Web and WebWorks Development

[bgill822]

ok I got it to work by creating a virtual directory I have not looked at links you just sent but wanted to let you know that I can now hook into blackberry.app API from index.html.

So the reason I am venturing into Blackberry APP developement is that I am working on a POC to compare RFID on Intermec vs QR Codes on Blackberry I am now following this article here

https://github.com/blackberry/WebWorks-Community-APIs/tree/master/Smartphone/Barcode

Is this article up to date and do you know if this works as stated?

Thanks

Bikram

[bgill822]

I am perplexed the following code works in the Ripple Emulator even with no config.xml

var s = blackberry.app.version 

alert(s);

but this code doesn't because it cannot find message object (it says message undefined)

 var message = blackberry.message.Message();
message.toRecipients = "bikram.gill@paccar.com";
message.subject = "Hello";
message.body = "World";
/message.send();

[bgill822]

With the stand alone Ripple all I get is a blank screen when I load it.

[bgill822]

I got the sample app using blackberry.app to work using Ripple but when I test it on my blackberry by browsing to the site I get blackberry.app undefined error message. I don't believe I have to package a web app.

[twindsor]

I'm not sure why the api works without a config file, but that would likely be a bug in Ripple. You should have to include a feature in the config.xml file in order for a WebWorks API to be available.

Yes, you absolutely must package a WebWorks application in order to access the WebWorks APIs on a real device. WebWorks APIs are built into the application during the packaging process and are not available in the regular browser. WebWorks is a way to develop Full Applications for the platform using Web technology - it's not for building mobile Websites.

[bgill822]

But I should be able to call a web service from with the the application though right?

Any ideas why the message feature is not working I get message object undefined.

Also when I open the standalone Ripple all i get is a blank screen.

[twindsor]

You should be able to call web services.

Make sure you are running Ripple with the correct Platform selected. It needs to be WebWorks and not WebWorks-TabletOS or anything else to get blackberry.message.