You win, RIM (An open letter to RIM's developer relations)

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Post by jammur » Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 9:38 PM UTC

You win, RIM (An open letter to RIM's developer relations)
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Post by DougBTX » Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 10:10 PM UTC

This is quite similar to my experience. I installed Adobe Builder 4.5 beta trial too, which after a bit of fiddling around (and confusion on my part about the differences between 4.0 and 4.5 while following the tutorials) does eventually get you a Build and Run button.

Edit: This page looks new, at least it lists all the downloads in one place: http://us.blackberry.com/developers/tablet/adobe.jsp

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Post by jammur » Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 10:14 PM UTC

DougBTX wrote: post #2

This is quite similar to my experience. I installed Adobe Builder 4.5 beta trial too, which after a bit of fiddling around (and confusion on my part about the differences between 4.0 and 4.5 while following the tutorials) does eventually get you a Build and Run button. Edit: This page looks new, at least it lists all the downloads in one place: http://us.blackberry.com/developers/tablet/adobe.jsp

I guess I should have mentioned I was trying to use the WebWorks SDK, not the AIR SDK. I'll update the post accordingly. Thanks!

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Post by SriniK » Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 10:17 PM UTC

Totally agree with the author. I too quit porting one of my apps to BB.

This is the reason why shortcuts (not making well integrated system) always fail.

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Post by b-dawg » Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 10:24 PM UTC

You so famous.

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Post by circuitbreaker » Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 10:32 PM UTC

Thank you for showing me that I wasn't the only one that had the same HORRIBLE experience! I gave a valiant effort for a good 3 solid days, at which point, I was much MUCH further along with the same tasks on iOS. For shame, RIM.

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Post by joelhaasnoot » Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 10:34 PM UTC

Ah, you definately have never developed for any sort of linuxy or embedded hardware that requires a full moon and the right software version every step of the way. Oh, and the Android installer isn't flawless either: it does require some setting up of cumbersome paths, but the installer of individual SDKs (which to be fair are seperate files/downloads) works like a charm...

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Post by tajddin » Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 10:36 PM UTC

I actually have an approved app for the PlayBook and actually found the entire process quite straight forward, especially considering that both the sdk and simulator are both in beta.

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Post by btipling » Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 10:36 PM UTC

The complaints are:

$200 price to develop with 10 app limit.

Multiple registration forms.

Requiring multiple downloads.

Requiring to purchase vmware fusion.

Installer that just copies an iso.

Having to password protect the simulator.

Bad documentation on how to load an app on the simulator.

The comparative ease with which you can do these things with android and ios.

Re: You win, RIM (An open letter to RIM's developer relations)

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Post by jammur » Fri, Feb 25, 2011, 10:37 PM UTC

joelhaasnoot wrote: post #7

Ah, you definately have never developed for any sort of linuxy or embedded hardware that requires a full moon and the right software version every step of the way. Oh, and the Android installer isn't flawless either: it does require some setting up of cumbersome paths, but the installer of individual SDKs (which to be fair are seperate files/downloads) works like a charm...

Guilty as charged on the first point :) The separate files/downloads was a minor annoyance, but fairly insignificant in the grand scheme of things. On the whole, I just found it to be an very frustrating experience.