Offline Updates for Native Mobile Applications

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• requesting and receiving, by a native application executing on a wireless communication device, data from a server device, wherein the data defines content for display on a graphical user interface of the native application, an arrangement of the content, and a script;
• displaying, on the graphical user interface, the content in accordance with the arrangement;
• receiving, by way of the graphical user interface, input that modifies at least some of the content as displayed;
• determining that the wireless communication device is in an offline mode;
• in response to receiving the input and the wireless communication device being in the offline mode, invoking, by the native application, execution of the script;
• and
• while the wireless communications device is in the offline mode:
• (i) obtaining, as a result of the execution of the script, modifications to the content, and (ii) displaying, on the graphical user interface, the content as modified in accordance with the arrangement.

An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium, having stored thereon program instructions that, upon execution by a wireless communication device, cause the wireless communication device to perform operations comprising:

• requesting and receiving, by a native application executing on the wireless communication device, data from a server device, wherein the data defines content for display on a graphical user interface of the native application, an arrangement of the content, and a script;
• displaying, on the graphical user interface, the content in accordance with the arrangement;
• receiving, by way of the graphical user interface, input that modifies at least some of the content as displayed;
• determining that the wireless communication device is in an offline mode;
• in response to receiving the input and the wireless communication device being in the offline mode, invoking, by the native application, execution of the script;
• and
• while the wireless communications device is in the offline mode:
• (i) obtaining, as a result of the execution of the script, modifications to the content, and (ii) displaying, on the graphical user interface, the content as modified in accordance with the arrangement.