WebWorks roadmap

• Release Feature Date Status

• W10 Cordova Alignment jun on time

  We will leverage the Apache Cordova open source project as the foundation of the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK. The wide array of tools and frameworks being built around Apache Cordova will bring the promise of cross-platform development closer to reality for BlackBerry web developers.

• Already released
• Release Feature Date Status

• W9 Payment Feb landed

  Get paid for your efforts, if you are into that sort of thing. Support subscriptions and in app purchases.

• W9 BBM Enhancements Feb landed

  Ability to update the profile box for your application, and find other contacts that have your application installed.
• Release Feature Date Status

• W8 Keyboard Support feb landed

  SDK updates to support the new 720x720 screen resolution and physical keyboard integration.

• W8 Ripple Updates Feb landed

  Bug fixes, support for the Q10, and replace Dev Alpha (name and skin) with Z10.
• Release Feature Date Status

• W7 Invocation List Dec landed

  Built in UI you can use to present the user with a list of targets to select from for an invocation action.

• W7 Wallpaper Dec landed

  Great for smartphones, bad for your house. Good thing we are talking about smartphones. Set the wallpaper from your app.

• W7 Active Frames Dec landed

  Control the user experience when your application is not front and centre. Get creative, pull that user back into your app!

• W7 More cards Dec landed

  Raising the stakes. More dedicated APIs for using system provided cards, so you don't have to worry about the raw invocation framework commands.

• W7 Invoke handlers Dec landed

  Get a chance to react between a user triggered invocation and the system processing the invoke request.

• W7 Custom Contexts Dec landed

  Define custom contexts in your application content to be used for Context Menu population.
• Release Feature Date Status

• W6 PIM: Calendar Nov landed

  Create, remove, update, delete, and search appointment information.

• W6 Toasts Nov landed

  Notify the user using toasts. Peanut butter not included.

• W6 In App Browser Nov landed

  target="_blank" and window.open() will work and open the requested content in a child web view. Think OAuth, hint hint.

• W6 Sensors Nov landed

  Get all kinds of data about the device and environment. Orientation, proximity, light, compass, disturbances in the space-time continuum. Ok, maybe not that last one.

• W6 Orientation Nov landed

  Control your application's orientation, lock and unlock, from code and not just in config.xml at load time.

• W6 Compatibility Nov landed

  Applications built with this release can be submitted to BlackBerry App World and will work on future BlackBerry 10 OS builds.

• W6 Packager Updates Nov landed

  Allows you to provide a folder instead of a zip to the WebWorks bbwp packager tool. Provide exclusion rules in the .bbwpignore file. Finally, the packager will automatically include the latest webworks.js in your app, that you can reference with a pre-defined URL.

• W6 Faster startup Nov landed

  Changes to the platform that will have your applications loading faster.

• W6 i18n platform Nov landed

  All system provided dialogs and UI will be localized based on the current system settings.

• W6 i18n config.xml Nov landed

  xml:lang support for the config.xml file. Localize the name and description of your application.