Adaptive application version integration support

A method, comprising:

• obtaining an out-of-date version of an Application Programming Interface (API) call initiated from a mobile application of a mobile device and directed to a network service;
• determining a current version of the API call being processed by the network service;
• chaining one or more API transformations on the API call and converting the API call into a second API call associated with the current version;
• and
• providing the second API call to the network service for processing on behalf of the mobile application.

A system, comprising:

• a mobile device comprising a mobile processor and a mobile non-transitory computer-readable storage medium,
• the mobile non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprises executable instructions for a mobile application;
• a cloud environment comprising at least one server having at least one processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having executable instructions representing an Application Programming Interface (API) version manager;
• the mobile application when executed by the mobile processor from the mobile non-transitory computer-readable storage medium causes the mobile processor to perform first operations comprising:
• engaging a network service in a session using API calls associated with a first version of an API when the network service expects the API calls in a current supported version of the API, wherein the first version is not the current supported version;
• the API version manager when executed by the at least one processor from the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium causes the at least one processor to perform second operations comprising:
• detecting establishment of the session;
• intercepting first communications originating from the mobile application during the session;
• processing API adapters in an ascending order on the first communications and delivering the first communications in the current supported version of the API calls to the network service;
• intercepting second communications originating from the network service during the session;
• and
• processing the API adapters in a descending order on the second communications and delivering the second communications to the mobile application in the first version of the API calls.