Z 30B E R E A D Y

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It will arrive before you realize. Get your apps ready.

K N O W T H E A W E S O M EK N O W Z 30

> OS 10.2> Qualcomm MSM8960 PRO> 4.97” Screen> Display Resolution 720 x 1280> Aspect Ratio 16:9

> Larger Display > Narrow aspect ratio> Be careful while designing (cropped images or overlapping components).

Did you noted?

All other features are common across Z30, Z10 and Q10. The exception being that the BlackBerry Q10 has a physical keyboard and the others

have a full touch screen.

P O R T Y O U R B L A C K B E R R Y 1 0 A P P

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C A S C A D E S

LAYOUTS

> Relative layouts.> Margins and padding. (space, or buffer between child components and their parent containers).> Space quota.

IMAGES

> If using generic images, make sure they scale uniformly.> If you need assets designed specifically for a particular resolution use the static asset selector. > Always have a set of default assets so that your app is compatible with future form factors.NEW FEATURES

> Grid layout.> Headless Apps.> Custom Fonts: Import your own fonts into your app.> Margins and Padding> For details on timing and the full listing of upcoming APIs, visit:1.https://developer.blackberry.com/cascades/download/roadmap/[WU1]2.https://developer.blackberry.com/native/download/roadmap/

W E B W O R K S

“There are a series of recommendations that should be taken into account while working on WebWorks, not only while porting, but at all stages of

development.”

> Adhere to CSS Best practices.> Use templates when needed for different screen sizes.> Use the Web Inspector to analyze, optimize and reorganize your layouts.> Try using Stack or Flexible layouts as much as possible> Pay attention to background and full screen images, and rethink their usage.> Make UI components semi-transparent if they overlap with critical content.> Adapt the color scheme.> Watch-out for Cordova Alignment. > For details on timing and the full listing of upcoming APIs, visit https://developer.blackberry.com/html5/download/roadmap/.

A D O B E A I RWhile working on Air developers should pay attention to:

> Use Container and Layouts to organize and arrange components.> Pay attention to background and full screen images, and rethink their usage.> When it comes to splash images, remember you can use the bar-descriptor.xml file to dynamically choose one: <splashScreens>

<image>splash-1280x768.jpg</image> <image>splash-1024x760.jpg</image> <image>splash-720x720.jpg</image>

</splashScreens>> Make UI components semi-transparent if they overlap with critical content.> Make good use of the stage.stageWidth and stage.stageHeight properties.> Test your app, and redesign or reorganize when required.> Try 3.5 runtime, which is now available in the current 10.2 SDK beta: https://developer.blackberry.com/air/download/.> For more details on timing and the full listing of upcoming APIs, visit: https://developer.blackberry.com/air/download/roadmap/

A N D R O I D

> Use resolution specific folders for resources> Android supports different folders for different resolutions, similar to Cascades.

> Use resolution specific folders for layouts> If using generic images, make sure they scale uniformly.> Background and full screen images can get cropped.> Jelly Bean is now available in the current 10.2 SDK beta: https://developer.blackberry.com/android/tools/> For details on timing and the full listing of upcoming APIs, visit: https://developer.blackberry.com/android/tools/roadmap/

P U B L I S H

Here’s how you can upload the new bundle to BlackBerry World:

1.Login to the Vendor Portal for BlackBerry World.2.Select Manage my products.3.Select your app from the list of products.4.Add a new file bundle.5.Under Supported platforms, select the platform specific to this bundle.6.Once you’re finished, BlackBerry World will handle the delivery of the designated bundle to the correct device.

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Bhasker ThapanBlackBerry Developer Group Managerbhasker@blackberrydevteam.comNOIDA | 18-09-2013