default mfpdev app preview uses this confidential client.

NOTE : command mfpdev app preview is meant for preview the UI , OAuth protocol is not fully supported

For more details, refer :Previewing Cordova web resources with the Mobile Browser Simulator

edited Sep 04 '18 at 17:50

answered Aug 30 '18 at 11:26

manjunath kallannavar

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At first, i thought the same. Connection prerequisite should be registering the app. The situation comes into my developing the app using ionic, without registration(confirmed in web console), i can get data. More strangely, i can directly get other data in scope (should ask for challenge or fail) – user3042713 Aug 31 '18 at 03:00
Is it getting data from protected end point or unprotected end point? – manjunath kallannavar Aug 31 '18 at 12:26
Unprotected end point can be accessed. The strange thing is that i can access protected end point – user3042713 Sep 02 '18 at 11:10
This is unexpected behavior open a case with IBM – manjunath kallannavar Sep 02 '18 at 18:55

user3042713 · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-05T08:02:27.687

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Thanks for @manjunath kallannavar for all the supports

Unrestricted right (without login) to both protected and unprotected resources lead me to confidential client.

As pre https://youtu.be/DlxZYxXszIw?t=15m40s, the author mentions user is as confidential client when using mfpdev app preview.
However, this is not documented in IBM reference. (Please quote if you find one)

Also, by using ionic cordova run android in emulator, finally challenge received.

Conclusion, with mfpdev app preview, user right = confidential client => can access all resources

Credit to @manjunath kallannavar

Official explanation: MobileFirst Development Server includes a confidential client "test" that has an unlimited allowed scope ("*"). By default mfpdev app preview uses this confidential client.

edited Sep 05 '18 at 08:02

answered Sep 04 '18 at 06:47

user3042713

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Glad that you found an answer.Your question did not specify the use of mfpdev app preview. – manjunath kallannavar Sep 04 '18 at 17:39
MobileFirst Development Server includes a confidential client "test" that has an unlimited allowed scope ("*"). By default mfpdev app preview uses this confidential client. Link : https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSHS8R_8.0.0/com.ibm.worklight.dev.doc/wl_studio_tools/topics/cmbswl.html – manjunath kallannavar Sep 04 '18 at 17:39

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