Developers: RIM Releases BlackBerry Native SDK 2.0 Beta 3 For Tablet OS

By Mauricio

RIM today released Beta 3 of the Native SDK for Tablet OS on the BlackBerry PlayBook. This update brings a few goodies like additions and improvements to tooling, APIs and developer documentation. Here’s a breakdown of the changes:

Tooling enhancements:

• A new easy-to-use Add Library Wizard, which is designed to simplify the process of adding library dependencies to a project
• Improved navigation and workflow in the Deployment Setup Wizard
• Enhancements to the BAR file editor to view localized manifests for each locale

API improvements:

• BPS services can now use channels as chosen by the application for multi-threaded messaging
• Scoreloop social gaming APIs

Documentation updates:

• A new “Hello Native SDK” tutorial provides a walkthrough of the OpenGL ES 1.1 Application Project template that comes with the QNX® Momentics® IDE
• A new “Displaying a dialog” recipe instructs users how to display dialogs on the screen and handle dialog events

For more info and to download the Native SDK 2.0 Beta 3 click here or read more at the Inside BlackBerry Developer’s Blog.