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Developing Android Apps for BlackBerry 10 JAM 354 Matthew Whiteman - Product Manager

February 6, 2013

Overview  What is the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps?

 BlackBerry 10 Features  New Features Demo  Development Basics 

Converting Existing Android Apps

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Signing and Publishing to BlackBerry World

 Q&A

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What is the Android Runtime? 5 Minute Overview

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What is the Android Runtime? Overview

 Android open source version 2.3.3 aka “Gingerbread” application framework running on top of BlackBerry PlayBook and BlackBerry 10  Enables ported Android apps to be installed and integrate with BlackBerry PlayBook OS and BlackBerry 10  Deep integration with BlackBerry native framework with the objective to make Android apps almost indistinguishable from native applications 4

What is the Android Runtime? Compatibility & Limitations • About 70% of all Android apps are compatible today • Not all Android APIs are supported ►

Hardware and OS limitations

• Android Apps are limited to the personal perimeter ►

No Enterprise support

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http://developer.blackberry.com/android/apisupport 5

BlackBerry 10 Features Usability and Compatibility

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BlackBerry 10 Features Improved Usability  Text input controls are now integrated with the BlackBerry 10 virtual keyboard

 Support for notifications 

Integrated with BlackBerry Hub and as a splat on your application icon

 Multimedia sync 

Multimedia created using Android apps is visible to native BlackBerry 10 multimedia applications. This includes pictures and videos 7

BlackBerry 10 Features Improved Usability  New intent support for BlackBerry 10 apps and cards 

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Share via Email or SMS Create Calendar appointments Add information to Contacts Contact Picker Launch links via native Browser Dialer Support File Picker 8

BlackBerry 10 Features Improved Compatibility  New API support in BlackBerry 10 Runtime for Android Apps 

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Camera API Camera Flash API Camera AutoFocus API In-App Payment API C2DM/GCM Support Ambient Light API Proximity sensor API Telephony APIs* (Not all supported) 9

BlackBerry 10 Features BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps  What’s coming with Keyboard devices?  

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Continued support for Android Runtime Support for 720x720 screen resolution QWERTY keyboard support

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BlackBerry 10 Features Want to use Maps?  Support for location based intents to display maps  Use WebView + web services (Google, Bing, etc.) to display map content within apps  More details on mapping support can be found on the API Support Page 

http://developer.blackberry.com/android/apisupport

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BlackBerry 10 Features Want to use Maps? @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main);

WebView webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.mywebview); webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true); webView.loadUrl("http://maps.google.com/?ll=36.97,122&lci=bike&z=13&t=p"); } 12

BlackBerry 10 Features Want to use In-App Payments?  In-App Payments supported through BlackBerry World  Use the same Digital Good SKUs used for Item IDs in the Android payment system  Couple of items to remember: 

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Only one purchase can be made at a time (No concurrent transactions) Refunds are not supported Subscriptions are not supported Transaction responses are not signed

 http://developer.blackberry.com/android/apisupport 13

BlackBerry 10 Features Want to use Push?  Push support for Cloud to Device Messaging(C2DM) and Google Cloud Messaging(GCM)  To create a push-enabled Android app, you need to:   

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Register with the Push Service Create the configuration file Specify Push as a required permission in the .bar file's manifest file On the push-initiator server side, format the data to be sent to BlackBerry application servers instead of Google application servers

 http://developer.blackberry.com/android/apisupport 14

Demo New features

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Development Basics Convert, Sign and Submit!

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Development Basics Simple Process  Tools    

Online Conversion Tool - Quickest way to get apps converted Eclipse Plug-in - For most Android developers Command-line Tools - Advanced development options Simulators - BlackBerry PlayBook and BlackBerry 10

 Basic concepts  

Code Signing Development Debug Tokens 17

Converting Existing Apps Online Conversion Tool

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Select the location of your APK file

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Select the location of your Android SDK folder

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Converting Existing Apps Online Conversion Tool

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Converting Existing Apps Online Conversion Tool

Warnings range from mild (level 1) to severe (level 5) ► Apps that receive warnings less than level 2 are considered compatible ► Apps which receive warnings of level 2 or higher are generally considered to be incompatible ►

