RIM Publishes New Fully Functional Samples for Developers

Recently, Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion announced the availability of new resources for BlackBerry developers, including some new fully functional samples in the Developer Resource Center.

According to the company, the release of these fully functional Web Apps for developers is the result of an increased interest in the sample code the company made available.

The handset vendor also announced that it plans on making available the first batch of sample web apps in the Developer Resource Center during the following few weeks.

“[...] with the demand coming in, we decided to build some fully functional Web Apps for you guys to take apart, dissect, and use however you’d like – including copying and pasting code into your own web applications,” a recent post on the BlackBerry Developers Blog reads.

The company came up with two samples today, including an RSS reader and Weather application. These are 100% Web Apps, built using web technologies like HTML, JS, CSS.

“That’s right, not a single shred of Java code in either of these,” the company notes. These samples are:

Sample Code – RSS Reader: http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/Web-Development/Sample-Code-RSS-Reader/ta-p/589890
Sample Code – Weather application: http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/Web-Development/Sample-Code-Weather-application/ta-p/589884

According to the said blog post, the new RSS application offers the possibility to set any RSS feed and pull down the content while on the go.

The software solution comes with a simple to use UI, so that management of RSS feeds is done as easily as possible.

“This sample app demonstrates the use of a great UI, tight integration with other apps (BlackBerry Browser and Messaging applications), GPS, and integration into the BlackBerry Menu as well as how to go out over the network to retrieve and use content effectively,” the said blog post reads.

As for the Weather application, it was meant mainly to show “ the blending of a fantastic UI with functionality,” offering both appealing visuals and ease of use.

“This sample app also shows off the use of a great UI, File I/O, GPS, and solid integration into the BlackBerry Menu. (Note that both of these apps were designed for use on the 5.0 OS.),” the blog post continues.