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Presented January 19th 2011 for the LAFlash Adobe User Group by Joseph Labrecque BLACKBERRY PLAYBOOK DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW

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Page 1: BlackBerry PlayBook Development Overview: LA Flash AUG

Presented January 19th 2011 for the LAFlash Adobe User Group

by

Joseph Labrecque

BLACKBERRY PLAYBOOK

DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW

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About Me

Joseph Labrecque, MA

Flash Platform Developer

Multidisciplinary Artist

Adobe Education Leader University of Denver

Fractured Vision Media, LLC

An Early Morning Letter, Displaced

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• BlackBerry PlayBook Overview

• BlackBerry Tablet OS Simulator

• BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK for Flash Builder

• Application Development

• Application Testing on the Simulator

• Compiling the Application for Submission

• Submitting an Application to BlackBerry AppWorld

What we will cover

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• QNX® Neutrino® RTOS which powers mission-critical systems on the space

station, government defense systems, life-saving medical devices and millions of

in-car systems

• Reliable, high-performance kernel engineered for multi-core hardware

• Multi-threaded POSIX OS (Portable Operating System for Unix) for true

multitasking

• Built from the ground up to run WebKit and Adobe Flash – and AIR!

BlackBerry PlayBook Overview

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ISO disc image for VMware Player (Windows) or VMware Fusion (OSX)

• Extract ISO from the downloaded file

• Guest OS should be “Other”

• VM Memory should be 1024

• Accelerate 3D graphics

• Enable development mode and note device IP address

BlackBerry Tablet OS Simulator (0.9.2)

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Run the BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK Beta 3 for Adobe AIR installer (0.9.2)

• Install as Flash Builder plugin

• Be sure to change the install folder for Flash Builder Burrito

• Be sure to point to the Adobe AIR 2.5 SDK folder ({FB}\sdks\4.5.0)

• Verify installation once finished!

BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK for Flash Builder

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Create a new Mobile Flex Project (or Mobile ActionScript Project)

• Choose BlackBerry Playbook as target platform

• Once the project is created, you can edit the properties to include Tablet OS libs

• You do not have to include Tablet OS libraries if you will not use them

• Now just build and test your project as normal

Application Development

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Create a new run/debug configuration for your project

• Launch method should be “On device”

• Choose “Development mode” for the Deployment mode

• Choose “Install and Launch” for Deployment method

• Pop the IP address from the simulator into the Target input here

Application Testing on the Simulator

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Export release build for your project

• Choose to export and sign a platform-specific application package

• Choose to include Tablet OS libraries (or don’t)

• DO NOT sign the application

• Blackberry will work with developers to sign later on

• You will now have a .bar file to upload to BlackBerry AppWorld

Compiling the Application for Submission

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Submit your compiled .bar to BlackBerry AppWorld

• Sign up as a vendor (individuals- notarized form, businesses- proof of inc.)

• Add a product – basic info… title, description, et cetera

• You will need; 90×90 icon, 480×480 icon, 640×640 max screen capture

• Add “Releases” – upload your .bar file and provide SKU, version, et cetera

Submitting to BlackBerry AppWorld

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The review and approval process now begins!

• You may be waiting weeks for approval

• Want a free PlayBook? Better get something submitted before March 15 th!

• Tick… tock…

Now… wait…

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In closing…

Joseph Labrecque, MA

Blog: http://inflagrantedelicto.memoryspiral.com/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/JosephLabrecque

Email: [email protected]

Thank you!

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• Buy my book! Flash Platform and Android cookbook! Published by [PACKT] later this year!

• An Early Morning Letter, Displaced A Prison of Oneself, Shudderflowers, 6Threads, and more… iTunes, Amazon, Zune…

• Emergent Collective One FREE community compilation CD - http://bit.ly/FVM005

• Upcoming Conferences Speaking at D2W 2011 - http://d2wc.com/

Attending Ignite Denver - http://ignitedenver.org/

Attending 360|Flex Spring 2011 - http://www.360flex.com/

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