Developing BlackBerry Tablet Applications with Flex 4.5

Chapter 7. Publish to BlackBerry Installer

Now that you have created your new application, it’s time to publish it to a BlackBerry installer file, which is an archive file with the extension .bar. Flash Builder provides all the tooling to accomplish this task.

To demonstrate how to compile an application to a BlackBerry installer, let’s walk through the process.

First, click on File→Export within Flash Builders main menu. See Figure 7-1.

Next, select Flash Builder→Release Build. See Figure 7-2.

Within the Export Release Build window, select the Project and Application you would like to compile. See Figure 7-3.

You must check the box that says, “Enable digital signing.” See Figure 7-4.

Note

If you followed the steps in Chapter 1, you should already have a certificate compiled, and you should be registered with the RIM Signing Authority. You can see this by clicking on the signing link. Figure 7-5 shows an example of signing information. If you don’t have a certificate and are not registered with the RIM Signing Authority, go back to Chapter 1 and complete this setup.

To compile the BlackBerry installer file (.bar), click Finish (see Figure 7-6).

Congratulations, you have just compiled your first BlackBerry application. To publish your new application to BlackBerry App World, visit https://appworld.blackberry.com/isvportal, create a new user, and follow the directions to upload your application for approval.

Figure 7-1. File→Export

Figure 7-2. Flash Builder→Release Build

Figure 7-3. Export Release ...