Learn BlackBerry 10 App Development: A Cascades-Driven Approach

✍ Scribed by Anwar Ludin (auth.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 343
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Learn how to leverage the BlackBerry 10 Cascades framework to create rich native applications. Learn BlackBerry 10 App Development gives you a solid foundation for creating BlackBerry 10 apps efficiently. Along the way, you will learn how to use QML and JavaScript for designing your app’s UI, and C++/Qt for the application logic. No prior knowledge of C++ is assumed and the book covers the fundamental aspects of the language for writing BlackBerry 10 apps. Also a particular emphasis is put on how to create a visually enticing user experience with the Cascades framework, which is based on Qt and QML.

Starting with the native SDK configuration and an overview of the Momentics IDE, the book is fast-paced and you will rapidly learn many of the best practices and techniques required for developing beautiful BlackBerry 10 apps.

Learn BlackBerry 10 App Development is written for developers wishing to learn how to write apps for the new BlackBerry 10 OS and those interested in porting existing iOS and Android apps to BlackBerry 10 as native applications.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Getting Started....Pages 1-32
QML and JavaScript....Pages 33-58
C++, Qt, and Cascades....Pages 59-98
Controls....Pages 99-132
Application Structure....Pages 133-170
ListView and DataModel....Pages 171-218
HTTP Networking....Pages 219-250
Personal Information Management APIs....Pages 251-280
Sensors....Pages 281-300
Invocation Framework....Pages 301-322
Device File system....Pages 323-326
Back Matter....Pages 651-659

✦ Subjects

Computer Science, general