Device

You can access the hardware features of BlackBerry 10 devices using the BlackBerry 10 Native SDK. This includes input mechanisms such as the virtual keyboard and sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, etc.), notification mechanisms such as the LED and vibration, and information about the device such as PIN, locale, and battery state.

Sensors

Sensor API (BPS library)

If your app uses BlackBerry Platform Services for event handling and control, use this API to get sensor events and data.

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Sensor library

Use this library for low-level access to the sensors. This is useful for system and native application clients or when you need to perform more complex operations than those provided by the BPS sensor API.

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orientation.h (BPS library)

If your app uses BlackBerry Platform Services for event handling and control, use this API to determine the orientation of the device.

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holster.h (BPS library)

Use this library to determine when a BlackBerry device is in or out of its holster.

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Touch and input

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screen.h (BPS library)

Use this API to handle basic, low-level events such as touch, move, and release. If the Gestures library proves too high-level for your application, use this API instead.

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Input Events library

Use this API to handle the lowest-level events. The Input Events library provides the lowest-level event handling for touch screen, keyboard, and mouse events. These events are used by the gestures library and screen.h. This library should be used only by advanced developers.

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virtualkeyboard.h (BPS library)

You can configure the virtual keyboard and handle keyboard events using this BlackBerry Platform Services API.

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button.h (BPS library)

Use this API to determine read the button states on the device.

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Geolocation

geolocation.h (BPS library)

Use this API to determine the current geographic location of the device.

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World Magnetic Model library

Use this API to determine the geomagnetic field with respect to the device's location on Earth.

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Geocoding library

Use this API to determine a geographic coordinate given a location or determine a location given a geographic coordinate.

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Device information

deviceinfo.h (BPS library)

Use this API to determine information about the device, such as PIN, OS version, and serial number.

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Vibration

vibration.h (BPS library)

Use this API to control vibration on a device.

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LED

led.h (BPS library)

Use this API to control the LED light on BlackBerry 10 devices. The LED light is used to indicate status for different functions.

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Battery

battery.h (BPS library)

Use this API to determine whether the device is charging or what percentage of the battery charge is left.

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