Matt - thanks for the detailed feedback! I'll be entering in JIRAs for the tasks needed to tighten up the bb10 CLI experience today.
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Lucas Holmquist <lholm...@redhat.com>wrote: > Nice write up, > On Jul 22, 2013, at 11:14 AM, Matt Lantz <mattla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Developing a BlackBerry10 App with Cordova 3.0.0 > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > > So, I started by downloading all the appropriate developer SDKs from > BlackBerry. Though in retrospect I suppose I only needed the webworks one. > > After downloading and installing those. I followed the instructions > ensuring that I had nodejs installed, and performed an installation of > cordova. I performed the create app which went fine. I decided first to > test run iOS given that I live in an OSX world. I added iOS, made a couple > tweaks and ran it in the simulator flawlessly. Awesome experience. > > > > On to BlackBerry. I first attempted to add the blackberry platform. It > responded with no platform. Since I knew a handful of stuff that Gord had > been working on for BlackBerry builds I attempted, qnx, playbook, bb10, and > then blackberry10 that seemed to be the golden key. After getting the > platform set, I decided to experiment a bit. > > > > I ran the build, and understood how it pulled over the www folder data > to the platforms. I had a couple issues with this though. It seemed that > any custom writing I had done in the platform itself (blackberry10) was > overwritten, including the config.xml which meant if I did an upgrade to > the www directory even changed the file config.xml with new name etc it > overwrites the custom stuff I set in the blackberry10 platform, with > default values of 'WebWorks Application' etc. > > > > So I set some details such as name and author and then added some text > to the index.html page of the www directory for the blackberry10 platform > directory. Then I decided to test run it on a blackberry device. > > > > Since I had previous experience doing this, I got my debug tokens and > got all that set by following the instructions on BlackBerry's website. > This hit a snag in that it appeared I had used a short password. > BlackBerry's website says that the csjpin must be between 6-10 alphanumeric > characters. But it then turns out that WebWorks needs at least 8 > alphanumeric characters. That was a pain, and lots of wasted time but I got > through that. > > > > I didn't even bother installing the blackberry emulator since my > previous experience with it sucked, I decided to try it on a real device. I > had all the tokens in place and attempted to do a build with the > instructions on the blackberry website. That failed with no signing > password provided statement. I did some digging very confusingly since I > had set all those details with my signing keys etc according to the > blackberry website. I messaged the mailing list in the end, where Fil > helped me out by suggesting I run the cordova run command. > > > > cordova -d run blackberry10 > > > > I had no idea there was such a command since I had been following the > CLI instructions on Phonegap's website, and didn't see that anywhere. I > attempted that and it failed same statement of the no signing password > provided. I was all the more confused, read everything scoured > stackoverflow, and finally posted again to the mailing list, and got a > response from Jeffrey Heifetz talking about the > %home%/.cordova/blackberry10.json. > > > > Just before I got Jeff's response I had decided to try upgrading my > version of Cordova. According to: > > > > cordova -v > > > > I had cordova 3.0.0rc1 which was not giving me any information about the > blackberry10.json file I had to modify. After performing: > > > > sudo npm update -g cordova > > > > It stated I now had 3.0.0 > > > > I attempted the cordova -d run blackberry10 again and this time I saw > the %home%/.cordova/blackberry10.json statement. I went to the file > immediately and added the "keystorepass" that I had used in my debug token. > Called the run command and bam the app uploaded to the device. I was elated. > > > > I can honestly say I am stupefied as to how awesome the CLI is for > Cordova everyone! I was amazed at how fast I could get something put > together. However, documentation is still lacking, in particular with > blackberry10. It was quite confusing for a relative outsider. I'm happy to > fork the documentation and work on any inconsistencies/ issues I can help > with. > > > > > > On 20 July, 2013 at 9:17:46 PM, Filip Maj (f...@adobe.com) wrote: > > > >> Yeh Matt if you would be so kind as to summarize your experience then > >> certainly we can formalize as issues and make sure to fix in the coming > >> weeks so it's not as difficult. Appreciate you working through it! > >> > >> On 7/20/13 9:31 AM, "M. Lantz" <mattla...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> >Thanks Jeff, I finally caught on to that after upgrading my Cordova. I > >> >was on 3.0.0rc not 3.0.0 and noticed the the comments that indicated > >> >that. Thanks though. > >> > > >> >M. Lantz > >> > > >> >On 2013-07-20, at 2:17 AM, Jeffrey Heifetz <jheif...@blackberry.com> > >> >wrote: > >> > > >> >> You haw no signing key provided so it's skipping debug token > >> >>generation. You need to either add a key store pass value to your > >> >>%home%/.cordova/blackberry10.json or use the platform level > cordova/run > >> >>script with -k and your key store pass. > >> >> > >> >> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network. > >> >> From: Matt Lantz > >> >> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 9:02 PM > >> >> To: dev@cordova.apache.org > >> >> Reply To: dev@cordova.apache.org > >> >> Subject: Re: blackberry10 build > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Still having issues with this one Fil. Not sure what I'm missing. > >> >> > >> >> Thanks to everyone who can offer some advice. I feel like such a n00b > >> >>with this situation. > >> >> > >> >> I'm following the cordova cli instructions but I get this error: > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> jarvis-3:cordova mlantz$ cordova -d run blackberry10 > >> >> > >> >> cordova