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Research In Motion (RIM) initiates to empower developers to create attractive and compelling apps. It has recently announced its plans to push Blackberry 10 Native Software Development Kit (SDK) to open source. RIM, today, launched BlackBerry 10 Platform at the BlackBerry World conference in Orlando, Florida.
RIM released the initial developer toolkit for native and HTML5 software development. The toolkit is available in beta as a free download. Applications created with any of the BlackBerry 10 tools will run on BlackBerry 10 smartphones as well as BlackBerry PlayBook tablets when the new platform becomes available for the PlayBook.
The toolkit comes with BlackBerry 10 native SDK with cascades. This enables developers to create graphically rich, high performance native applications in C/C++ using Qt. The Native SDK for BlackBerry 10 has a rich set of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) that give developers access to core device features and a range of BlackBerry application services, such as push and payment services. Cascades is a native application development toolset that allows developers to easily build visually stunning applications without having to write complex, low-level graphics code.
The toolkit also support HTML5 application developers with the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK. In this initial release of the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK, developers will have access to a core subset of the full WebWorks APIs, including identity, application and app events, system and system events.
Alec Saunders, vice president, Developer Relations and Ecosystems Development said, “Developers building for BlackBerry 10 will be able to easily create the kind of cutting-edge apps that deliver truly engaging experiences and 'wow' customers, whether through integration with native features and other apps like BBM or by leveraging the new signature design elements of this new and powerful mobile computing platform.”
Christopher Smith, vice president, Handheld Application Platform and Tools at Research In Motion. “Developers can use this first beta of the tools to get started building apps for BlackBerry 10 and as the tools evolve over the coming months, developers will have access to a rich API set that will allow them to build even more integrated apps.”