As our story continues, we receive a call from the city of Hollister, California, regarding their incident reporting app. They like the application, and it works great for the receptionist who takes phone calls about those issues. Now, they want a version that's more mobile-friendly, and they've come to us for help. It's time for us to take our knowledge of mobile apps and create a tool they can use from a smartphone in the field.

The original incident reporting app was built using typical dijit/layout elements, where every panel had a place on the screen. Now, we have to consider that there's not enough room on a smaller screen for everything. Instead, we need to organize each panel into its own separate view. We'll need to control how we navigate between these views, and use the appropriate controls that work well with a mobile device.

We'll use the ArcGIS JavaScript API compact build, along with the dojox/mobile modules, to create a mobile-friendly web application. We'll...