Kamel Lajili, Aaron Ardiri, Johan Larsby RIM. Technical Briefing on BlackBerry 10 Apps Development

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1 Kamel Lajili, Aaron Ardiri, Johan Larsby RIM Technical Briefing on BlackBerry 10 Apps Development

2 Cascades

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4 Johan Larsby

5 Kookor Staffan Lincoln Designer

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8 Starship Settings

9 Demo 2 Quotes

10 Demo 3 Weather Guesser

11 Demo 4 Images of other Samples and UI s

12 The NDK AARON ARDIRI Technical Platform Evangelist

13 Community Development Architecture Native & HTML5 Apps Android Apps Adobe AIR Apps HTML/CSS Cascades QML Open GL Java Action Script JavaScript Open AL.apk.swf WebKit JavaScript C++ C/C++ Android Runtime AIR Runtime Platform APIs Qt C++ C/C++ Network Storage Audio/Video Graphics Push i18n QNX Kernel

14 Native SDK Developer Experience

15 High Performance Gaming The Power of BlackBerry 10

16 High Performance Social Gaming The Power of Social Gaming

17 Commitment To Open Source blackberry.github.com

18 BB10 & HTML5 LUCA SALE Developer Evangelist

19 Wie gelingt die Transition von OS 7 Java zu BB 10 C++ / Cascades Ekkehard Gentz: Independent Mobile Developer ekke@ekkes-corner.org

20 BB10 & Android KAMEL LAJILI Application Development Consultant

21 Why repackage? BlackBerry App World BlackBerry Apps generate 40% more revenue as Android apps (Vision Mobile) Source: Application Distribution Survey, Evans Data, Sept 2011, Vision Mobile 54

22 Why repackage? Opportunity to increase revenue with minimum (couple of days) effort in % of the cases just repackage the existing APK no source code or recompilation required familiar development environment is provided for the cases when modifications to the applications are required Eclipse plugin on top of Google's ADT plugin Opportunity for experimenting with different business model and a new customer base 55

23 56 What is the Android Runtime? Core Apps App 1 App 2 App 3. Activity Mgr Package Mgr Application Framework Core Android Apps Window Mgr Resource Mgr View System Location Mgr Notification Mgr It s Android Open source v2.3.3 aka Gingerbread Application Framework running on top of BlackBerry 10 OS FreeType Library SGL Java Runtime Core Libraries Enables ported Android apps to be installed and run WebKit Surface Mgr Media Fwk OpenGL ES SQLite SSL libc BlackBerry 10 OS Dalvik Virtual Machine Deep integration with BB native framework with the objective to make Android apps indistinguishable from native apps

24 What it is PlayBook/BB10 integration Blends in with the rest of the PlayBook/BB10 applications Application Launching/Minimizing/Thumbnail Installation Android applications are packaged as a BlackBerry Archive (BAR) Deploy through BlackBerry App World like other BlackBerry PlayBook tablet apps Android Media Framework Graphics Hardware accelerated OpenGL ES and screen composition. Notifications Sensors Accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, 57

25 What it is PlayBook integration Networking Virtual keyboard Multi-touch 4-finger multi-touch Standard public intents for launching native applications , Camera, Photo Gallery, Video Recorder, Browser, Settings, etc. Standard public intents for launching native file viewers.pdf,.doc,.xls,.ppt,.png,.jpg,.gif, audio, video, etc. Shared storage for public data /sdcard/ -> /accounts/1000/shared/misc/android/ Accessible by other native applications and through 58

26 59 Compatibility & Limitations Currently major unsupported features include: Bluetooth C2DM (push) Google Maps NFC Native Android Code Android Apps are limited to the personal perimeter Full compatibility list see: developer.blackberry.com/android/apisupport/

27 Porting Process It s simple! 60

28 61 Porting Existing Apps 3 Tool options to use Online Conversion Tool quickest way to get app converted Eclipse Plug-in For most Android developers Command-line Tools For advanced developers Basic concepts Code Signing Development Debug Tokens Simulator For more information: developer.blackberry.com/android/tool/

29 Online Conversion Tool 62

30 Online Conversion Tool 63

31 Online Conversion Tool 64

32 65 Eclipse plug-in for Android ADT Plug-in for Eclipse + BlackBerry Plug-in for ADT PlayBook and BB10 are just another device target for your existing Android project Debugging applications on BlackBerry just like on other Android devices

33 66 The BlackBerry Tablet OS Graphical Aid Utility The BlackBerry Tablet OS Graphical Aid is a utility that provides a GUI for common BlackBerry command line tools Created using Adobe AIR Available in 3 Forms: Windows installer Mac Installer Source Code! Available in the BlackBerry Developer Resource Center: Tablet-OS-Graphical-Aid/ta-p/

34 Provides a common interface for Multiple SDKs 67

35 68 Success Story PineLake Communications on Porting Cubifice to BlackBerry 10 Ported existing OpenGL Android application Porting process took 1 hour 25x more downloads in App World versus Google Play

36 69 Success Story Second Gear Games on Porting Shopper s Paradise HD Ported existing Android application Porting process took less than 1 hour BlackBerry version generates more revenue

37 Roadmap - Features and Releases 70

38 Roadmap developer.blackberry.com/android/tools/roadmap/ 71

39 Important Links BlackBerry Runtime for Android apps homepage Repackaging and Development Tools Getting started tutorial ml 72

40 Thank You LUCA SALE KAMEL LAJILI AARON ARDIRI