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Re: Code Signing: Past, Present and Future «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

Matthias Marquardt — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:44:08 -0000

Actually I have difficulties to understand why so many people have difficulties with code signing. I started at the begin of 2009 - registered for my keys and got them after a short while.

The actual app signing process is a piece of cake and since a few Eclipse-IDE updates the code signing can be even done fully automatically [and even manually starting the sign process was not difficult to do in previous IDE Versions/Plugins].

Moving my keys from one IDE to another one is also not an issue at all - so honestly the Java Signing-Key Registration is (was) a process that was done once - and since then I was never bother with it again. [Totally in contrast to my experience with iOS provisioning Portal - where "everything" is so "cool & easy"...]

Being able to sign my apps (instantly after the compile) and making them trustworthy and offer them to download was one of the essential keys in my BlackBerry developer career.

As developer you have to understand why code signing is required - it's not for RIM - it's for your customers and for their security.

Second thing I want to throw in - without Signing Keys you still CAN develop and run your applications on the simulators - only when it comes to the final deployment on devices with enabled security (which is great that this can be even activated in the sims) they are required. So actually it was not the case that I had to sit and wait a couple of month that I could continue to develop my BlackBerry Applications...

Finally - it's true IF the Signing-Servers has an issue it is always not a pleasant experience (since it typically hit's you in a very important phase of your development) - but this situation was really really rare in 2011 (personally I just can remember it once) - it has massively improved over the past three years and all I can do is to thank the guys who where involved in this stabilisation process - great JOB!

Re: Code Signing: Past, Present and Future «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

Łukasz Dzierżak — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:06:52 -0000

Right now signing application is the most problematic step in developing for BB platform for new developers. It sounds great that this will finally change in close future.

Re: Develop Games for BlackBerry! «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

rocmon — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:07:11 -0000

nice blog - thanks for sharing!

Re: BlackBerry Native SDK 2.0 Beta 3 for Tablet OS Ready to Rock & Roll! «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

Ray Kutro — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:07:06 -0000

Still no news on Cascades framework? And no final release date for Playbook OS 2.0?

This is very strange, developers are looking forward to make apps for this platform and we are asking you to give us some tools but you guys are too slow at work, sorry to say that but its true.

Re: Develop Games for BlackBerry! «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

Justin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:42:08 -0000

Would I be able to make a profit if I develop a game? And another question, is it only games, or would I have the option of making a little "App" or "Gagdet" as you will. What I mean by Gadget is for example a Alarm Clock or Translator, Etc.

Re: BlackBerry Native SDK 2.0 Beta 3 for Tablet OS Ready to Rock & Roll! «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

Jeff Lawson — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:49:39 -0000

Does beta 3 contain the new Cascades UI library?

Re: Thanks for the Open Letter to RIM Developer Relations

Guest — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:33:29 -0000

7 years! Did you mean 7 months?

Re: The BlackBerry PlayBook Protects Your Milk from Aliens (Or: Using the BlackBerry PlayBook for Rapid Prototyping) «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

Šmügrîk — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:03:49 -0000

I also noticed this, I suspect the setting to be different from the standard Android ADK where the Arduino acts as the host, and the Android device is the accessory...
Seems to me the PlayBook is USB host here, and th Arduino is porgrammed to work as a USB accessory... Also, In Android ADK, the USB device (arduino + host shield) is supposed to provide the power to the Android phone, while here, it seems power goes the opposite way, with the PlayBook powering the Arduino.
Cool stuff anyway, @MathiasL any updates about the sample code and howto?

Re: Top Tips for Making More Money From Your Apps on BlackBerry App World «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

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Re: Top Tips for Making More Money From Your Apps on BlackBerry App World «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

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Re: Debugging BlackBerry Web applications using Web Inspector «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

Web Development Company — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:22:30 -0000

This is informative article!! Thanks for sharing!!
Mobile application development!

Re: BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Developer Beta: Android Runtime, WebWorks, Adobe AIR «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

Milan B — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:32:49 -0000

Just to be clear, support for AIR3 also means underlying Flash Player 11.x *with* Stage3D support, does it?

Re: Top Tips for Making More Money From Your Apps on BlackBerry App World «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

Kyle McInnes — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:16:05 -0000

This was a great post. It got me thinking about how to monetize and market a non-profit or charitable app. I'm sure Alex would have some insight there too.

http://www.blackberrycool.com/...

Re: Not Your Grandfather’s Simulator: Ripple Beta Refresh Available for Download «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

Adam Ness — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:02:36 -0000

Any response to the "Linux" aspect of Michael's question? I know a lot of devs use Linux as their primary OS (myself included)

Re: http://devblog.blackberry.com/2011/12/blackberry-playbook-2-0-beta-ndk-updates/

Alex Kinsella — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:23:05 -0000

You'll have the ability to browse and download Android apps from BlackBerry App World when PlayBook OS 2.0 is available next month.

Re: How-to use the AutoCompleteField

Lutpiero — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:55:57 -0000

how can I replace this code with my custom sqlite data
BasicFilteredList filterList = new BasicFilteredList();
filterList.addDataSource(
1, //1st
BasicFilteredList.DATA_SOURCE_CONTACTS, //2nd
BasicFilteredList.DATA_FIELD_CONTACTS_EMAIL, //3rd
BasicFilteredList.DATA_FIELD_CONTACTS_EMAIL| //4th
BasicFilteredList.DATA_FIELD_CONTACTS_NAME_FULL, //4th continued
BasicFilteredList.DATA_FIELD_CONTACTS_NAME_FULL, //5th
BasicFilteredList.DATA_FIELD_CONTACTS_EMAIL, //6th
"Contact email");

Re: Top Tips for Making More Money From Your Apps on BlackBerry App World «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

Intellect Dimensions — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:33:24 -0000

Thanks Alex for this blog post :)

Re: Top Tips for Making More Money From Your Apps on BlackBerry App World «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

Vrodway — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:07:47 -0000

Provide local language description and UI for those countries where you pretend to sell

Re: Update for BlackBerry Developers on Flash and HTML5 «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

Dkc383 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:16:04 -0000

RIM is just stalling. The reason I swap from iphone to blackberry was the possibility of flash. Been waiting for over a year now. I am going to switch back to iphone since all RIM do is just stall... When they do complete it, they will probably make you buy a newer version phone...

Re: HTML5 Elements for BlackBerry

Forumaic — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:37:51 -0000

check supportability on http://mobilehtml5.org/

Re: Navigate your app more quickly: BlackBerry WebWorks for Smartphones SDK 2.3 released «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

J. Rab — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:26:57 -0000

nice! should make dev work more bearable!

Re: Developers: Get Ready For the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

αмєєя αℓi — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:58:55 -0000

what about the 9790 battery backup ??

Re: Contact us

Elmien — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:34:28 -0000

How is it possible to not be able to access my apps on my phone for almost a month?? Every time I try to log in; I get a message of 'error occurred, try again later'. My service provider says it is a problem on Blackberry's side... How long is this problem going to be part of MY life?

Re: Thanks for the Open Letter to RIM Developer Relations

Andre Gous — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:49:19 -0000

Tyler, Kudos. Alchemy ... you turned a very messy situation around, beautifully.

Re: Developers: Get Ready For the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 «BlackBerry Developer's Blog

Willy — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:12:40 -0000

I think there is a mistake with the video recording. Due to the smaller cpu both of these devices are not able to record in 720p.