Author: Ryan

Beta testers wanted: Emergency Alert v2.0

Now that v2.0 of Emergency Alert is coming along nicely, I’m interested to know if anyone would like to try it before it’s released. Please email  with your BlackBerry ID email address, stating that you’d like to join the beta. For more information, you can also join the BBM Channel for Emergency Alert: C002F049C

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Wireless Access Point WLAN Roaming on BB10: Disabled by default?

Just a quick post – I’ve been noticing my BB10 devices haven’t been roaming across my 2 access points properly since I had them really. They always seem to latch onto the weakest access point available for some reason. It looks like this might be by design for whatever reason. To enable Wi-Fi roaming…

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BlackBerry 10: List of Account Service Providers

One of the issues with developing for a new platform is lack of documentation. I was looking for a list of providers for the Account class (bb::pim::account::Provider), and was unable to find one. Therefore I wrote a simple script which would dump all the valid provider IDs. The list is provided below in the hope that it will be of use to you BB10 developers out there. It should come in handy when filtering specific account types….

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Comments issue.. and other news!

Just thought I’d post that I’ve had a few issues with my e-mail recently and as such have had several comments left that weren’t approved. The e-mail issue is now fixed, and I have approved outstanding comments and replied to them. In other news… A new version of Emergency Alerts is on its way for BlackBerry 10. Some of the new features are listed below (most of them came from feedback – as always, keep it rolling in!) Background processing of rules – no need to run the app in it’s active frame anymore! Multiple filters per rule – if…

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Emergency Alert v1.5.0.0 released!

Just a note to let everyone know Emergency Alert v1.5.0.0 has been released for BlackBerry 10 devices – as usual this is a free upgrade for those who have already purchased the app. New In this Release: – Added ‘Enable All’ and ‘Disable All’ menu items to conveniently turn on/off all alerts– Optimised email logic to be more efficient– Added support for older OS versions (10.0.9.2372 minimum required)– Fixed an issue whereby rule criteria would have a space at the end when the predictive keyboard is used, resulting in rules not firing– Fixed an issue whereby rules are not processed…

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