- "You guys do realize everything that works on OS6, works on OS7 right? It might not be in the app manager, but you can still install it by downloading it manually. I did that for some of my apps.
thewird"
I tried that with a few apps and none of them worked, they either wouldn�t load or because the screen res is so much higher the app only occupied a tiny portion of the screen.
on a broader note and slightly off topic:
in some cases i would expect a delay, i mean the BB device fragmentation is worse than Android so it must be a real pain to develop for, i admit I talk a lot about leaving for Android but i never do, however as good as the 9900 is its really soured the experience for me (and i survived the storm and playbook disappointments).09-15-11 07:51 AMLike 0 -
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com09-15-11 08:53 AMLike 0 - Why don't you try writing to the developers and ask about it? Though I agree that RIM dropped the ball on this.. I guess it's also partly because developers don't see the incentive to develop apps for BB. If the adoption rate of BBOS7 devices are as amazing as some people here say.. Why are the total number of apps on App World still not budging much?
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It's clear they were trying to get developers to start writing apps for the new '7 devices well in time for their release, they did make that effort.
But -- "no, I'm not going to write for BlackBerry 7, because it will be at least 2 years before most BlackBerry phones are running OS7. You're still shipping phones with 4.6!!! (the 8520, at the time)." In fact, I was just beginning to switch over to building for OS 5 instead of OS 4, because '5 had finally reached 95% market penetration of the customers who are buying apps.
OS 6 was still only about 1/3 to 1/2 at the time, so I've never yet built an app even for OS 6. Why should I lose half the market by adding features only available on '6? Just use OS 5 features, build for OS 5, and it will also run on '6 and, theoretically, '7.09-19-11 04:57 PMLike 0 - But -- "no, I'm not going to write for BlackBerry 7, because it will be at least 2 years before most BlackBerry phones are running OS7. You're still shipping phones with 4.6!!! (the 8520, at the time)." In fact, I was just beginning to switch over to building for OS 5 instead of OS 4, because '5 had finally reached 95% market penetration of the customers who are buying apps.
OS 6 was still only about 1/3 to 1/2 at the time, so I've never yet built an app even for OS 6. Why should I lose half the market by adding features only available on '6? Just use OS 5 features, build for OS 5, and it will also run on '6 and, theoretically, '7.
It's just the fact that appworld filters the releases, so if you don't make a new file releases supporting the new device (even if the code is the same), according to the customers it doesn't exist...09-19-11 05:04 PMLike 0 - "You guys do realize everything that works on OS6, works on OS7 right? It might not be in the app manager, but you can still install it by downloading it manually. I did that for some of my apps.
thewird"
I tried that with a few apps and none of them worked, they either wouldn�t load or because the screen res is so much higher the app only occupied a tiny portion of the screen.
The only thing that can't be adapted is, it can't run on an earlier OS than it's built for. So I build for the lowest OS that will get the job done.
The main upgrade nightmare was the introduction of touchscreens 2 years ago, that really required a re-write or at least a re-build in most cases. But nothing has been introduced since that requires a re-write if the app was written well in the first place.09-19-11 05:05 PMLike 0 - I don't think the issue is specifically building using OS6 or OS7 apis. It's the simple rebuild + file releases that actually supports the device (small chance there could be some minor api issue or bug here or there from new devices).
It's just the fact that appworld filters the releases, so if you don't make a new file releases supporting the new device (even if the code is the same), according to the customers it doesn't exist...
From a dev's point of view -- what's the rush, OS 7 is still a negligible part of the market. Editing a heap of slow-selling products makes no difference at this point.09-19-11 05:10 PMLike 0
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