Infrastructure
Available on the Apple store and Google play store, Powell apps authenticate users through tenant sign-on infrastructure (Microsoft only or SSO provider)
Application configuration is requested to Powell CDN servers after authentication
Frameworks and libraries
|
Component name |
Version |
License |
Description |
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Xamarin.Forms |
4.0.0.540366 |
MIT |
An open-source framework for building iOS, Android and Windows apps |
|
Mono.Android |
4.0.30319 |
MIT |
Xamarin SDK to build iOS apps |
|
Xamarin.iOS |
4.0.30319 |
MIT |
Xamarin SDK to build Android apps |
|
Prism.DryIoc.Forms |
7.1.0.431 |
MIT |
Prism is a framework for building loosely coupled and maintainable apps |
|
AutoMapper |
8.1.1 |
MIT |
Mapping DTO objects to business objects |
|
Com.Airbnb.Xamarin.Forms.Lottie |
2.7.1 |
Apache License |
Loading animations |
|
Flurl |
2.8.2 |
MIT |
Fluent HTTP client library |
|
Microsoft.AppCenter |
2.1.1 |
Commercial |
Push notification management and app deployment for testing purposes |
|
modernhttpclient |
2.4.2 |
MIT |
HTTP client implementation for iOS and Android |
|
MonkeyCache.FileStore |
1.3.0 |
MIT |
Caching server data and user settings |
|
Newtonsoft.Json |
12.0.2 |
MIT |
Json.NET is a popular high-performance JSON framework for .NET |
|
Prism.Plugin.Popups |
2.2.0.293 |
MIT |
Handling popup views with Prism framework |
|
Refractored.XamForms.PullToRefresh |
2.4.1 |
MIT |
Showing loading animation on web views while user pulling down the view |
|
SkiaSharp.Views.Forms |
1.68.0 |
MIT |
Famous cross-platform 2D graphics API |
|
Xam.Plugin.Connectivity |
3.2.0 |
MIT |
Knowing internet connection status |
|
Xam.Plugin.Iconize |
3.5.0.123 |
Apache License |
Using icon fonts with Xamarin |
|
Xamarin.FFImageLoading |
2.4.11.982 |
MIT |
Caching images and adding transformations to them |
Authentication
App consent
Powell apps has to be authorized over Azure Active Directory.
- A consent link is available on Powell Manager for administrators
- Consent has to be done before app deployment
Authentication
Powell Apps only requires only one successful authentication
- Authentication is stored until the user logout
- The app can be closed and reopened without user authentication
- Microsoft authentication settings supported (MFA, Microsoft Authenticator)
Single Sign-On (SSO)
SSO shares centralized authentication servers that all other applications and systems use for authentication
- Powell Apps supports SSO providers connected to the Microsoft authentication process (eg: Okta, OneLogin…)
- The same user experience has standard Microsoft authentication
Graph API access
App consent grants access to several user information from Microsoft Graph API
- If Powell Apps requests are forbidden, UI will be adapted to hide objects linked to forbid data
Conditional Access Policy
Our application integrates a Webview (embedded browser) to display your intranet pages, but unfortunately, this component does not support device compliance-related conditional access rules.
But you can exclude the following apps from your rule to avoid this limitation:
- "Office365" => Authentication form
- "Powell365 - Mobile App"
- "Powell-GraphAPI" or "Powell Intranet"