Web and WebWorks Development

[jeevantakhar]

Hello,

Is it possible to access unique information about the PlayBook, such as its PIN, through the WebWorks SDK?

Thanks.

[jeevantakhar]

This doesn't seem to be available in the latest WebWorks Tablet SDK, but is in the AIR and Widget SDKs.

Is there some way to hack it in?

[tneil]

The retrieval of the PIN is tentatively planned for the next release of the WebWorks SDK for Tablet OS.  It will be added to the blackberry.identity object like it is on the BlackBerry Smartphone.

If you feel up to the task you can expose it today by trying to create an extension into ActionScript, but it isn't for the faint of heart and we don't have documentation posted on how to make it happen. 

You would have to take a look at the source code that is part of the SDK in your install folder and mimic one of the other APIs

[jeevantakhar]

Thanks for the information. I'll give it a go and see what I can come up with

[xyrer]

And how is it done in AIR? I can't find it anywhere

[tneil · Accepted solution]

This functionality was released with the WebWorks SDK for Tablet OS v2.1

API details here:

http://www.blackberry.com/developers/docs/webworks/api/blackberry.identity.html

[kpozin]

Tim, that doesn't seem to actually work. blackberry.identity.PIN always returns null in WebWorks apps on the PlayBook devices I've tested (yes, the permission is set in config.xml). The AJAX call also returns {"data":{"PIN":null},"code":0,"msg":null}.

[tneil]

Is this on the simulator or the actual PlayBook device?

[kpozin]

On the actual device. I've tried it on three of our development devices so far. We're using SDK version 2.1.0.6 and our devices are running 1.0.7.2670 or 1.0.7.2942.

[tneil]

And you have included both of the following in your config.xml..

<rim:permit>read_device_identifying_information</rim:permit>
<feature id="blackberry.identity" />

Is your JavaScript running locally or is it in a page you are bringing in from a remote URL?