Android™ Runtime Development

[bosung90]

I am trying to deploy an android game using libgdx framwork which I believe uses some native code.

Is there any plans to support native code on blackberry?

Thanks!

[Redrock666]

I am also interested in this subject.

I have developed a game for the Android platform that can be downloaded via Google Play and I would like to port it to BlackBerry but it uses libgdx and Android native code is still an unsupported feature.

[BrianEnders]

Yeah LibGDX uses two different Native Libraries that are required. Since the Playbook currently does not support native code, we are stuck. I am currently converting my libgdx game using the android graphics library. The playbook is able to handle my game.

Maybe with BB10 we will see native code be introduced. I keep telling myself that the Playbook needs a robust Java programming enviroment, and Android can fit that bill. I am glad that it is able to run the android apps and not be an android operating system.  Cant wait to see what else they will do.

[cckrobinson]

I'm in the same boat because I used AndEngine to develop my game.  My initial playbook release was based on AndEngine GLES1 which is supported by the Blackberry Runtime.  I then ported my game to GLES2 which uses OpenGL ES2.0 (Android 2.2 minimum).  To my horror I discovered that GLES2 uses native code so it's not support by the Blackberry runtime.  I've been steadily pushing updates for the Android Market, but my Blackberry development is now stalled

[Hithredin]

Hi!

Take a look at the native SDK: it's standard C++ and Blackberry has ported librairies such as Boost, Box2D, Cocos2D, Lua, SDL ...

I don't think RIM will waste time to support Android NDK, since the native SDK is far more interesting / efficient, and you can directly reuse your C++ code.

[Strahdt]

Hey I was searching for Native Code support for Blackberry and I ended up with this thread.

I have the same problem like cckrobinson.

I alrady had games made with Andengine and already ported them to blackberry playbook and dont have any serious problems with that.

Sanctuary HD

However now I am making anew game with the same game engine and I didnt port the game to GLS 2.0 because I know I will have problems with convertion of native code.

But I need to use Box2d or any other physics engine in that game. I cant use AndEnginePhysicsBox'DExtension because it is native also and I already tried and got the verification error.

You said "Take a look at the native SDK: it's standard C++ and Blackberry has ported librairies such as Boost, Box2D, Cocos2D, Lua, SDL ..."

I will appriciate if you can direct me how to port and use Blackberry port for Box2D in my android application.

So I can continue developing my game with the envoriment I am used to and get the benefits from the ahrd work of Blackberry developers. A tutorail or anything you can direct will be appriciated.

Thanks in Advance.

~Strahd

[Hithredin]

Here you can find a list of libraries ported to BB10/Playbook:

http://blackberry.github.com/

[cckrobinson]

I'm seriously considering porting my Andengine game to Cocos2d-x. That way it will work on Android, iOS and Blackberry 10 and Windows 8 eventually. I hate leaving AndEngine since it's so easy to use and I don't love the idea of porting it from Java to C++.