Category Archives: How-to
Have An Issue With Running Your Cascades Release Build?
So you have been developing your Cascades app for a while. Everything is working great! You’re ready to just export the release build, double check that it works, and… oh, no, it’s broken. “PANIC!!!” you might think. Well, luckily you found this blog post. I am going to walk you through the all the steps you […]
Port Your PJSIP Engine to BlackBerry 10 in Less Than 10 minutes
If you haven’t already heard, the BlackBerry 10 countdown is on. If you have an existing application using PJSIP libraries, this is your opportunity to port your pjsip open source stack to BlackBerry 10 in a matter of minutes. As you may have already heard, Bob Cripps has successfully ported PJSIP to BlackBerry 10. Just very […]
Maximize Performance of Overflow Content Using Hardware Acceleration [Video]
Here’s a quick tip for developers that want to implement HTML5 lists (or other scrolling content) with performance in mind. Most often, this involves leveraging the overflow: scroll; CSS property on a container. As you’ll see in the embedded video though, performance can be a concern. The reason for this is that the container housing the content isn’t hardware […]
Talking With Your Arduino via NFC on BlackBerry
Did you know that it’s easy to exchange data between your NFC enabled smartphone and your Arduino? It can be arbitrary data too – it does not need to be formatted as NDEF tags or ISO 7816-4 APDUs! What does it take to get an Arduino that talks with BlackBerry running? Here’s what I used […]
Webcast – Developing BlackBerry 10 Apps Using Qt
As a follow up to our latest blog post on how to write Qt apps for BlackBerry 10 and the recent Qt Developer Days, we are hosting a webcast this Friday December 14th at 9 am EST with Vladimir Minenko, Technical Manager, Qt, from RIM to give developers the opportunity to learn more about how […]
Appcelerator Titanium for BlackBerry 10
We’re excited to announce the availability of the Appcelerator Titanium for BlackBerry 10 in a pre-release version. Through the power of Titanium’s cross platform capabilities, developers and enterprises will be able to build and port their applications to BlackBerry 10. Leverage Titanium’s cross platform native experience to create a Built for BlackBerry app and qualify […]
Maps. They Don’t Love You Like I Love You.
Forget everything you know about working with maps and BlackBerry WebWorks. Mapping just got real, real easy! We heard you ask for an easy way to integrate mapping services with your BlackBerry WebWorks applications, and today I’m happy to announce that on BlackBerry 10, the process has become much simpler. We’ve put together a straight-forward sample […]
BlackBerry Tech Center Open Days in December
Here’s a guest post from Marysia – Ed. Calling all UK devs! Want to develop an app for BlackBerry 10? Have a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha testing device, but hit a few stumbling blocks and need some help to just get it moving again? Got an Android, iOS or Qt app that you want to […]
Augmenting Reality With BlackBerry 10 and Wikitude SDK
Augmented Reality is a way to enhance what you see around you with the use of your mobile phone’s camera, sensors, and location services. If done right, applications of this technology can take the experience of the consumer to an entirely new level. Implementing this technology can be exciting and challenging at the same time. […]
