Blackberry 10 (qnx) PhoneGap Plugins

We have two ways to create plugins for our BlackBerry PhoneGap apps ie; PG-BB Native Java and BB WebWorks

BlackBerry 10 - Phonegap | Pros & Cons

BlackBerry 10 is mobile operating system for BlackBerry line of smartphone and tablet handheld devices. It provides a variety of development environments ie;

1. BlackBerry Native SDK (c,c++)
2. The Cascades SDK
3. BlackBerry SDK for Adobe AIR
4. HTML5 WebWorks
5. Runtime for Android apps (android java)

iOS App development with Windows and C

For folks who have Windows and wants to develop an iOS application or if you have written lots of code in C/C++ and just needed a standard API to display images, get touch events, mix sounds, perform file i/o and get access to the iPhone accelerometer data. You just need DragonFireSDK - very cool and inexpensive way to program and test an iPhone app.

SDK URL: http://www.dragonfiresdk.com

Docs URL: http://www.dragonfiresdk.net/help/DragonFireSDKHelp.html

Simple JS minification tool

ONLINE TOOL URL
http://closure-compiler.appspot.com/home



SAMPLE CODE
// ==ClosureCompiler==
// @compilation_level SIMPLE_OPTIMIZATIONS
// @output_file_name default.js

// ==/ClosureCompiler==

// ADD YOUR CODE HERE
function hello(name) {
alert('Hello, ' + name);
}
hello('New user');



TO INCLUDE EXTERNAL FILE
add following code with the full path to the files

// @code_url https://dl.dropbox.com/u/37581115/.js
// @code_url https://dl.dropbox.com/u/37581115/.js

Convert UIImage to Base64 and vice versa

Code used to convert an image to base64 or an UIImage to base64 NSString