wiki:BB10

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BlackBerry 10

Dependencies

Python

Python is available on-device in version 3.2.

PySide

building PySide

precompiled PySide binaries

the few changes to the guide that are needed for the whole thing to compile, are described below.

Building Shiboken

comment out tests in these files on around these line numbers:

/usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeTestCXXCompiler.cmake :45
/usr/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake :52

Yeah, really - tis means modifying you system installation of CMAKE - make sure to have a backup ! :)

Creating a package If you are getting icon related errors during package installation, ad these argument to the packager:

-e icon.png icon.png

Qt Components

While the modRana QML GUI is largely independent on Qt Components, working set of Qt Components would simplify porting quite a lot. Also other applications, such as Mieru, currently depend on functioning Qt Components.

Symbian Qt Components

https://qt.gitorious.org/~conny/qt-components/connys-qt-components/commits/bb10

Should compile using these parameters:

./configure -symbian -no-mobility -nomake tests -nomake demos -nomake example

MeeGo/Harmattan Qt Components

Looks like MeeGo/Harmattan Qt Components should also work with some tweaks & would be the preferred choice, considering that is what modRana & co are currently using.

Links:

http://zwong.de/2012/06/using-meego-qt-components-on-blackberry-10-and-playbook/

http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/Native-Development/qt-components-for-BB10/td-p/1798349

http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/Native-Development/QML-symbian-qt-components-for-PlayBook/td-p/1574275i

Notes

Applications are installed - in paths like this:

/accounts/1000/appdata/ca.microcode.bbpy.HelloWorld.testDev__HelloWorld7b0107f8/app/python/blackberry-py/

Debugging

Applications are started in a sandbox with some pmeade folder structure. The log folder in the sandbox contains stdout for the program.

Checking out the log

(The path seems to partially random-generated, so don't forget to change it to the path corresponding to you application).

cd /accounts/1000/appdata/ca.microcode.bbpy.HelloWorld.testDev__HelloWorld7b0107f8/
$ ls
app       data      db        logs      pps       shared    tmp

The logs folder contains the logs.

Shared log folder If you don't want to fish for the log folder, you con redirect stdout to a log file in the data/Downloads folder, which should be accessible for all applications.

Helpful commands

Pack, install and run:

blackberry-pythonpackager -package HelloWorld.bar     -devMode    -env PYTHONPATH=app/python/blackberry-py    bar-descriptor.xml    main.py main.qml     -e ../icon.png icon.png     -e ../blackberry-py/ blackberry-py/   -debugToken ~/token.bar -device 192.168.1.8 -password super_secret_password -launchApp -list -installApp

Deploy package:

blackberry-deploy -installApp 192.168.1.8 -password super_secret_password -package HelloWorld.bar