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…
How to enable Emergency Alert for Enterprise E-mail
If you have downloaded the app and are wondering why the alerts don’t go off for your BES/BlackBerry Balance work e-mail account you have set up, then this post may be of interest to you – it will outline the reasons why this happens, as well as how to install public apps into the work perimeter on BlackBerry 10 (with the help of your system admins). Cause The main challenge is that with BlackBerry 10, the security model has designed on the basis of a split persona. The device is split down the middle – one side is for work,…
Emergency Alert for BB10
Now that BlackBerry 10 is available (in some countries, at least), I have just made the Emergency Alert application available on the platform. The app is a more basic version of the old BlackBerry Java app – this one simply alerts you based on e-mail subject (containing/starting with) or from SMTP address. The best thing about the app is that you can be alerted to urgent events, even if your BB10 device is set to silent, or bedside mode. More features will be added in the future to bring it up to the standard of the old Java version. Oh,…