Web and WebWorks Development

[greenback]

Need help resolving a BB10 WebWorks issue when debuging.

Packaging Error Question
 

From the command line I ran the standard packaging command

bbwp [location of project].zip -d -o [locationofoutput]

Resulting in:
 

[INFO]       Populating application source
[INFO]       Parsing config.xml
[INFO]       Error: Please enter a valid application id

Here's my config.xml file, I am actually building from the bbUI.js sample

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<widget xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:rim="http://www.blackberry.com/ns/widgets" version="1.0.2">
  <name>App name</name>
  <description>A sample description</description>
  <author>My Name</author>
  <icon src="images\icon.png" />
  <icon src="images\icon.png" rim:hover="true" />
  <rim:loadingScreen backgroundImage="images\background.png" foregroundImage="images\hippo.png" onFirstLaunch="true">
    <rim:transitionEffect type="fadeIn" />
  </rim:loadingScreen>
  <content src="index.htm" />
  <access uri="http://chart.apis.google.com" subdomains="true" />
  <feature id="blackberry.push" />
  <feature id="blackberry.message.sms" />
  <feature id="blackberry.ui.menu" />
  <feature id="blackberry.ui.dialog"/>
  <feature id="blackberry.identity" />
  <feature id="blackberry.system.event" />
  <feature id="blackberry.app" />
  <feature id="blackberry.app.event"/>
</widget>

 
bbwp.properties & debug token question 
 

Also... I know that in the previous WebWorks SDKs, you edit bbwp.properties and add a line that points to the location of your debug token.

Question:

• Where is the bbwp.properties file in the new SDK? Where do I specify my debug token location?

Thanks!

[astanley · Accepted solution]

Hello,

The id is an alphanumeric property of the main <widget> element.  It cannot contain spaces or 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<widget xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:rim="http://www.blackberry.com/ns/widgets" version="1.0.2" id="yourIDhere">

You do not need to modify the bbwp.properties file.  The Debug token documentation specifies where to set the debug token file.  To enable debug token support, simply build your app with the -d flag.

Hope that helps!

[greenback]

Thank you Adam!

Seems I needed to rename my debug token to debugtoken.bar and move it to the root of the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK directory.

Used the same -d flag command

Worked without having to edit bbwp.properties.

 

[superfly_fr]

For Ripple BB10 beta (chrome extension) users (but may apply to others as well).

Found in http://saplin.blogspot.fr/2012/05/ripple-bb-10-web-works-and-please-enter.html (go there for captures, etc)

Possible causes for the error:

1. Missing id tag (in the config.xml <widget>) [clearly the case in OP config.xml]
2. White spaces in id tag value (registered issue)

Looks like the webworks samples hasn't been updated (or maybe it's to prevent massive submissions with the same id ?). Anyhow, this should be documented ...