Web and WebWorks Development

[daniloercoli]

I've just installed the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK for Mac by following the instructions here: http://devblog.blackberry.com/2012/05/blackberry-10-webworks-sdk/#more-9131

but got some errors trying to start the app within the Ripple emulator.

Basically, I did the following steps:
- Download and Installed the SDK
- Copied the file webworks.js from the SDK folder to the prj folder
- Linked it in the HEAD tag of the index page
- Installed the Ripple Browser Extension for BB 10
- I tried to open the prj in Chrome by using the Ripple extension and got the following error: "Failed to load resource : http://localhost:8472/blackberry/extensions/get"

(I tried by disabling the Ripple extension, but the result is the same).

I also tried to package my app with the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK by following the instructions here: https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/html5/documentation/ww_developing/Package_your_BB10_app_with_WW_...
but got compilatons errors like the following:

[ERROR] Failed to find feature with id: blackberry.ui.dialog

Have i missed something during the installations?

[rorybarnes]

I can't help you with the first issue, I can just confirm I am getting it on my app and a sample app I have. Hopefully one of the RIM people can figure it out.

For your second issue, you need to tweak your config.xml file for BB10: https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/html5/documentation/ww_developing/Code_sample_Creating_a_BB_Widg...

Unfortunately as far as I know the new Dialog APIs are not complete yet so you can't use them.

The only features I am sure it has right now are:

<feature id="blackberry.app" />
<feature id="blackberry.invoke"/>
<feature id="blackberry.event"/>

 More APIs will appear as they are completed but there is no ETA that RIM has given at the moment.

Edit:

looks like system is also available:

<feature id="blackberry.system"/> 

[oros]

Hi there,

Rory's got this one right. In order to use the Dialog APIs:

https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/html5/apis/blackberry.ui.dialog.html

You need to include the following in config.xml:

<feature id="blackberry.ui.dialog" />

However, this feature is not available in BB10 yet.

With respect to:

"Failed to load resource : http://localhost:8472/blackberry/extensions/get"

Where are you seeing this error? Is it a popup dialog box and at which stage does it show up? (i.e. have you already picked your platform, etc.) Would it be possible to provide a screenshot for just a little more context?

[rorybarnes]

It happens for me on every page load, appears to be before WebWorks is fully ready to go, I was ignoring it but I can see how it might be confusing.

JS console on a page load (happens every time) platform is already selected:

[oros]

Thanks for that clarification Rory. I'll try and get some confirmation/insight on this ASAP, but a part of me thinks that this may not arrive until Monday. I'll circle back as soon as I have something here.

[daniloercoli]

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oros wrote:

Hi there,

Rory's got this one right. In order to use the Dialog APIs:

https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/html5/apis/blackberry.ui.dialog.html

You need to include the following in config.xml:

<feature id="blackberry.ui.dialog" />

However, this feature is not available in BB10 yet.

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I know I need to include that line in the config.xml, I already have a WebWorks app out there, and was trying to see it running on the BB10.  I've opened this thread because I was astonished that blackberry.ui.dialog is missing from the SDK. A lot of other features are missing, blackberry.utils for example.

rorybarnes is right, only the 4 features he listed above are available at this moment.

[rorybarnes]

To RIMs credit the missing SDK pieces are because the are re-writing them directly in C++ rather than through Air so it will take them some time to get them all back into place.

As a temp solution you can actually tweak your app to get the sizing right and then compile it with the latest TabletOS SDK, since it wraps it in Air they .bar file will deploy with no problem to the DevAlpha, I already have 2 of my apps deployed that way just to see what they look like.

[tneil]

Yeah, I've been using the WebWorks Tablet OS SDK for now until the features I need find their way into the BB10 SDK. Apps written in the old PlayBook SDK work on the new Dev Alpha.

[astanley]

>> I've opened this thread because I was astonished that blackberry.ui.dialog is missing from the SDK. A lot of other features are missing, blackberry.utils for example.

We completely appreciate the fact that developers are interested in more WebWorks APIs and guarantee that they are coming.  The BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK is currently a BETA product, and will continue to iterate in the coming months with new releases, during which you will see support for new APIs being added.