Guidance Needed: Upgrading Mobile Web Application Without kendo.mobile.all.min.css

[Arvind]

Hello Kendo UI Community,

We are in the process of upgrading our mobile web application to the latest version of Kendo UI (2024.3.1015). During the upgrade, we noticed that the kendo.mobile.all.min.css file is no longer included in the newer versions. Our application heavily depends on this file for mobile-specific styling and functionality.

Could you please advise on the following:

1. What is the recommended replacement for kendo.mobile.all.min.css in the latest Kendo UI versions?
2. How can we ensure that our application retains the same mobile-friendly layout and features after the upgrade?
3. Are there any migration guides, examples, or resources for transitioning from Kendo UI Mobile to the current responsive framework?

Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, as this is critical for us to keep our application functional and up-to-date.

Thank you!

Best regards,
Arvind Kanswal

[Nikolay]

Hello Arvind,

Starting with the R2 2023 release, Kendo UI no longer ships Hybrid UI components. The last stable version we recommend for Kendo Hybrid components is R3 2022 SP1.

More information about this retirement and the reason we decided to go this path you can find in the blog post below, section Kendo Hybrid Retirement:

https://www.telerik.com/blogs/r2-2023-kendo-ui-release

If you are purely looking to render screens in a more mobile-friendly way, then the good news is that the Kendo UI components are built to be able to respond to the available screen size and also have support for handling touch as the main interface to interact with the components. There shouldn't be a need to involve other technologies, nor would you need to specifically build a PWA. If this is indeed the case, I would recommend building responsive behavior into the screens you are trying to create by building the screens to respond to the available viewport and adding in the UI components you've already been using today from Kendo UI.

Regards,
Nikolay
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