Category Archives: Tips and Tricks
Integrating NFC into your BlackBerry 10 Application
Guest post from John Murray – Ed. You know, working in the Developer Relations team at Research In Motion® (RIM®), you get to get to play around with some fun stuff. Recently, Near Field Communication (NFC) has been exercising my brain cells. Some of you may be familiar with the NFC-related articles and code samples […]
Console Logging on the BlackBerry 10 Native SDK Beta 3
By Tehdog (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons (Mute_Icon.svg, Speaker Icon.svg) Some of you may have noticed that the Beta 3 release of the BlackBerry® 10 Native SDK got a bit quieter in the console when creating Cascades™ applications. As of Qt 4.8.3, all output that used to code to the console (qDebug(), qWarning(), qCritical() […]
Sensors on BlackBerry 10 Have Arrived!
Here’s a guest post from Adam Parco from our Sensor Algorithms & Services team – Ed. Developing for BlackBerry® has never been faster or easier. We have been working hard to give you the same experience when incorporating sensors into your game or application. With the release of Beta 3, we have added complete support for […]
Say It Aint S’OAuth
In today’s world we’re constantly sharing information via status updates, blog posts, and even checking-in at venues. Connecting with services like foursquare and Twitter is a great way to leverage the popularity of the network within your application. So how do you actually go about integrating features from these services into your application? First the […]
How to Submit Your Apps for BlackBerry 10 Devices
We’re excited to announce that BlackBerry App World™ is now accepting applications targeted for BlackBerry® 10 devices. This means that apps submitted to the store starting today, October 10, are guaranteed to be reviewed, tested and ready for publishing when BlackBerry 10 launches in Q1 2013. This is a huge opportunity to be the first into […]
Developer Experience Review of BlackBerry WebWorks – Compiling the Feedback
Well, that was…refreshing! We just finished a very productive day yesterday, reviewing the end-to-end developer experience of the BlackBerry® WebWorks™ platform. There were some very vibrant conversations about what currently does and does not contribute to a positive experience for someone approaching BlackBerry Web development for the very first time. We found many examples of […]
Recapping the Developer Experience Review of BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps
Guest post from James – Ed. The BlackBerry® Runtime for Android™ apps team concluded the Developer Experience Review day with some areas we thought that the developer experience can be improved upon to ease the transition for Android developers coming onto the BlackBerry platform. One interesting issue we encountered was when registering your signature keys […]
Developer Experience Day – Porting Android Apps to BlackBerry 10
We’ve covered the Native, WebWorks, and AIR developer experience – and here is James with a post on Android development. – Brian Z. Today in our Mississauga, Ontario office, we’ve assembled various members of our BlackBerry® Runtime for Android apps team to review the end-to-end experience for our Android developers. We have people from our […]
Under The Microscope: The BlackBerry 10 WebWorks Experience Review
What is it like for developers to get started with the BlackBerry® WebWorks™ platform for the very first time? Well, we want to know. Questions like these are very important and the reasons why I and nine others from our team have gathered today to analyze and explore further. In the room today we have: Developer […]
Mastering the Native Developer Experience
Suavek is leading our BlackBerry® Native SDK Developer Experience reviews today – here’s his post. – Brian Z. In the room we have folks playing the roles of new Cascades™ developers. Some are trying to approach development from the point of view of open source developers. We have gamers looking at developing games. There are […]
