The platform should get a nice shot in the arm when
the BlackBerry Runtime is upgraded to support Android Jelly Bean apps, a development that the company recently announced would come with version 10.2 later this year.
Finally, there'll be support for
the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps, on both tablets and future RIM smartphones.
-- BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Developer Beta now available, includes
BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps
BBX will also support applications developed using any of the tools available today for the BlackBerry PlayBook — including Native SDK, Adobe AIR / Flash and WebWorks / HTML5, as well as
the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps — on future BBX - based tablets and smartphones.
For more information about the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 — Developer Beta and
BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps and associated tools, visit For more information about the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 — Developer Beta and
BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps and associated tools, visit: https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/android/bpaa/.
BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps and the associated tools allow Android developers to easily expand their market to include BlackBerry PlayBook users, and hence increase their apps» market potential.
The BlackBerry Playbook OS 2.0 is expected this month — on February 17 according to some rumors — after the world saw a demo at CES complete with
the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps built - in (which will allow Android apps to run on the Playbook as well as BlackBerry 10 devices after developers repackage the applications).
The Developer Beta includes
the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps and the BlackBerry Plug - In for Android Development Tools (ADT), allowing developers to quickly and easily bring Android applications to BlackBerry PlayBook tablets.
RIM stressed in a press release that the PlayBook 2.0 beta includes
the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps and the BlackBerry Plug - In for Android Development Tools, which will together make it easier for developers to bring Android apps over to the BlackBerry environment without having to learn a new programming environment and rules.
This is in addition to
BlackBerry Runtime for Android applications, for future BBX - based tablets and smartphones.
RIM has already announced
a BlackBerry runtime for the PlayBook so Java BlackBerry apps will run just fine, so it's less a dual O limbo and more a four app model banquet (QNX / Java / HTML / AIR).
Not exact matches
It goes without saying, without Google Play Services, the
BlackBerry Android
Runtime is only as good the apps that people demand it run without problems, which is roughly 90 % of all Android apps.
BlackBerry 10 recently got updated to 10.2 with a shiny new Android
Runtime.....
RIM has demoed some of the updates coming to PlayBook 2.0, which is scheduled to arrive on your PlayBook in February, at the
BlackBerry DevCon Europe event in Amsterdam.Along with headline features like
Runtime for Android, which will see the easy porting... Read more
The phone runs
BlackBerry OS 10.3.1, which features the
BlackBerry Hub and the updated Android
runtime for full support with the Amazon Android App Store.
As stated earlier, the phone runs
BlackBerry OS 10.3.1, which features the
BlackBerry Hub and the updated Android
runtime for full support with the Amazon Android App Store.
The device runs
BlackBerry OS 10.3 with support the Amazon Android App Store for applications with substantial updates to the Android
Runtime for increased compatibility with Android applications along with a two - level zoom function to fit Android applications on the display.
The criteria, to download Crossy Road, a notoriously slow loading game through the Android
runtime and see how fast each device would load it compared to the
BlackBerry Leap.
Along with headline features like
Runtime for Android, which will see the easy porting of Android apps on to the tablet, you'll also get an update to
BlackBerry Bridge 2.0.
Currently,
Blackberry 10.1 has a fairly outdated version of the Android
Runtime, with 2.3.
Also, we saw a hands - on with Face10 as well as an important update to the Android
Runtime for
BlackBerry 10
The intent of the emulator is to shore up RIM's currently anemic developer support for both the
BlackBerry and PlayBook as a software platform compared to Android and iOS, though the lack of support may be better attributed to complaints of poor tools and documentation as well as a perceived lack of support from RIM for native development, either via
BlackBerry App World or via official third - party dev tools such as Adobe's Flex and AIR
runtimes.
In the Sunspider Javascript
runtime benchmark, the Xoom was in the same ballpark as other tablets released around the same time, but bested only the
BlackBerry PlayBook and HTC Flyer.
There is more to 10.2.1 than updating the
runtime from Gingerbread 2.3 to Jelly Bean 4.2.2 — this is also the update that allows
BlackBerry app developers to build headless apps — a much sought after feature by native
BlackBerry app...
With the introduction of the
BlackBerry PlayBook and the
BlackBerry 10 OS came the ability to sideload Android apps to run in the Android
runtime player.
Given the past few days and some of the leaks we've seen, this might sound a bit obvious but finally, the Jelly Bean 4.2.2 Android
Runtime improvements will be arriving beginning in
BlackBerry 10.2.1.
BlackBerry has done a nice job of detailing out the new features of the much improved
runtime in
BlackBerry 10.3.
This is a
runtime that allows Android apps to run on
BlackBerry 10 as if they're normal application.
BlackBerry has been discussing this change openly with developers on their forums and recommendations are mostly around either converting to a native app or moving your AIR app to the Android
runtime.
Check out the Android
Runtime for
BlackBerry 10 roadmap here
As our colleague Bill Ray wrote on Monday, «The QNX - based
BlackBerry 10 will need applications written in C++, using Qt — or WebWorks for the AJAX crowd — while those still sitting on the fence can use the Android
runtime or even resort to a bit of Adobe AIR to get their apps working.»
We are working to bring up a newer version of Android
Runtime on the
BlackBerry 10 platform.
The current Android
Runtime for
BlackBerry 10 runs apps on the older but popular v2.3.3 Gingerbread version of Android.