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Converting Existing Apps Eclipse Plug-in for Android 1.5 • ADT Plug-in for Eclipse + BlackBerry Plug-in for ADT ►

BlackBerry PlayBook, BlackBerry 10 and simulators are just another device target for your existing Android project

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Debugging applications on BlackBerry just like on other Android devices

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Converting Existing Apps Eclipse Plug-in for Android 1.5.1  What’s new in BlackBerry Plug-in for ADT 

Support for Windows 8, Mountain Lion 10.8, Ubuntu 12.04

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Added support for ADT 21.0.1

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Icon size now includes support for xhpdi and hdpi Android icons  High resolution icons will be converted to 114x114 for BlackBerry 10  xhdpi 96x96 icons will be resized for PlayBook or BlackBerry 10 if higher resolution icon is not present

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Support for BAR manifest additions

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Development Basics Command-line SDK Repackage your APK to a BAR file in 4 easy steps… 1) Check your APK for compatibility apk2barVerifier

2) Repackage your APK file as a BAR apk2bar

3) Sign your application batchbar-signer

4) Deploy your application

C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\bin> apk2barVerifier HelloWorld.apk C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\bin> apk2bar HelloWorld.apk C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\bin> batchbar-signer HelloWorld.bar author.p12 p12password rdkpassword C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\bin> blackberry-deploy –installApp –device 169.254.0.1 –package HelloWorld.bar –password devicepassword

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Development Basics Common Verification Errors  When you run verification on your application, you might see warnings or errors  These not errors. Features requiring minimal OS verison   

uses-feature: android.hardware.camera:required minimal OS version=2.1:impact=2 uses-permission: com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE:required minimal OS version=10.0.9:impact=2 uses-feature: android.hardware.telephony:required minimal OS version=10.0.6:impact=2

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native-code: armeabi:impact=5 uses-library: android.test.runner:impact=4 uses package: com.google.android.maps:impact=3 targetSdkVersion: 14 is higher than 10:impact=1

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Converting Existing Apps Sign Apps for BlackBerry World 

A code signing key is required to test your app and to publish your app to BlackBerry World

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They can also be used to generate a debug token for your BlackBerry PlayBook or BlackBerry 10 Device

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Request code signing keys here 

http://developer.blackberry.com/android/signingkey

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Development Basics Submit to BlackBerry World  FREE to register 

No registration/submission fees. None. $0.00

 Global marketplace  70/30 revenue share  Credit card, PayPal, carrier billing  Free and paid apps catalog  Integrated barcode scanning 26

Development Basics Submit to BlackBerry World  What do you need to submit your application  

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Application for membership Account Application and a great app name Great description and details about your application Create an icon, screen shots, vendor logo  App Icon – 480x480  App Screen Shots – 1280x720 or 720x720

 Submit your app!  developer.blackberry.com/devzone/blackberryworld/prepar ing_your_app_for_blackberry_world.html 27

Success Stories • PineLake Communications on Porting Cubifice to BlackBerry 10 

Ported existing OpenGL Android application

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Porting process took 1 hour

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25x more downloads in BlackBerry World versus Google Play 28

Success Stories

Songza

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Success Stories

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Success Stories

Photo Studio

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Success Stories

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For More Information…  BlackBerry Runtime for Android apps homepage 

http://developer.blackberry.com/android/

 BlackBerry Runtime for Android apps Roadmap 

http://developer.blackberry.com/android/tools/roadmap/

 Repackaging and Development Tools 

http://developer.blackberry.com/android/tools/

 Getting started tutorial 

http://developer.blackberry.com/android/documentation/gettingstarted.html

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Don’t Forget…  Download the Mobile Conference Guide from BlackBerry World. Search for BlackBerry Jam Europe!  Complete your session surveys in your conference portal or on your BlackBerry 10 device using the Mobile Conference Guide.  Join us at the BlackBerry Jam Europe Appreciation event tonight in the Europa Foyer on the RAI’s ground floor.

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THANK YOU JAM 354 Matthew Whiteman - Product Manager

February 6, 2013