BlackBerry 10, Beta 2 SDK

Russell Andrade – Product Manager Anders Larsson – Product Manager Suavek Zajac – Developer Relations

Agenda

1. Development Platform, C/C++ NDK, Tooling Make apps flow with the Invoke Framework Discover ways to connect via NFC Use system services Enhancements to the IDE

2. Cascades UI UI Improvements New Features and new Controls

3. Demos

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Updated Documentation

Updated Microsites and Documents https://developer.blackberry.com/platforms/ndk

�  https://developer.blackberry.com/cascades/ �  https://developer.blackberry.com/native/

Follow the updated UX Guidelineshttps://developer.blackberry.com/ui

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Part 1 – Platform, C/C++ NDK, Tooling Russell Andrade

New APIs and Tooling

                                       C  APIs  Invoca,on  Framework  API    NFC  Cryptography  Audio  Manager  Slogger2    No,fica,ons  Manager  

         Invoca,on  API              Barcode  processing              Vibra,on  control              Copy  and  paste                Video  &  Camera            Loca,on            No,fica,ons  

 Invoca,on  Tooling  PreGy  Prin,ng  of  Qt  objects  Mul,-­‐device  support  Faster  Deploy  Times  

C++  APIs

       IDE

Enable Application Interaction Leverage the platform!

Integrate with the OS and other applications Use Invoke APIs

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Invoke I need to

open this .doc file.

Anyone?

I can open .doc

files

Invocation Framework

Invocation Framework

Enables delivery of invocations between end points Provides brokering scheme Provides a list of best fit targets for an invocation Access from C/C++ and Cascades

Notifications Manager

Several types of events may arise that require the application to notify the user. Some events require the user to respond and some don't. Each event can be mapped to one of these notification types: Simple LED Vibrate and Sound Toast messages Dialogs Unified Inbox Notifications

NFC Near Field Communication (NFC) is used for contactless communication between devices and tags/cards. Some of the use cases we will be able to support include: · Bluetooth / Wifi pairing, NFC based contact exchange · Reading and writing Tags / Smart Posters / Content Discovery · Contactless payment (VISA, Mastercard etc) · Physical/Logical access control · Ticketing (event, transit, parking etc.) Our NFC API covers •  NDEF Message Reading and writing •  Tag emulation •  Tag reading and writing •  Peer to peer connections

The API covers NDEF message reading and writing, tag emulation, tag reading and writing, and peer to peer connections. All of these could potentially be requested by multiple applications concurrently. The API covers NDEF message reading and writing, tag emulation, tag reading and writing, and peer to peer connections. All of these could potentially be requested by multiple applications concurrently.

Cryptography  

Cer$com  C  APIs  

Symmetric  Encryp,on   AES,  DES,  3DES,RC2,  RC4,  RC5  

Asymmetric  Encryp,on   RSA,  ECIES  

Key  Agreement/Transport   DH,  ECDH,  ECMQV,  RSA  

Digital  Signatures   ECDSA,  ECQV,  RSA,  DSA,  RSA-­‐PSS,  ECNR,  ECPVS  

Hash  func,ons   SHA-­‐1,  SHA-­‐224,  SHA-­‐256,  SHA-­‐384,  SHA-­‐512,  MD2,  MD4,  MD5,  HMAC-­‐SHA-­‐1,  HMAC-­‐SHA-­‐224,  HMAC-­‐SHA-­‐256,  HMAC-­‐SHA-­‐384,  HMAC-­‐SHA-­‐512,  HMAC-­‐MD5,  ANSI  KDF,  IEEE  KDF1  

Random  Number  Generator   ANSI  X9.62  RNG,  FIPS  140-­‐2,  Hash_DRBG,  HMAC_DRBG,  CTR_DRBG  

Audio Manager

The audio manager provides the following features:

Automatic Routing and Manual Routing Audio Stream Type Identification Audio Concurrency Policy Management Audio Device Monitoring and mounting (Headset, A2DP, HDMI etc.) The use of the audio manager is optional

Slogger 2

Slogger 2 is the new logging API that replaces the legacy slogger. Resolves many of the performance issues with the original slogger Provides seamless migration path for code that uses legacy slogger APIs Logs when interrupts are off. Capable of reliably merging multiple log buffers into chronological order

Preserves a copy of RAM log buffers on process crash or device reset

Avoid using original slogger APIs

Barcode Processing is a new API that was developed for encoding and decoding QR codes

Initiate barcode scanner which launches camera viewfinder Can scan bar and QR codes Convert codes into their string representation Display barcode

Barcode Scanner

Video  and  Camera  

We support new C++ APIs to control camera settings and capture pictures and video. The primary use case is developers working on Augmented Reality type apps Instantiate a camera viewfinder preview Overlay content over it Take pictures Record video

