WebWorks Application submissions for Built For BlackBerry require a debug build
If you are creating a Built For BlackBerry application and want your app to qualify for the 10k Developer Commitment, all Built For BlackBerry applications must be submitted for testing by January 21st, 2013.
If you’re building a BlackBerry WebWorks application, there’s an extra step involved that you may have missed.
Built For BlackBerry applications go through two rounds of testing.
The first round is the standard BlackBerry World testing that all applications must pass before they are allowed in BlackBerry World. This testing must be completed before you submit your application to Built For BlackBerry testing.
Once your application has passed BlackBerry World testing, you submit it to Built For BlackBerry testing. However, if you are building a BlackBerry WebWorks application, you don’t submit the same binary.
Don’t panic – this is very easy to do and you can create the debug version the same time you create the non-debug version.
Perhaps the simplest way to create the debug version of the application is to use the Apache Ant build script. But if Ant just ain’t your thing, no worries – you can create your debug application using the command line packager bbwp. All you have to do is pass the debug switch (-d) like this:
bbwp “c:\myapp\apparchive.zip” -d -o “c:\myapp\debug”
The bbwp script takes the name and location of the application archive as the first argument: here c:\myapp\apparchive.zip. The -d switch tells the script to enable Web Inspector, thus creating a debug version of the application. The -o switch specifies the output directory for the bar file. That’s it! You now have a debug version of your application. Finally, make sure you sign the debug version of your application.
You now have two identical copies of your application. You have the non-debug version that is created without the -d, and a debug version which is created with the -d option. The non-debug version is the one you will submit to BlackBerry World testing.
Make sure you do not submit the debug version to BlackBerry World testing.
Once your application passes, you need to submit the debug version to Built For BlackBerry testing.
Log into the BlackBerry Vendor Portal and navigate to the manage products area. Make sure your application is Up For Sale in BlackBerry World. Then select Add Release and upload the debug version of your application.
Enter “Debug” in the Release section and select Apply for Built For BlackBerry. Read and agree to the Built For BlackBerry and 10k Developer Commitment terms and conditions and click Save. That’s it, you’re all done. Congratulations, your BlackBerry WebWorks application is now correctly submitted!
