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Developer
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bba
Posts: 266
Registered: ‎04-01-2009

Convert Web App to BlackBerry WebWorks App

Hello,

I would really like to make a "native" BlackBerry 10 App out of my Web App. 

Question: 

How easy is it to convert my JavaScript Web App to a BlackBerry App?

 

Thanks!

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BertKoor
Posts: 81
Registered: ‎03-09-2012
My Carrier: n/a

Re: Convert Web App to BlackBerry WebWorks App

Extremely easy. The first app I submitted was built with only Google Chrome as testing tool. I did not own any blackberry device.

 

Just add a config.xml to package it into a .bar file...

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Developer
bba
Posts: 266
Registered: ‎04-01-2009

Re: Convert Web App to BlackBerry WebWorks App

thanks for the fast reply!

how does the app "feel"? do you have a link to appworld so that I can test it on my playbook?

 

i would really like to know how these apps feel, when they were a web-app first and then packaged into a .bar and run on a playbook/bb10 device.

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BertKoor
Posts: 81
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Re: Convert Web App to BlackBerry WebWorks App

It looks and feels exactly as you'd see it in Chrome or any other webkit browser.

My app is called VawoCalc. Look it up in the store, can't miss it...

 

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interfaSys
Posts: 794
Registered: ‎11-19-2009
My Carrier: T-Mobile UK, Three, O2, Orange, Sunrise, Swisscom

Re: Convert Web App to BlackBerry WebWorks App

It all depends on what your app does.

Hyperlinks will have to be converted, you may want to check that you have connectivity, your CSS might not be compatible, etc.

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Olivier - interfaSys ltd
Developing for BlackBerry 10 devices using the Sencha Touch framework.
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