MenuConnect API SDK for Mobile Apps

[Alok Singh]

Hi Delivery.com team,

We were provided the SDK for merchant menus to integrate the ordering flow at our end (https://menuconnect.delivery.com/sdk/docs/index.html). Would like to know if the same SDK can be used for iOS and Android Apps also (i.e. is the widget provided by the SDK responsive and can be embedded into the native apps for iOS and Android)? Also where can I find a more detailed documentation for the SDK ?

Thanks & Regards,

Alok

[Greg Solak]

Hi Alok:

Thank you for posting on the api forum.

The SDK for MenuConnect is fully responsive and has been optimized for mobile devices.

Please note however, that the SDK is javascript driven and will require a browser view. Furthermore, the SDK was not tested in a native ios/android build so you may run into unexpected bugs.

MenuConnect was only recently rolled out, and as such, we are still working on its documentation.

Feel free to post a follow up if you have any more questions.

[Alok Singh]

Thanks Greg for the quick response!

I have a few followup questions on the SDK usage:

1. How do we use the SDK in development environment mode to test out the end to end flow while integrating?

2. How well is the SDK supported across the three major devices i.e. iOS, Android, Windows Phone?

3. If there is a bug in the SDK how quickly we can expect it to get resolved once reported (most probably via this forum)?

Thanks & Regards,

~ Alok

[Alok Singh]

+1 one more question on the SDK.

On an mobile app if the user has used the widget to sign-in to delivery and place and order, can we keep them signed in to delivery.com so that when they order the next time they don't have to sign in again ?

Regards,

Alok

[Greg Solak]

1. How do we use the SDK in development environment mode to test out the end to end flow while integrating?

2. How well is the SDK supported across the three major devices i.e. iOS, Android, Windows Phone?

3. If there is a bug in the SDK how quickly we can expect it to get resolved once reported (most probably via this forum)?

4. On an mobile app if the user has used the widget to sign-in to delivery and place and order, can we keep them signed in to delivery.com so that when they order the next time they don't have to sign in again ?

1. MenuConnect is a relatively new javascript SDK that interacts with the API end. We do not currently provide an out of the box configuration to test the SDK but you can tweak the api end calls to suit your needs better (i.e. using your api credentials).
2). The sdk is NOT a native component for mobile platform. It is responsive javascript component that works in mobile browsers. We have tested it on iOS + Android extensively. Windows was also tested. It is recommended that you run your own tests.
3. While I can not give you an exact estimate on bug turnarounds, I can assure you that we have extensive measures in place to ensure that few bugs go to production. The few bugs that persist into production are quickly resolved.
4. This is something that you should fully test.

Hope this provides some more insight. Feel free to follow up.

[Alok Singh]

Thanks Greg! I'll post any follow up's if necessary.