Web and WebWorks Development

[cassidyd]

Hi

Where can I get documentation on all the availabale APIs for widgets and how to use them?

Thanls

Davy

[cassidyd]

I have been looking here but it seems out of date:

http://docs.blackberry.com/en/developers/deliverables/11850/index.html?name=API+Reference+-+BlackBer...

Iit says to use the features below but the blackberry message doesn't exist.  I

<feature id="blackberry.message" version="1.0.0"/>
<feature id="blackberry.identity" version="1.0.0"/>
<feature id="blackberry.find" version="1.0.0"/>

I tried the code below and it failed on the first line.

 var message = new blackberry.message.Message();   //fails here
  message.toRecipients = "1-555-555-5555";
  message.subject = "Hello";
  message.body = "World";
  message.send();

Any help appreciated

[tneil · Accepted solution]

Hi There,

The Widget API documentation is up to date.  Can you specify which Web Plug-in you are using? (Eclipse or Visual Studio)

There is an XML file that was distributed with the tooling that is not up to date.  You need to add a couple entries into the XML file and then the tooling will recognize it.

You need to add these sub elements to the <features> element found in the "library.xml" file.

<feature id="blackberry.find" version="1.0.0.0" required="true">The find feature allows for searching PIM data</feature>
<feature id="blackberry.message" version="1.0.0.0" required="true">The message feature allows for accessing the Email message store</feature>

In the Visual Studio Web Plug-in, this "library.xml" file can typically be found in the default install path of "C:\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Widget Packager\docs\library.xml"

In the Eclipse Web Plug-in "[Install Path]\plugins\net.rim.browser.tools.wcpc_1.0.0.xxxxxxx\wcpc\library.xml"

Once you add these entries, "blackberry.find" and "blackberry.message" should appear in the tooling.

Turns out that that bug was my fault

[cassidyd]

Thanks, that did the trick.

Any more of these I should look out for/

Davy

[tneil]

The other items that I know of are all listed in the known issues/release notes that were posted..

Cheers,

[cassidyd]

ha ha - Yeah, I suppose I should read that.

Thanks

[chrisdoehring]

Hi there.  I'm toying with the Push Demo Widget example, but I'm having trouble running it.  I get it packaged up and installed in a simulator just fine, but at runtime blackberry.push is undefined.  I've doublechecked that the <feature/> elements in config.xml are correct.  Do I need to do something on the device (simulated) to enable/allow use of the blackberry.* APIs?  BTW, I get a similar result when I run other Widget examples (ex. PIM widget example).

Here are some environment details:

Windows 7 32-bit

Widget Packager version 1.0.0.5.

MDS 4.1.4 simulator

9500 simulator with OS version 5.0.0.252.

Any ideas?

Thanks for the help,
CD

[csibbdev]

Did you ever get past this and if you did could you post the solution?

Thanks