The BlackBerry Runtime for Android allows most Android applications targeting version 2.3.3 to run on the BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry PlayBook operating system.
Questions tagged [blackberry-android]
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Blackberry 10: Android Runtime & JNI
Is JNI supported on the BlackBerry 10 Android Runtime? I would like to execute native c code in my android app which I'd like to deploy on the blackberry 10 os. In my android app, I use JNI to handle callbacks from the native c code to the java…

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Google OAuth Accept button is disabled
I have a Google Drive app running on BlackBerry 10 and PlayBook devices. The OAuth process was working fine for all users. Suddenly on Aug 23rd I received reports from some users complaining the "Accept" button is disabled and can't complete the…

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Android-Blackberry GCM: Can't register ported android app to GCM services
We are having some issues registering our device so we can get push notifications in our android ported app.
Here's our scenario:
-We have a Blackberry 10 Dev Alpha device with OS version: 10.0.9.388
-Already registered to the push service
-Created…

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Blackberry Android runtime vs. NDK
I'm trying to repackage an Android app for Blackberry, as suggested here. The app has a native (NDK/JNI) library in it. When I try to build for the App World, I get several errors of the following…

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Blocking Apk's from installing directly into BB10.2.1 updated devices
I port my android apps for making bb10 builds . Since now from bb10.2.1 update blackberry has introduced a new concept wherein apk's can be directly installed and can be installed in BB10 devices if the manage apps in settings menu of the phone is…

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Gradle script for BB10 android runtime
I use android runtime for generating BB10 builds now am thinking of moving on to android studio from eclipse so can anyone tell me the gradle script for bb10 so that I can use that to create BB10 builds in android studio .
Thanks.

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Blackberry Keyboard with Action keys on BB 10 using Android runtime
I have an android app with certain keyboard layouts and some defined actions for the enter key on some textviews. For e.g., the textviews are defined with
android:imeOptions="actionGo"
android:inputType="text"
and i have an EditText with…

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BB10 android runtime push notification
I have followed this tutorial to enable push notification on android runtime but
I am getting failure 830 android/android.cfg: unknown asset error when i try to deploy bar package into alpa device.
What can be the reason of that?

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Changing BlackBerry-10 screen brightness from Android app
In my Android application I am using the following code to change screen brightness
WindowManager.LayoutParams lp = getWindow().getAttributes();
lp.screenBrightness = someValue;
getWindow().setAttributes(lp);
On Android devices it works fine, but…

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BlackBerry Simulator doesn't show when i run android project in android studio?
I have download and install BlackBerry Simulator and run it in VMWare Machine. I have run its controller. Then, I have created a simple hello world project in android studio. Here is MainActivity.java:
public class MainActivity extends…

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How to detect if the Android app is the Blackberry repackaged version?
My application can be easily repackaged for blackberry devices using their web portal.
http://developer.blackberry.com/android/documentation/using_the_bb_packager_1873331_11.html
So I can turn my .apk file into a .bar file that users can install on…

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Strange float output "@.0E-12" on BlackBerry Android player
I have an app that works well on many Android devices, but there is a problem on the BlackBerry Android player running on the PlayBook (it runs Android 2.3).
I had a NumberFormatException on PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(). It…

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Error 'result::failure -9' when porting android app to BlackBerry 10
I am trying to deploy my android app from eclipse on to my blackberry Z10 running 10.0.9.422 and i am unsuccessfull at it.
Here is the actual error that i am receiving.
Failed to deploy project XXXX
Info: Sending request: Install
Info: Action:…

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BlackBerry Android Push Message Server
I'mm having problems when trying to push notifications for my Z10. The device successfully registers for push notifications and I receive the BlackBerry generated registration ID as described in "Creating Push-Enabled Android Apps".
I am having…

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Cannot get network location from BB10 device
I am porting an Android app to BlackBerry 10 OS using the Java Runtime support. My app is working fine on Android devices currently, but I cannot get location updates from the BlackBerry device.
My manifest requests the COARSE_LOCATION…

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