BlackBerry held a webcast for their developers today, updating them about developing for the upcoming BlackBerry 10.3 OS. Developers will be pleased to know that they can now target the BlackBerry Passport.
BlackBerry continued their developer support with the release of new sdk’s and a simulator, to go hand in hand with the Developer OS released yesterday.
In the latest BlackBerry 10.3 simulator, developers can now test out the touch-enabled keyboard feature of the BlackBerry Passport. To trt it out, open up the BlackBerry 10.3 simulator controller and select the Touch Area control.
The BlackBerry Passport comes with a 1440 x 1440 screen resolution which is supported in the BlackBerry 10.3 simulator. Select the “BlackBerry 10 Keyboard [1440×1440]†boot option to give this a whirl. This means developers can test their new and existing apps with this new resolution, ensuring it will be ready once the BlackBerry Passport is released in October.
It’s not all about the Passport though. In addition to the APIs that support the new touch-enabled keyboard, there are APIs for asynchronous Bluetooth, closed captioning, High Dynamic Range cameras, and more.
To get started, developers can download their choice of the following:
- Momentics IDE v2.1
- BlackBerry 10.3 Simulator
- BlackBerry 10 Native SDK
- BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK
- BlackBerry Tools for Android Development
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