I converted an App to get the free Playbook, wasn't too complicated, their process is a bit convoluted though, was rejected initially because they said I was linking to the Android market, which I wasn't. Also AdMob Ads don't work on the PB.
On Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:00:49 AM UTC+2, Nathan wrote: > > Starting this thread so people can post their experiences, if any, on > making their app work on the playbooks. > > Blackberry people were actively engaged at AnDevCon to encourage us > developers to run our apps. They say they have a dedicated market that > is very willing to actually pay for apps, and that may be true. > > Of course, they made it sound like you just run your apk through a > batch file and you are done. My customers think that, of course, but > they also think that about creating an iPhone or Windows Phone > version. > > Anyway, there is this web interface that should tell you all the > possible incompatibilities in your app. For mine, it showed one thing: > Inapp billing, which they expect to add soon. > > But, big surprise, that doesn't tell you everything. > I got a chance to sideload my apk at the BlackBerry booth. It looked > not so good, not surprising when my 2.3 layout is shown on a device > better suited to 3.2. But pinch and zoom did not work, which I doubt > has anything to do with inapp billing. > > They issued me a playbook to earn my trust, but of course, it would be > fun for my daughter to play with as well. I could certainly spend some > time with it and see how many surprises are in store. > > In these lectures, the ones promoting their device will tell you the > percentage of the Android Framework API that works. But this is only > part of the story. The other part is the *behavior* of the framework. > They mentioned that the system kills a process when the app's activity > is not active. This is a terrible experience for users doing a > download in the background. > > Personally, I think Blackberry should just start running *Android* and > not just kinda run Android apps. Ice Cream Sandwich would be fine. > > Has anyone gone farther in the process than I have? (which isn't far). > Was it worthwhile? > > Nathan > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/iZnbJDk3PpsJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
