Tag Archives: Port

BlackBerry Java to BlackBerry 10 Cascades Porting Series – Part 6: Camera

In BlackBerry OS 7 and 7.1, there were two ways to interact with the camera: Invoke the camera application and listen for the resulting file Use the javax.microedition.media API (and RIM extensions) to draw the camera inside your app, and capture images/videos there. With BlackBerry 10, you can accomplish the first by invoking the camera […]

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 […]

Buffer now available for BlackBerry 10

Leo and Joel from Buffer are definitely two smart guys. We’ve never met in person, but have been in touch for more than a year in regards to their beautiful service, Buffer. What’s Buffer? Well, the name speaks for itself – it’s a service that allows you to send your status updates to a buffer […]

Migrating your Android app from BlackBerry PlayBook to BlackBerry 10

Here’s a guest post on porting Android apps – Ed. As you will see below, there’s very little (usually just an icon change) required to transition you app from the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ to BlackBerry 10, or the other way around. So even if you haven’t submitted your Android app for distribution to BlackBerry App World™ […]