Multi-device support

•  Can specify multiple icons and splash screens to uploaded as assets •  Selects different splash screens based on the resolution of the device •             All  assets  are  packaged  in  same  bar  

Pretty Printing

Faster Deploy Times •     New  op,miza,ons  made  to  deployment  ,mes  

Part 2 – User Interface

Anders Larsson

Overview of updates in Beta2

UI look and feel improvements -  ActionBar -  Context Menu -  Performance -  … and lots of tweaks here and there

New features and controls -  Tabs Compact mode and splats -  List multiselect, gridlist -  Sheets, Custom Dialogs -  High level gestures -  Application Menu -  … and lots of small but very usefull additions

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TabbedPane improvements

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Tab sidebar - two modes - Compact - Extracted Mode can be controlled using touch or APIs Allows quick tab navigation and peeking

TabbedPane splats

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The classic BlackBerry splat can be used to indicate new content in tabs Can be combined with a number indicating how much new content that is available Easily controlled through C++ or QML

Context Menu improvements

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Look and feel improvements Can now be accessed in one continouos drag movement Extracting elements in compact mode allows browsing through options Improved layouting for more ergonomic access

Feature Highlights

-  List Improvements -  High level gestures -  Application Menu -  Sheets and Custom Dialogs

List improvements

List improvements

The list has gone through a major refactoring behind the scenes Dedicated GridListLayout In the old beta a ”hack” using two level lists could achieve a grid list New solution is much more flexible Note: Old hack won’t work anymore! Multi Select Support Attaching a MultiSelectHandler enables multiselect in the list and helps you track the selection. The selection mechanism is automatically integrated with the context menu and actionbar

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High level gestures

Built in gestures in Beta 2

GestureHandler base class Subclasses �  TapHandler �  DoubleTapHandler �  LongPressHandler �  PinchHandler

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QML Example – Pinch handler

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Container  {      id:  gestureContainer      gestureHandlers:  [            PinchHandler  {              onPinchStart:  {  

       //  start  up  code  (if  needed)              }              onPinchUpdate:  {  

           gestureContainer.scaleX  =  event.pinchRatio;              gestureContainer.scaleY  =  event.pinchRatio;              gestureContainer.rotationZ  =  event.rotation;  

           }              onPinchEnd:  {  

       //  shutdown  code  (if  needed)              }    ]  }  

Application Menu

Application Menu

Pulled down by swiping from the top Should mainly be used for rarely used

application actions such as settings and help

Can be disabled if the application don’t

want to use it (for this Beta only available through C++

APIs)

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Sheets & Custom Dialogs

Sheets

A sheet breaks the current navigational flow. It contains a subflow that need to be finished before the original application flow can be resumed.

Examples: Pickers, Forms

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Sheets usage

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Page 1 Main application flow in NavigationPane

Page 2 Page 3

Sheet subflow. Must be finished before mainflow can be resumed. Sheets can contain a completely new navigation stack, including other sheets

Page 2a Page 2b

Back Back

Back

Sheet Opened Sheet Closed – return to Page 2

QML Example – Sheets

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 Page  {  …    attachedObjects:  [  Sheet  {  //  sheets  that  can  be  launched  from  this  page  

                         id:  mySheet              Page  {  …                        }                            }  

                       ]    …    actions:  [  

   …      onTriggered:  {          mySheet.visible  =  true;  //  on  some  action,  show  the  sheet  

                       }                  }          ]  }  

Custom Dialogs

Custom Dialogs can be used when an application need to display a custom modal dialog

Any content can be placed in the dialog The UI behind the dialog will be dimmed

out and cannot be interacted with Note: There are already a set of system dialogs with

a predefined look and feel available in bb::system::SystemDialog. These should be used when applicable.

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QML Example – Custom Dialogs

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 Page  {  …    attachedObjects:  [  CustomDialog  {    

                         id:  myDialog                Container  {…  //  some  content  

             }                          }  

                       ]    …    actions:  [  …  

   onTriggered:  {          myDialog.visible  =  true;  //  show  the  Custom  Dialog  

                   }          ]  }  

Improved, updated and new examples!

Cascades Samples

Don’t forget to check out our new sample apps!

�  Photo Bomber �  Shows how to use the MultiMedia

Libray and the camera

�  Bucket List �  Shows multi select, JSON handling

and ActionSet handling

�  Updated Cascades Cookbook �  Examples of other new features

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https://developer.blackberry.com/cascades/sampleapps/

3. Demos

Need more info ?

1.    Check  out  our  Na$ve  website  at  :    h8ps://developer.blackberry.com/pla?orms/ndk    2.   Take  a  look  at  our  support  forums    h8p://suppor?orums.blackberry.com/t5/Developer-­‐Support-­‐Forums/ct-­‐p/blackberrydev        

Thank you! Russell Andrade – Product Manager Anders Larsson – Product Manager Suavek Zajac – Developer Relations