BlackBerry 10 Development Update Simon Howard @simonh109 Developer Ecosystem Evangelist, BlackBerry Cambridge Wireless Event, London June 10th 2014 Agenda Native SDK WebWorks SDK Android Runtime SDK Air SDK Form factors Wrap up Q&A SDKs C++/Qt C/C++ Cascades Native SDK HTML5 BlackBerry WebWorks™ ActionScript Adobe® AIR® (1) Java ™ Android Runtime (2) (1) Adobe AIR SDK deprecated from 10.3.1 (2) Android apps cannot run in the Work perimeter Native SDK Momentics: A Nicely Evolved IDE 5 Native app structure C/C++ QML JavaScript Building your Native app You can define your UI in QML Use JavaScript for event handling or application logic Use C/C++ for application logic or dynamic UI Touch Interaction in QML Preview Introduced in IDE 2.1 Two modes: Selection – touching the a control in the preview highlights the QML Touch – touching the control shows responses to touch events Not all behaviour shown Profiling Profile C/C++ or QML code Timeline and events views Data captured on device and uploaded when needed Profiling more clearly integrated in IDE 2.1 Headless apps From BlackBerry 10.2.1 two types of headless apps are supported: • Short-running apps are typically triggered by an event and run for a limited amount of time (eg. downloaders for podcasts) • Long-running apps run for a long time to monitor the device for certain activity (eg. instant messaging clients) Headless apps can: • play audible notifications • vibrate the device • trigger instant previews • Trigger notifications in the BlackBerry Hub Headless Apps: Example Use Cases Short-running apps: Offering a voucher when user has entered a geofenced location Downloading file in the background Image processing Coarse Location tracker Long-running apps: Instant Messaging app Email app Precise location tracker Activity logger System health monitor Music file playback Continuous speech command recogniser VOIP apps System event monitoring Native SDK Demo WebWorks SDK and HTML5 development WebWorks SDK 2.1 Apache Cordova Goodness BlackBerry WebWorks 2.0 and 2.1 are powered by Apache Cordova. Porting apps built with WebWorks SDK 2.x requires less effort than native apps, since you can reuse many of your web assets. This release is supported by new GUI and command line tools, which simplify dev cycles and reduce dev costs. WebWorks SDK 2.1 Why it matters Cross-Platform Capabilities Expand your business through ease of portability to and from the BlackBerry 10 platform by reusing many of your existing web assets. Simplified Development Tooling Browser-based GUI and Command Line tooling enables quickto-market app development and deployment. Enterprise Alignment Cordova is a standards-based technology used not only by WebWorks 2.x, but many leading enterprise app development solutions such as IBM Worklight and SAP Mobile Platform. BlackBerry WebWorks 2.1 GUI Tool Brower based tool Alternative to command line tools You can for example: Create a project Edit the configuration settings Build a project & sign Manage plugins (WebWorks or Cordova) BlackBerry WebWorks 2.0 Command line If you prefer you can use the WebWorks tools from the command line: Typical tasks: Create & build projects Manage devices Run on device or simulator Add plugins WebWorks App Components index.html config.xml Other HTML JavaScript source CSS JavaScript Framework(s) WebWorks apps & frameworks Example supported frameworks: WebWorks app and jQuery Mobile BlackBerry 10 Theme Using Cordova SDK instead Use Cordova when targeting multiple mobile platforms Same file structure as WebWorks You can still debug and test on BlackBerry 10 device or simulator Remote Web Inspector HTML5 tools Demo Android Runtime SDK and porting apps 10.3.0 Android Runtime New feature support Android Jelly Bean 4.3 Support The Android runtime has been upgraded from Jelly Bean 4.2.2 to 4.3 Share Framework v2 Android apps that register with the share framework in Android will now also appear as share targets on the BlackBerry 10 share menu. Android apps are now able to share to BlackBerry 10 share menu targets Accounts Android apps that require access to an Android account are now supported with BlackBerry 10 account integration. Bluetooth LE Apps that use Bluetooth Low Energy from Android API level 18 are now supported. 10.3.0 Android Runtime New feature support NFC Android apps that integrate with Near Field Communication (NFC) are now supported. NFC support includes reading and writing tags, and sharing data between NFC enabled devices. Tooling update New 2.0.3 beta tools for Android Studio, Eclipse plugin, and command-line tools. This update includes: Support for newly added APIs Updated graphical user interface for the command-line tools Many other improvements and bug fixes. 10.2.1 Android Runtime New feature support Android Native support Android apps that use shared libraries written in native-code languages, such as C and C++, are often referred to as native Android apps. This support opens the Android Runtime to an increased number of Android apps leveraging this technology. Support is limited to the recommended system headers and APIs as documented by Google. Headers and APIs outside this scope may not function correctly. Accessibility support Android apps’ UI controls are now integrated with screen reader functionality, so those who are visually impaired can hear a speech presentation of the UI. Bluetooth support Android apps using Android Bluetooth APIs will now work on BlackBerry 10. Bluetooth Low Energy for Android is planned to be supported in a future OS release. Bluetooth LE is supported in the BlackBerry 10 Native/Cascades SDK. 10.2.1 Android Runtime New feature support MapView v1 Android apps that use MapView from Google Maps v1 API are now supported using OpenStreetMaps. Support for MapView v2 API is being planned for a future release. Share Framework v1 Android apps that register with the share framework in Android will now also appear as share targets on the BlackBerry 10 share menu. Spellcheck Apps that use text input can now leverage support for spell checking and correction as well as the ability to add words to the BlackBerry 10 dictionary. Wi-Fi scanning Scanning for Wi-Fi access points is now supported. BlackBerry Tools for Android Porting your Android app to BlackBerry 10 You can easily port your Android app using: BlackBerry Plug-in for Android Development Tools • No longer requires you to install the Android SDK Command-line tools • Include a GUI to guide you through the repackaging process • Support all commands in the previous release Adobe Air SDK Update AIR SDK – End of Support The Adobe AIR runtime will be removed from the BlackBerry 10 OS in a future release Apps developed the AIR SDK will not work on devices running BlackBerry 10 OS version 10.3.1 or later Option 1: Build as an Android app and repackage for BlackBerry 10 using the Android runtime Not appropriate if app uses AIR native extensions Option 2: Port the app to HTML5 Form Factors Device Form Factors & Resolutions Full touch and Qwerty keyboard Resolutions: 1280x768 (Z10) 1280x720 (Z30) 720x720 (Q10 & Q5) Wrap Up Developer Portal Q&A 36 THANK YOU Simon Howard @simonh109
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