Tag Archives: BlackBerry 10
BlackBerry Java to BlackBerry 10 Cascades Porting Series – Part 5: User Interface
In this part of the series on porting BlackBerry Java applications to BlackBerry 10 using Cascades, we’ll examine the user interface.. Let’s take a side by side look at the UI components in both frameworks. The Cascades framework is a rich and powerful modern UI framework build on top of the Qt application framework. The […]
BlackBerry Java to BlackBerry 10 Cascades Porting Series – Part 4: Multimedia
Multimedia on BlackBerry 7 was based on the multimedia JSR (135). There were a lot of limitations regarding supported formats, how many sounds could be played at the same time, and even what worked on which device. In BlackBerry 10, there are a wide range of supported codecs, containers, and protocols. For video, we recommend […]
[VIDEO] Top Reasons to Port to BlackBerry 10 according to Macadamian – February 2013
You’ve heard it from us before that porting applications to BlackBerry 10 is easy. Some have even done it in 36 hours or less! One of the most compelling reasons to bring your applications to our platform is that developers do not have to spend time learning a complete new set of skills to get […]
March Port-A-Thon Rewards Update
The BlackBerry Developer Relations Team is committed to ensuring that everyone who participated in our Port-A-Thons are rewarded properly. We are very grateful for the hard work and long hours you’ve contributed to building your BlackBerry 10 apps. We are working hard to get your apps approved. We have teams around the globe approving BlackBerry 10 apps […]
Prevent Sleep for WebWorks Apps
(Photo credit to Alan L, and his cat) When your content is so riveting that your users can’t take their eyes off the screen, the last thing you want is the screen dimming and breaking that immersion. Thankfully, BlackBerry 10 offers a simple API to keep the screen from dimming, which conveniently handles things like […]
BlackBerry Jam Starter Session – Vancouver and Saskatoon
Momentum for the BlackBerry 10 platform has been explosive since the launch of BlackBerry 10 on January 30th. BlackBerry World currently has over 70,000 apps and games and is growing every day. There hasn’t been a better time to start building for BlackBerry. Wavefront and BlackBerry are teaming up to present hands-on development workshops to support […]
Sublime BlackBerry 10 WebWorks Development
At the risk of broaching a topic that is potentially more volatile than politics, religion, or semi-colons in JavaScript, let’s talk a little bit about development environments for BlackBerry 10 WebWorks. Now, while I’m going to talk about one development environment in particular in this blog post, one of the great things about BlackBerry 10 […]
[VIDEO] Interview with Marmalade’s Nick Smith – February 2013
Did you know Marmalade and BlackBerry Jam go great together for a flavorful combination? Preserve jokes aside, our platform partner Marmalade has made it easy to create apps and deploy towards BlackBerry 10 and many other ecosystems. Marmalade’s Nick Smith joins us in this interview to talk about why he’s excited about BlackBerry 10 and […]
BlackBerry Developer Relations Pairs Up With Skillsmatter
Guest post from Marysia – Ed. The BlackBerry Developer Relations team has paired up with Skillsmatter to offer training on BlackBerry 10 development. To kick off the partnership, we are running a BlackBerry Jam event on March 7th in London. Our dynamic duo of Developer Evangelists from the UK, Luca Sale and Don Turner, will […]
