Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Create a Single build for differenet Blackberry devices

It is possible to add different file bundle for different devices, versions and carriers easily using Blackberry vendor poral.

Login to the Blackberry vendor poral. Click on Manage products.

Follow the below steps to add your .bar (for playbook) and .cod (phone) files.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Installing BlackBerry Playbook Package Locally (.BAR file)

Enable Development Mode on your BlackBerry Playbook

Step1: Swipe from top to bottom to view the settings menu as seen below.
Step2: Scroll down the Left navigation menu items and tap on Security.
Step3: Tap on Development mode
Step 4: Switch on the Development mode
Step 5: You need to set the password or enter the password if it is already set.
Step 6: Select the desired IP Address
Step 7: You can see the development Icon. In the IP Address it will be showing <no interfaces available>
Step 8: Connect your Playbook to your PC / MAC. The IP address you have set earlier will be visible.
Step 9: Download Tablet OS SDK from https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/html5/download/sdk and Install it on c:\bbtablet (Select the destination folder during installation)
Step 10: Go to command prompt. Change directory to C:\bbtablet\bbwp\blackberry-tablet-sdk\bin>
Enter the below command by substituting appropriate values.
blackberry-deploy -installApp -device <PLAYBOOK_IP_ADDRESS> -password <PLAYBOOK_PASSWORD> <PATH>/NetAppSupport.bar
Step 11: If you can see the below message, then you have installed successfully.
C:\bbtablet\bbwp>blackberry-deploy -installApp -device <PLAYBOOK_IP_ADDRESS> -password <PLAYBOOK_PASSWORD> NetAppSupport.bar
Info: Sending request: Install
Info: Action: Install
Info: File size: 1083595
Info: Installing ...
Info: Processing 1083595 bytes
Info: Progress 3%...
Info: Progress 92%...
Info: Progress 100%...
actual_dname::NetAppSupportb47390dc11e7773cc91b56c3823b8736.gYABgMZLBvUSkk1K4tON
mS6GTOs
actual_id::gYABgMZLBvUSkk1K4tONmS6GTOs
actual_version::1.0.0.10
result::success

Step 12: You can view the Application Icon as below.