Sample Apps

To download these samples for PlayBook from BlackBerry GitHub, you must visit the repository and either clone the entire repository using Git or download the entire repository as a .zip file.

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Graphics

Rotating square

This sample demonstrates how to set up BlackBerry Platform Services (BPS), Screen and EGL to display a 2-D rotating square.

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Device

Falling blocks

This sample demonstrates how to add blocks to the screen and move them using touch, accelerometer, and orientation change handling.

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Multimedia

Play a video

This sample demonstrates how to use the multimedia renderer library to play a video on the screen. Currently, this sample works only on the device.

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Gaming

Belligerent blocks

This game demonstrates rendering 2-D graphics, rendering text, integrating with Scoreloop, playing sound effects, using Box2D, and more!

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Graphics and windowing

Rotating cube

This sample demonstrates how to set up BlackBerry Platform Services (BPS), Screen and EGL to display a 3-D rotating cube.

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Gaming

Game development framework

gameplay is an open-source, cross-platform, C++ 3-D gaming framework that makes it easy to learn and write mobile and desktop games. You can find all the code and samples made with the gameplay library on GitHub.

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Native API Examples

Take a look at these examples to learn more about the Native SDK.

Basic application

Good Citizen

Learn about a number of common techniques that you can use in your own applications such as screen events, navigator events, data updates, and scene rendering.

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Basic application

Debug console

Print a string to the console of the QNX Momentics IDE.

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Communication

Channels

Communicate from one thread to another by sending events through channels.

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Communication

HTTP proxies

Retrieve the proxy information of the device that was set by the user.

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Communication

Network status

Retrieve the network status of the device.

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Device

Accelerometer

Retrieve accelerometer specific information, such as the pitch and roll of the device.

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Device

Geolocation

Retrieve geolocation specific information, such as the latitude, longitude, altitude, and bearing of the device.

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Device

Gestures

Capture and process screen gestures such as tap, double-tap, and pinch.

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Device

Keyboard

Capture and process key input on the virtual keyboard.

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Device

Locale

Retrieve the country and language settings for the device.

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Graphics and windowing

Dialogs

Configure and display a system dialog in your application using the dialog service.

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Graphics and windowing

Screen

Add a window to the screen and handle navigator and screen events using the Screen and Windowing APIs and BlackBerry Platform Services APIs.

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Graphics and windowing

Text rendering

Render a customized "Hello world" message to the screen.

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Monetization

Payment Service

Create purchase requests, handle purchase responses, and retrieve existing purchases using the Payment Service.

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Multimedia

Audio settings

Query the device for audio control settings, such as headphone volume, speaker volume, input gain, and mute status.

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Multimedia

Play .mp3

Play and adjust volume for a simple .mp3 file using the multimedia renderer and the audio mixer service.

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Multimedia

Play .wav

Open, determine properties of, and play a .wav file using the sound library.

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Multimedia

Video overlay

Use gestures and OpenGL ES to show and hide controls for video playback.

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