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BlackBerry development tools development plans: BBX and BlackBerry Java SDK

At the BlackBerry DevCon Americas conference, the BlackBerry BBX was announced. After this announcement, a large number of positive feedback was received from the developers. There were also questions about support for BlackBerry Java on BBX and on the existing PlayBook platform.



For now, support for the BlackBerry Java developer community for BlackBerry smartphones will continue. After additional research, it was decided not to support BlackBerry Java on BBX. It was concluded that the BlackBerry Java experience on the PlayBook platform was ultimately unsatisfactory for RIM, the developer community, or the users, because platform continues to evolve.



On the BlackBerry PlayBook platform, developers have two tools that help create first-class applications, including for the future BBX platform :

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The BlackBerry PlayBook (and future BBX devices) also supports two communities of developers:





The existing BlackBerry OS for smartphones has the following features for development:





So the next big question that comes to mind is: Is this the end of the BlackBerry Java SDK?



In short, then: Absolutely not.



Now about 70 million smartphones are running the BlackBerry OS, and their number is growing:





For more information on the various development options for the BlackBerry platform, check out the new pages at developer.blackberry.com, as well as the recently launched specialized BlackBerry WebWorks SDK sites, the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps and the BlackBerry Native Sdk

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/130891/



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