10K Developer Commitment

[analytik]

Hi,

So, to apply for Built For BlackBerry, I need to implement one of the following services, but most of them are not available, right? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Also, there are no further APIs scheduled on the AIR API roadmap.

Payment Service	net.rim.blackberry.payment
BBM Social Platform	none for AIR?
Advertising Service	none for AIR?
Analytics Service	none for AIR nor BB10 yet?
Locate Service	none for AIR?
Maps Service	none for AIR?
Push Service	net.rim.blackberry.push
Invocation Framework	qnx.invoke
NFC	none for AIR?
Scoreloop	none for AIR?

So, to make any of those work, I'd have to write my own ANE to implement it? Doesn't that leave AIR a bit short-handed? I mean, I could make the app a trial version and sell licenses through Payment Service instead of having a paid app, but it feels like a bit of a stretch.

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analytik wrote:

Hi,

So, to apply for Built For BlackBerry, I need to implement one of the following services, but most of them are not available, right? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Also, there are no further APIs scheduled on the AIR API roadmap.

Payment Service	net.rim.blackberry.payment
BBM Social Platform	none for AIR?
Advertising Service	none for AIR?
Analytics Service	none for AIR nor BB10 yet?
Locate Service	none for AIR?
Maps Service	none for AIR?
Push Service	net.rim.blackberry.push
Invocation Framework	qnx.invoke
NFC	none for AIR?
Scoreloop	none for AIR?

So, to make any of those work, I'd have to write my own ANE to implement it? Doesn't that leave AIR a bit short-handed? I mean, I could make the app a trial version and sell licenses through Payment Service instead of having a paid app, but it feels like a bit of a stretch.

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Well AIR was not originally supported for these reasons but it was something that was tagged on as a result of my petition here (http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/10K-Developer-Commitment/Let-s-loosen-up-the-criterias-and-en...). 

It is probably not a priority for RIM to get AIR up and running as much as the other two platforms, I would say consider them as well. Good luck!

[analytik]

Ah, I've read that, thanks for coming up with a well-formulated request like that.

I was mostly just making sure I haven't missed anything; I mean I can understand how resource-intensive it is to maintain 5 different platforms. By all means I'm glad they allowed AIR to join the 10k offer at all, I can understand existing PlayBook AIR developer feeling like they're 2nd grade citizen now, but I mean of course Native is going to have top priority, and other platforms will build on that.

And of course, I would love to learn C++, JS and Java, but there's only so much time for everything

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analytik wrote:
Ah, I've read that, thanks for coming up with a well-formulated request like that.

I was mostly just making sure I haven't missed anything; I mean I can understand how resource-intensive it is to maintain 5 different platforms. By all means I'm glad they allowed AIR to join the 10k offer at all, I can understand existing PlayBook AIR developer feeling like they're 2nd grade citizen now, but I mean of course Native is going to have top priority, and other platforms will build on that.

And of course, I would love to learn C++, JS and Java, but there's only so much time for everything

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FWIW I believe that they are trying to smush AIR into WebWorks. I am not sure if this means you can use WebWorks extensions or something of the sort. But WebWorks will have a fairly comprehensive amount of native extensions (including the list above). Regardless WebWorks is quite simple to learn, maybe its time to try it out! Its not coding its only html5