Questions tagged [blackberry-playbook]

BlackBerry PlayBook, a tablet computer running QNX OS.

BlackBerry PlayBook, a tablet computer developed and manufactured by Research in Motion, makers of the BlackBerry.

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apple-touch-icon web app home screen icon for BlackBerry PlayBook?

Is there an equivilant to for the BlackBerry PlayBook? I would like to show a custom icon when users add my web application to their home screen. The application is purely web-based (not WebWorks), so there is no code…
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BlackBerry Error

I am trying to developing an android app for blackberry Playbook. For this i have installed all the necessary tools for blackberry development in android.For month ago i run some android apps on BB playbook. for this a debug token is needed which…
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PhoneGap with Blackberry OS 10

I would like to know whether PhoneGap sdk supports Blackberry OS 10 build? I think it is .bar file, am I correct?
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Building Android app for PlayBook custom layout folder?

I am currently repacking my Android application for the Blackberry playbook but I am having some issues with the layout. I have a custom layout for the Nexus 7 which I would like to use on the Playbook. This layout is contained in layout-sw600dp. I…
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Which BlackBerry Devices/OS to target? (July 2012)

We have a fairly simple mobile application, completed for iPhone and Android that does the following: queries a web service to verify the user's account information display an animation to show that the user, in fact, has a valid account We got…
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How to convert and install Android app to blackberry 10?

From the Eclipse plugin, installed via instructions in Runtime for Android apps documentation, I tried to convert my Android app with BlackBerry plug-in for ADT, but I got this error message: Failed to deploy project android-app-com-2 Info: Sending…
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WebWorks AJAX Cross domain request

I'm working on a playbook app with webworks sdk. I'm trying to make an http request (method: post) by sending AND recieving data. I can get the response from server, but the server can't get the $POST data, when I try to display $_POST['apiKey'],…
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"Lock down" app on BlackBerry PlayBook to prevent navigation away?

I was wondering if its possible to lock an app so that the user can't select any hardware buttons to get out of the app. The app will be used for display purposes at a conference and want to display a video constantly. When finished the app can be…
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App in development hangs every second time it is run

This is a fairly straightforward question for such odd behaviour, but that is exactly what my app is doing on the Playbook. I open the app the first time and it runs perfectly. I close the app, and then open it again and it hangs/freezes after the…
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Issue creating files on BlackBerry Playbook in android app?

I am running my android app on the Blackberry Playbook using RIM's eclipse plugin. Files I create in the "/accounts/1000/shared/documents" directory are "locked" (when I browse to them and try open using the AIR browser, I get the error message…
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blackberry webworks: creating directory in phone memory or sd card

function createDir() { try { blackberry.io.dir.createNewDir("file:///store/home/user/FolderName"); alert("createDir event fired succefully"); } catch(ex) { alert("createDir event faces following error:…
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How to debug playbook simulator?

I've converted my Android app to a playbook bar; it works (with a lot of graphical bugs); however I'd like to know if it is possible to debug the software while it's running. Of course, I don't ask for the "luxury" of an adb equivalent, but at the…
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BlackBerry Playbook - display orientation

My game was made for portrait view in Android but for some reason whe ported to BlackBerry Playbook it puts the simulator in portrait but the game stays in landscape mode anyway of fixing this in the code?
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Blackberry Playbook WebWorks How to make a textfield open a different virtual keyboard?

I'm developing a WebWorks application for the Blackberry Playbook. This page in their documentation says You can display a specific type of virtual keyboard, depending on the type of input that is required. In addition to the default keyboard, …
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Porting Qwt library to playbook

I am new to Qt, cross compiling and porting so please bear with me. My goal is to use the Qwt library on Playbook OS for a Qt based application. I found a nice tutorial on Qt for Blackberry Playbook and I managed to get a simple Qt "Hello World"…
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