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A Developers Experience Porting their Game to the PlayBook

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In the previous post we let you know about the Rebuild strategy game for the PlayBook and how it was available on another platform then ported to the PlayBook. I was pleasantly surprised to hear how porting their game to the PlayBook went and wanted to share Sarah’s comments.

RIM pulled an Oprah stunt at the GDC Choice Awards this year and gave free PlayBooks to everyone in the VIP seats, including Independent Games Festival nominees and their hangers-on (ie: me). I’d been curious about the device and wondered how easy it would be to port my popular strategy game Rebuild to the PlayBook using Adobe AIR. Turns out: extremely easy. After one day of project setup, a second day of development, and a couple days waiting for RIM to approve my account
and the game, Rebuild is now available in the App World. To compare, I sent Apple an update for the iOS version before I started, and it’s still waiting for review a week later.

I’d like to let other developers know how easy this was and hopefully it will help bring more apps to the PlayBook.

I know that many more apps are being ported to the PlayBook, and some are still going through some porting woes, but it is nice  when they go quickly and flawless. If you want to read more on how the porting to the PlayBook via Adobe AIR and FlashDevelop went, follow the link below.

To read more about how the Porting went you can Read about it here.

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March 20th, 2012 | Category: Developers, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

BlackBerry Native SDK 2.0 for the BlackBerry PlayBook is out of Beta and Available for Developers

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I meant for this post to go out yesterday, but it got hung up in the queue for some reason, so here is the info and links.

The BlackBerry Native SDK 2.0 for the BlackBerry PlayBook is out of beta and available for developers around the world. Updates to the Native SDK make developing C/C++ applications for the BlackBerry PlayBook simpler, with enhanced troubleshooting and a more intuitive IDE for developers.

This version includes new APIs as well as new wizards. The Device Information API allows developers to use data on battery, phone, storage and more to alert users on resources. The LED service API will allow notifications in applications. Developers can take advantage of the BlackBerry PlayBook’s stereo sound with the Soundplayer API.

The new wizards will add libraries, make development faster and include:

  •      The streamlined deployment setup wizard, which makes it easier for developers to set up their development environment and troubleshoot issues. The wizard also leverages automatic device detection to help set up targets
  •      The Add Library Dependency wizard simplifies the process of adding library dependencies to a project
  •      The New Example wizard provides access to more example projects

The BlackBerry Native SDK 2.0 includes a number of enhancements specifically focused on making developing easier. Developers can take advantage of new documentation, which includes a porting guide that will help developers port existing code to the BlackBerry PlayBook. As part of our commitment to open source initiatives, an EGit plugin gives developers access to GitHub source code directly from the development environment.

The NDK now allows developers to Continue on by Clicking HERE!

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February 29th, 2012 | Category: Developers, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Marmalade Explains how They Work with BlackBerry to Develop Apps. (Video)

Mobile Now? Watch Video Here.

This is a pretty good video that explains the many options that the PlayBook has for applications, and how this trend will continue in the future with the ongoing partnership between BlackBerry and Marmalade.

Alex Caccia – President, Marmalade, explains how his company works with BlackBerry to develop apps and how they plan to develop apps in the future.

Source BBDevCon YouTube Channel
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February 8th, 2012 | Category: BlackBerry PlayBook Videos, Developers, News | Leave a comment

Free BlackBerry PlayBook Offer now Availalable to All Developers.

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Well since we told you about the free PlayBook offer to Android developers who submitted an app to App World by Feb. 13, 2012, the offer has now been extended to any developer and in any country.

We get great info from developers all the time, which allows us to share their apps with the readers, and we look forward to hearing from Android developers who port/create an app for the PlayBook.

Free BlackBerry PlayBook offer overview

Developers who submit a BlackBerry® PlayBook™ app to BlackBerry App World™ by Feb. 13, 2012 are eligible for a free BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet.

If you’re submitting an Android app, to help speed up the approval process of your app, it’s strongly recommended that you:

  • Remove all mention of the word Android from your app, in the application description and in the app itself, before submitting your app to BlackBerry App World
  • Remove all links to the Android Market from within your app
  • Select a minimum OS of 2.0 when submitting your Android app to BlackBerry App World
  • Ensure your app is signed. Learn about code signing

For all the terms and details visit the Free PlayBook for Developers Page Here.
Submit an app? please use our contact page and let us know.

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February 4th, 2012 | Category: Developers, News, PlayBook Android Apps, PlayBook Applications | Leave a comment

Android Devs – Submit your Android App to AppWorld by Feb 13 and get a Free Playbook

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Android developers have been submitting app to BlackBerry App World for a while now and via a tweet via Alec Saunders (VP Developer Relations, Research in Motion. )  a free PlayBook is up for grabs for Android Developers that submit an Android App to BlackBerry App World by February 13th 2012.  I am sure another condition to this offer is your app must also being approved.

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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 should be released very soon, so this should only increase the amount of apps folks have to choose from.

For those currently running the beta version of 2.0 already be sure to check out over 100 Andorid apps converted to  .Bar files, they are  available in our Forum Here.

 

For Android Developer Tools and support go Here.

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February 3rd, 2012 | Category: Developers, News, PlayBook Android Apps, PlayBook OS 2.0 | Leave a comment
 
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