Nice write up, On Jul 22, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Matt Lantz <mattla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Developing a BlackBerry10 App with Cordova 3.0.0 > ------------------------------------------------ > > So, I started by downloading all the appropriate developer SDKs from > BlackBerry. Though in retrospect I suppose I only needed the webworks one. > After downloading and installing those. I followed the instructions ensuring > that I had nodejs installed, and performed an installation of cordova. I > performed the create app which went fine. I decided first to test run iOS > given that I live in an OSX world. I added iOS, made a couple tweaks and ran > it in the simulator flawlessly. Awesome experience. > > On to BlackBerry. I first attempted to add the blackberry platform. It > responded with no platform. Since I knew a handful of stuff that Gord had > been working on for BlackBerry builds I attempted, qnx, playbook, bb10, and > then blackberry10 that seemed to be the golden key. After getting the > platform set, I decided to experiment a bit. > > I ran the build, and understood how it pulled over the www folder data to the > platforms. I had a couple issues with this though. It seemed that any custom > writing I had done in the platform itself (blackberry10) was overwritten, > including the config.xml which meant if I did an upgrade to the www directory > even changed the file config.xml with new name etc it overwrites the custom > stuff I set in the blackberry10 platform, with default values of 'WebWorks > Application' etc. > > So I set some details such as name and author and then added some text to the > index.html page of the www directory for the blackberry10 platform directory. > Then I decided to test run it on a blackberry device. > > Since I had previous experience doing this, I got my debug tokens and got all > that set by following the instructions on BlackBerry's website. This hit a > snag in that it appeared I had used a short password. BlackBerry's website > says that the csjpin must be between 6-10 alphanumeric characters. But it > then turns out that WebWorks needs at least 8 alphanumeric characters. That > was a pain, and lots of wasted time but I got through that. > > I didn't even bother installing the blackberry emulator since my previous > experience with it sucked, I decided to try it on a real device. I had all > the tokens in place and attempted to do a build with the instructions on the > blackberry website. That failed with no signing password provided statement. > I did some digging very confusingly since I had set all those details with my > signing keys etc according to the blackberry website. I messaged the mailing > list in the end, where Fil helped me out by suggesting I run the cordova run > command. > > cordova -d run blackberry10 > > I had no idea there was such a command since I had been following the CLI > instructions on Phonegap's website, and didn't see that anywhere. I attempted > that and it failed same statement of the no signing password provided. I was > all the more confused, read everything scoured stackoverflow, and finally > posted again to the mailing list, and got a response from Jeffrey Heifetz > talking about the %home%/.cordova/blackberry10.json. > > Just before I got Jeff's response I had decided to try upgrading my version > of Cordova. According to: > > cordova -v > > I had cordova 3.0.0rc1 which was not giving me any information about the > blackberry10.json file I had to modify. After performing: > > sudo npm update -g cordova > > It stated I now had 3.0.0 > > I attempted the cordova -d run blackberry10 again and this time I saw the > %home%/.cordova/blackberry10.json statement. I went to the file immediately > and added the "keystorepass" that I had used in my debug token. Called the > run command and bam the app uploaded to the device. I was elated. > > I can honestly say I am stupefied as to how awesome the CLI is for Cordova > everyone! I was amazed at how fast I could get something put together. > However, documentation is still lacking, in particular with blackberry10. It > was quite confusing for a relative outsider. I'm happy to fork the > documentation and work on any inconsistencies/ issues I can help with. > > > On 20 July, 2013 at 9:17:46 PM, Filip Maj (f...@adobe.com) wrote: > >> Yeh Matt if you would be so kind as to summarize your experience then >> certainly we can formalize as issues and make sure to fix in the coming >> weeks so it's not as difficult. Appreciate you working through it! >> >> On 7/20/13 9:31 AM, "M. Lantz" <mattla...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >Thanks Jeff, I finally caught on to that after upgrading my Cordova. I >> >was on 3.0.0rc not 3.0.0 and noticed the the comments that indicated >> >that. Thanks though. >> > >> >M. Lantz >> > >> >On 2013-07-20, at 2:17 AM, Jeffrey Heifetz <jheif...