Platform

The BlackBerry 10 Native SDK provides unique libraries that allow you to integrate with the platform and other apps. You can invoke other apps from your app, handle events, and work with language-specific settings as well as date and time.

Event framework

bps.h (BPS library)

Use this API to provide an app with a single consistent interface to a number of different platform services and a standard events framework.

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event.h (BPS library)

Use the events API to set up and handle common events in your app, such as screen, orientation, virtual keyboard, and media events.

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notification.h (BPS library)

Use this API to control notifications and alerts on the device.

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Invocation framework

App integration

Use the Invocation framework to launch another application or an external service from within your apps. This framework provides for better multitasking and a smooth application flow, allowing the user to continue with the task without losing focus.

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navigator_invoke.h (BPS library)

Use this API to send and receive application or card invocations, to send queries to the invocation framework, and to send data between a parent app and the corresponding card.

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Application life cycle

App life cycle

Use this information to understand how to control states in your apps.

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navigator.h (BPS library)

Use this API to send messages to and receive messages from the navigator service. The navigator service manages how apps appear (such as full screen, thumbnail, or invisible) and sends user-initiated events that control apps (such as swipes or orientation changes). You can also use the navigator service to open files and URIs, and lock the device orientation.

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Gestures

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Gestures library

Use this API for high-level handling of screen interactions, such as tap, double-tap, swipe, pinch, rotate, etc. It also provides event callbacks and aggregate handling of touch events using gesture sets. This library should handle most of your touch screen needs.

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Language and locale

locale.h and region.h (BPS library)

Use this API to determine the language (locale and region) settings of the device using this API.

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Date and time

clock.h (BPS library)

Use this API to determine when the date or time zone changes on the device.

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