So you’ve written all your code, packaged your app, and now you are ready to post it for download or sale on BlackBerry World. Once you log into your vendor account, you may find the process to submit your app long and confusing. To help you, I’ve put together a complete walkthrough video explaining every step of the way. When I made this video I was completely ready for the...
During this week’s SenchaCon2013, BlackBerry announced a new promotion for Sencha developers to build applications for BlackBerry 10. From July 16, 2013 through November 16, 2013, simply develop an application using the Sencha Architect trial software, submit the application to BlackBerry World in 'draft' or 'for review' form, and post it for sale or download. Qualified developers will...
If you're into game development for the BlackBerry 10 platform there's a BlackBerry Jam Direct virtual conference taking place on July 25th that you'll want to be sure to attend. The event kicks off at 11AM and runs up until 2PM EST and is going to be hosted by BlackBerry Head of Gaming, Anders Jeppsson. Along with Anders, World-renowned game designer, Jane McGonigal, will be delivering...
Keyboard shortcuts are the real reason why hardware keyboard phones still exist! Since I leave the editorial pieces to other writers, I won’t rant about how much I love keyboard shortcuts. Instead I’ll do what I do best and show all you fine people how to add them to your Cascades apps. Before I get started and before anyone asks, no you can’t open the Z10 keyboard and use keyboard...
Back in June, BlackBerry invited students to participate in a developer event called BlackBerry Jam Camp. Students could apply to the nearest location to them and take part in a two day intense course to help them get started with developing for the BlackBerry platform. The course is limited to 200 students per location and you have to apply to attend. At the time of the announcement...
One of our friends at BlackBerry let us know about a new unofficial tool, GAP (Graphical Aid Plus) for HTML5 WebWorks development. This tool eliminates the need of using command line for various tasks when developing for WebWorks. Though I prefer coding Cascades apps myself, this tool is really cool and may even entice me to tinker a bit more with WebWorks. With that being said, let’s...
We're continuing our series on learning how to write BlackBerry apps from a hobbyist perspective. This edition, we dig into tabbed navigation panes in Cascades...
Are you a student interested in developing apps for the BlackBerry platform? Well, BlackBerry is running a few BlackBerry Jam Camps this summer just for you. It will give you the skills to develop and create Built for BlackBerry apps as well as give you a chance to bag yourself a shiny new BlackBerry 10 smartphone. The course itself will run over two days, with intense and in-depth...
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If you're a Mac user and felt slighted that you couldn't take advantage of the ability to run Android 2.3.3 apps on your BlackBerry - this one's for you. While the original method for converting and running Android 2.3.3 apps was really just for those using Windows, forums member rotmistr has come to the rescue for Mac users with a very easy to follow guide of Xsacha's method originally...
Although Appcelerator has supported the BlackBerry 10 SDK for quite some time now, it's always been an additional download to get things up and running. With the release of the Appcelerator Titanium SDK v3.1.1 though, support for the BlackBerry 10 SDK has finally been integrated and Titanium developers can opt to install the BlackBerry 10 support just as they would with any other...