@blackberry.com> >> >wrote: >> > >> >> You haw no signing key provided so it's skipping debug token >> >>generation. You need to either add a key store pass value to your >> >>%home%/.cordova/blackberry10.json or use the platform level cordova/run >> >>script with -k and your key store pass. >> >> >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network. >> >> From: Matt Lantz >> >> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:02 PM >> >> To: dev@cordova.apache.org >> >> Reply To: dev@cordova.apache.org >> >> Subject: Re: blackberry10 build >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Still having issues with this one Fil. Not sure what I'm missing. >> >> >> >> Thanks to everyone who can offer some advice. I feel like such a n00b >> >>with this situation. >> >> >> >> I'm following the cordova cli instructions but I get this error: >> >> >> >> >> >> jarvis-3:cordova mlantz$ cordova -d run blackberry10 >> >> >> >> cordova library for "blackberry10" already exists. No need to download. >> >>Continuing. >> >> >> >> Wrote out BlackBerry application name to "Yo" >> >> >> >> Wrote out BlackBerry package name to "com.example.hello" >> >> >> >> Wrote out BlackBerry version to "0.0.1" >> >> >> >> Calling plugman.prepare for platform "blackberry10" >> >> >> >> Preparing blackberry10 project... >> >> >> >> Processing configuration changes for plugins. >> >> >> >> Iterating over installed plugins: [] >> >> >> >> Writing out cordova_plugins.js... >> >> >> >> Running app on platform "blackberry10" with command >> >>""/Users/mlantz/Programming/PhoneGap/yo/platforms/blackberry10/cordova/ru >> >>n" --device" (output to follow)... >> >> >> >> [WARN] No signing password provided, will omit debug token generation >> >> >> >> [BUILD] Populating application source >> >> >> >> [BUILD] Parsing config.xml >> >> >> >> [BUILD] Generating output files >> >> >> >> [WARN] Failed to find debug token >> >> >> >> [INFO] Info: Package created: >> >>/Users/mlantz/Programming/PhoneGap/yo/platforms/blackberry10/build/simula >> >>tor/DEFAULT_BAR_NAME.bar >> >> >> >> [WARN] Failed to find debug token >> >> >> >> [INFO] Info: Package created: >> >>/Users/mlantz/Programming/PhoneGap/yo/platforms/blackberry10/build/device >> >>/DEFAULT_BAR_NAME.bar >> >> >> >> [BUILD] BAR packaging complete >> >> >> >> [INFO] Info: Sending request: Install and Launch >> >> >> >> [INFO] Info: Action: Install and Launch >> >> >> >> [INFO] Info: File size: 8096383 >> >> >> >> [INFO] Info: Installing default.app.id.testDev_ault_app_id417e7455... >> >> >> >> [INFO] Info: Processing 8096383 bytes >> >> >> >> [INFO] actual_dname:: >> >> >> >> [INFO] actual_id::actual_version::result::failure 881 application >> >>author does not match debug token author >> >> >> >> >> >> Error: An error occurred while running the blackberry10 project. [WARN] >> >> No signing password provided, will omit debug token generation >> >> >> >> [BUILD] Populating application source >> >> >> >> [BUILD] Parsing config.xml >> >> >> >> [BUILD] Generating output files >> >> >> >> [WARN] Failed to find debug token >> >> >> >> [INFO] Info: Package created: >> >>/Users/mlantz/Programming/PhoneGap/yo/platforms/blackberry10/build/simula >> >>tor/DEFAULT_BAR_NAME.bar >> >> >> >> [WARN] Failed to find debug token >> >> >> >> [INFO] Info: Package created: >> >>/Users/mlantz/Programming/PhoneGap/yo/platforms/blackberry10/build/device >> >>/DEFAULT_BAR_NAME.bar >> >> >> >> [BUILD] BAR packaging complete >> >> >> >> [INFO] Info: Sending request: Install and Launch >> >> >> >> [INFO] Info: Action: Install and Launch >> >> >> >> [INFO] Info: File size: 8096383 >> >> >> >> [INFO] Info: Installing default.app.id.testDev_ault_app_id417e7455... >> >> >> >> [INFO] Info: Processing 8096383 bytes >> >> >> >> [INFO] actual_dname:: >> >> >> >> [INFO] actual_id::actual_version::result::failure 881 application >> >>author does not match debug token author >> >> >> >> >> >> at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/src/run.js:49:23 >> >> >> >> at >> >>/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/shelljs/shell.js:1707:7 >> >> >> >> at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:641:7) >> >> >> >> at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17) >> >> >> >> at maybeClose (child_process.js:735:16) >> >> >> >> at Socket.<anonymous> (child_process.js:948:11) >> >> >> >> at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17) >> >> >> >> at Pipe.close (net.js:466:12) >> >> >> >> jarvis-3:cordova mlantz$ >> >> >> >> On 19 July, 2013 at 5:17:55 PM, Filip Maj (f...@adobe.com) wrote: >> >> >> >> Instead of using the ./blackberry-deploy script yourself, why not use >> >> `cordova -d run blackberry10` from within the project if its generated >> >>by >> >> cordova-cli? >> >> >> >> The cordova-blackberry scripts (which cordova-cli consumes) will deploy >> >>a >> >> new debug token to your device every time. You can do the same by >> >>running >> >> `./cordova/run --device` from within the corova-blackberry10 app project >> >> dir >> >> >> >> On 7/19/13 2:10 PM, "Matt Lantz" <mattla...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Thanks a bunch Filip. >> >>> Anyone else know what's up with this error I get when trying to deploy >> >>>an >> >>> app to my Q10? >> >>> >> >>> jarvis-3:bin mlantz$ ./blackberry-deploy -installApp -password ###### >> >>> -device ###.###.##.### -package >> >>> >> >>>~/Programming/PhoneGap/yo/platforms/blackberry10/build/device/DEFAULT_BA >> >>>R_ >> >>> NAME.bar >> >>> Info: Sending request: Install >> >>> Info: Action: Install >> >>> Info: File size: 8096802 >> >>> Info: Installing ... >> >>> Info: Processing 8096802 bytes >> >>> actual_dname:: >> >>> actual_id:: >> >>> actual_version:: >> >>> result::failure 881 application author does not match debug token >> >>>author >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> I don't know what I'm missing. :( >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential >> >>information, privileged material (including material protected by the >> >>solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute >> >>non-public information. 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