Developing for BlackBerry 10

Developing for
BlackBerry 10

BlackBerry 10 != BlackBerry OS

March

March

March

Last week

Today

2013

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Android 2.3.3 Runtime

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Dalvik Virtual Machine

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.apk needs to be repackaged as .bar

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Some APIs not supported

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Widgets not supported

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Native extensions not supported

•
com.google.* packages not supported (this
includes com.google.android.maps)



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Webkit based engine

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Cordova

(phone gap), Sencha touch,


jQuery, and others supported

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Native look given to apps with a


jQuery theme or bbui.js

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Ripple Emulator for


debugging

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Based on Qt

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Designed to give apps a “native” look

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Combines a C++ backend with a


QML/JavaScript front end

Page{


Container{


Label{


id:
myLabel


text: "Hello, World!"


}


Button{


text: "Click me"


onClicked
:


{


myLabel.text

= "Button Clicked"


}


}


}

}