Can I develop Blackberry applications using C# .NET on windows7

Question

Hey, I have a keen interest to build an application for blackberry OS, can I do it with C#?

Also Blackberry has launched a plug-in for Visual Studio but how would you use it along with the simulator?

Chancellorship

Answer 1

Supposing you talk about BlackBerry Plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio 1.2:

The BlackBerry® Plug-in for Microsoft® Visual Studio® allows web developers to leverage existing Microsoft® based developer tools to create and debug web projects for BlackBerry smartphones.

• see video lesson
• read Debugging Your First Web Application In Microsoft Visual Studio
• look into VS plugin docs and related KB articles

Lees

Does this allow you to use C#? It just looks like a local browser application widget thingie, with a plugin for developing it in VS. – Poss

Answer 2

No. You can't do it. You have got to use Java to do Blackberry development. There use to be a C/C++ API for blackberry but it is no longer supported.

Check this stackoverflow question out.

Beatitude

-1, there are also RAD MDS studio and web development plugins – Lees

Answer 3

There is an open source project: http://code.google.com/p/csharpblackberry/

Jareb

Answer 4

Blackberry Introduced Plugin for Visual Studio. But supported language is Java for developing BB app. You cant develop your app in C#.

Tammara