This sample demonstrates how to invoke BBM Channels. You'll learn how to open, and post to BBM Channels.

Applies To

• BBM Channels
• BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK

Author(s)

• Chad Tetreault

Dependencies

1. bbUI.js is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.

Icons

• The Liz Myers Icon set and are licensed under the CC-BY-3.0 license.

Contributing

• To contribute code to this repository you must be signed up as an official contributor.

####Invoking a Channel

The following code is used to invoke, and view a Channel

var request = {
	target: "sys.bbm.channels.card.previewer",
	action: "bb.action.OPENBBMCHANNEL",
	uri: "bbmc:C00124CF8"
};

blackberry.invoke.invoke(
	request,

	function() {
		console.log('success');
	},

	function(e) {
		console.log(e);
	}
);

####Sharing Text

The following code is used to share text to a Channel

var request = {
	target: "sys.bbm.channels.sharehandler",
	type: "text/plain",
	action: "bb.action.SHARE",
	data: "this is a test"
};

blackberry.invoke.invoke(
	request,

	function() {
		console.log('success');
	},

	function(e) {
		console.log(e);
	}
);

####Sharing Photos

The following code is used for sharing a photo with a Channel

var request = {
	target: "sys.bbm.channels.sharehandler",
	action: "bb.action.SHARE",
	uri: "local:///test.gif"
};

blackberry.invoke.invoke(
	request,

	function() {
		console.log('success');
	},

	function(e) {
		console.log(e);
	}
);

1. Clone the repo to your local machine
2. Use Using the Ripple Mobile Emulator and the BlackBerry 10 WebWorks SDK, package the contents of your local BB10-WebWorks-Samples/Boilerplate-bbUI.js-0.9x folder into a BlackBerry application.

• BlackBerry HTML5 WebWorks - Downloads, Getting Started guides, samples, code signing keys.
• BlackBerry WebWorks Development Guides
• BlackBerry WebWorks Community Forums
• BlackBerry Open Source WebWorks Contributions Forums

Please see the README of the BB10-WebWorks-Samples repository for instructions on how to add new Samples or make modifications to existing Samples.

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