Graphics and windowing

The BlackBerry 10 Native SDK has a set of powerful graphics libraries, providing features and tools for you to create a visually immersive user experience.

Windowing and graphics

Screen & windowing library

Use this library to connect and configure the underlying BlackBerry 10 windowing system, low-level UI framework, and handle screen events.

Read the developer's guide › Read the API reference ›

OpenGL ES

OpenGL ES 1.1 & OpenGL ES 2.0

Use the OpenGL ES library to create cool 3-D objects and stunning animations. Available is a developer's guide that describes how to optimize the use of OpenGL ES on BlackBerry 10.

Read the developer's guide › Go to the the OpenGL ES website ›

dialog.h (BPS library)

Use this API to create, configure, display, update, and cancel dialog windows.

Read the API reference › Read the recipe ›

menu.h (BPS library)

You can use the menu service to add actions to menus and action bars that are appropriate to a specific type, such as phone numbers.

Read the API reference ›

EGL

EGL 1.4

Use EGL to manage the windowing system for the BlackBerry 10 OS.

Go to the EGL website ›

Glview

Use the Glview library to simplify development when you want to use OpenGL ES 1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0 for rendering graphics in apps.

Read the API reference ›

Skia library

Skia library

Use the Skia 2-D graphics library for drawing text, geometries, and images.

Go to the Skia website › Skia on BlackBerry GitHub ›

Qt4

Qt4 library

Use the UI framework for rapid UI creation.

Go to the Qt4 website ›

Images

libimg

Use this library to load and render image codecs, such as BMP and GIF files to the screen of devices.

Read the developer's guide › Read the API reference

libpng

The native SDK supports libpng, providing reading and writing support for .png files.

Go to the libpng website ›

libjpeg

libjpeg

The native SDK supports libjpeg, providing reading and writing support for .jpeg files.

Go to the libjpeg website ›

Fonts and text

FreeType

FreeType 2.4.4

Use this high-quality font engine to render text to the screen.

Go to the FreeType website ›

fontconfig

fontconfig 2.8

Use this library for configuring and customizing font access.

Go to the Fontconfig website ›