library for "blackberry10" already exists. No need to > download. > >> >>Continuing. > >> >> > >> >> Wrote out BlackBerry application name to "Yo" > >> >> > >> >> Wrote out BlackBerry package name to "com.example.hello" > >> >> > >> >> Wrote out BlackBerry version to "0.0.1" > >> >> > >> >> Calling plugman.prepare for platform "blackberry10" > >> >> > >> >> Preparing blackberry10 project... > >> >> > >> >> Processing configuration changes for plugins. > >> >> > >> >> Iterating over installed plugins: [] > >> >> > >> >> Writing out cordova_plugins.js... > >> >> > >> >> Running app on platform "blackberry10" with command > >> > >>""/Users/mlantz/Programming/PhoneGap/yo/platforms/blackberry10/cordova/ru > >> >>n" --device" (output to follow)... > >> >> > >> >> [WARN] No signing password provided, will omit debug token generation > >> >> > >> >> [BUILD] Populating application source > >> >> > >> >> [BUILD] Parsing config.xml > >> >> > >> >> [BUILD] Generating output files > >> >> > >> >> [WARN] Failed to find debug token > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] Info: Package created: > >> > >>/Users/mlantz/Programming/PhoneGap/yo/platforms/blackberry10/build/simula > >> >>tor/DEFAULT_BAR_NAME.bar > >> >> > >> >> [WARN] Failed to find debug token > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] Info: Package created: > >> > >>/Users/mlantz/Programming/PhoneGap/yo/platforms/blackberry10/build/device > >> >>/DEFAULT_BAR_NAME.bar > >> >> > >> >> [BUILD] BAR packaging complete > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] Info: Sending request: Install and Launch > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] Info: Action: Install and Launch > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] Info: File size: 8096383 > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] Info: Installing default.app.id.testDev_ault_app_id417e7455... > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] Info: Processing 8096383 bytes > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] actual_dname:: > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] actual_id::actual_version::result::failure 881 application > >> >>author does not match debug token author > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Error: An error occurred while running the blackberry10 project. > [WARN] > >> >> No signing password provided, will omit debug token generation > >> >> > >> >> [BUILD] Populating application source > >> >> > >> >> [BUILD] Parsing config.xml > >> >> > >> >> [BUILD] Generating output files > >> >> > >> >> [WARN] Failed to find debug token > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] Info: Package created: > >> > >>/Users/mlantz/Programming/PhoneGap/yo/platforms/blackberry10/build/simula > >> >>tor/DEFAULT_BAR_NAME.bar > >> >> > >> >> [WARN] Failed to find debug token > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] Info: Package created: > >> > >>/Users/mlantz/Programming/PhoneGap/yo/platforms/blackberry10/build/device > >> >>/DEFAULT_BAR_NAME.bar > >> >> > >> >> [BUILD] BAR packaging complete > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] Info: Sending request: Install and Launch > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] Info: Action: Install and Launch > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] Info: File size: 8096383 > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] Info: Installing default.app.id.testDev_ault_app_id417e7455... > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] Info: Processing 8096383 bytes > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] actual_dname:: > >> >> > >> >> [INFO] actual_id::actual_version::result::failure 881 application > >> >>author does not match debug token author > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/src/run.js:49:23 > >> >> > >> >> at > >> > >>/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/node_modules/shelljs/shell.js:1707:7 > >> >> > >> >> at ChildProcess.exithandler (child_process.js:641:7) > >> >> > >> >> at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17) > >> >> > >> >> at maybeClose (child_process.js:735:16) > >> >> > >> >> at Socket.<anonymous> (child_process.js:948:11) > >> >> > >> >> at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:95:17) > >> >> > >> >> at Pipe.close (net.js:466:12) > >> >> > >> >> jarvis-3:cordova mlantz$ > >> >> > >> >> On 19 July, 2013 at 5:17:55 PM, Filip Maj (f...@adobe.com) wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Instead of using the ./blackberry-deploy script yourself, why not use > >> >> `cordova -d run blackberry10` from within the project if its > generated > >> >>by > >> >> cordova-cli? > >> >> > >> >> The cordova-blackberry scripts (which cordova-cli consumes) will > deploy > >> >>a > >> >> new debug token to your device every time. You can do the same by > >> >>running > >> >> `./cordova/run --device` from within the corova-blackberry10 app > project > >> >> dir > >> >> > >> >> On 7/19/13 2:10 PM, "Matt Lantz" <mattla...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> Thanks a bunch Filip. > >> >>> Anyone else know what's up with this error I get when trying to > deploy > >> >>>an > >> >>> app to my Q10? > >> >>> > >> >>> jarvis-3:bin mlantz$ ./blackberry-deploy -installApp -password > ###### > >> >>> -device ###.###.##.### -package > >> >>> > >> > >>>~/Programming/PhoneGap/yo/platforms/blackberry10/build/device/DEFAULT_BA > >> >>>R_ > >> >>> NAME.bar > >> >>> Info: Sending request: Install > >> >>> Info: Action: Install > >> >>> Info: File size: 8096802 > >> >>> Info: Installing ... > >> >>> Info: Processing 8096802 bytes > >> >>> actual_dname:: > >> >>> actual_id:: > >> >>> actual_version:: > >> >>> result::failure 881 application author does not match debug token > >> >>>author > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> I don't know what I'm missing. :( > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> This transmission (including any attachments) may contain > confidential > >> >>information, privileged material (including material protected by the > >> >>solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute > >> >>non-public information. 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