Dev Explains How to Replace Google Maps With Open Street Maps in BlackBerry 10 Android Apps
One of the most common issues developers run in to when trying to port their Android apps to BlackBerry 10 is the lack of Google Maps APIs. This immediately makes the Android app not be able to use BlackBerry’s online APK converter and pass validation. While some developers might realize this is a quick fix…
Limited Edition BlackBerry Z10′s shipping in Canada
Fellow developer Joey Beechey posted the above pic this morning on Twitter. He unexpectedly woke up to FedEx at his door, with a package. Little did he know it would be his red Z10, given out to chosen developers for their efforts in making BlackBerry 10 a success. Joey says his Twitter has been on fire since he…
Developer Explains How He Upgraded His App to "Built for BlackBerry"
BlackBerry has been making a big push for their new “Built for BlackBerry” certification on high quality BlackBerry 10 apps. These apps are supposed to exemplify what BlackBerry considers to be a solid app or game but has caused a bit of confusion among developers. BlackBerry has been trying to address this by sending…
BlackBerry Giving Away $100 For You To Build an App Generator App
BlackBerry is going a bit overboard with the BlackBerry 10 app bounties at SXSW 2013. They have decided to create a blog bounty for anyone who uses the BlackBerry App Generator to create an app. They are giving away $100 per app you create with your own content (up to $2,000 per vendor up to…
BlackBerry Promises Port-A-Thon Reviews To Be Done by March 12th
The wait time for BlackBerry World application submissions has been nothing short of ridiculous recently. There are still developers waiting for their apps to be approved from Januarys Port-A-Thons. The wait for apps getting reviewed and updated is over 2 weeks though BlackBerry promises they are “working hard to get your apps approved” with “teams…
BlackBerry 10 Gets Support for Wireless Gamepads – Shows Off What Devs Are Creating
For the last few months there has been a mysterious “Gamepad API” sitting on BlackBerry 10’s native roadmap. Now that it is launched BlackBerry is ready to peal off the mystery and show us what is possible. They just confirmed on the DevBlog that BlackBerry 10 offers developers support for the following hardware if they…
Count.ly Realtime Mobile App Analytics SDK Released for BlackBerry 10
BlackBerry 10 Cascades and WebWorks developers will be pleased to learn that Count.ly has brought their real time mobile analytics platform to BlackBerry 10. It offers developers real time insight into what is going on in their app and they have brought over their SDK in just 20 days. The Count.ly project is open source…
Built for BlackBerry Section Added to BlackBerry World
BlackBerry has been pushing their Built for BlackBerry program for developers and the fruits are starting to pay off for those devs. BlackBerry has put up a new Built for BlackBerry section on the top of BlackBerry World for all BlackBerry 10 owners. That is some premium placement that will definitely up the downloads for…