Blackberry 10: Android App should be 100% compatible

Hi Spotify,
With the recent announcement that newer Blackberry 10 OS versions will come with the Amazon App Store pre-installed. Can Spotify dedicate a couple of resources to test the Amazon version of the Spotify app to work on BB10 devices?
I understand that you don't want to dedicate resources to develop a native Blackberry app - but with this announcement, YOU DON'T HAVE TO! :) Just insure your ANDROID app is tested and works on BB10 devices... that's all.
With the roll out of Spotify in Canada, you'll find that Blackberry is still alive and kicking up here in the great white north. I for one love my BB10 device; switched from an iPhone after 5 years and will never go back.
Thanks!
Martin

Here's my two cents on Spotify for BlackBerry.
I have been a paying user for quite some time and I absolutely love listening to Spotify on my Blackberry z30. Running OS 10.2.1.
Everything pretty much works perfectly, except the fact that sometimes when I skip a song it double skips.
Now an android version of spotify capable of running from the Amazon store will basically require removal of Google play services dependencies. This will not only give Spotify access to the second biggest android market (Amazon) but to the whole Blackberry market as well. This I believe has been mentioned by Teslatradeup but I'll do so again either way. Blackberry OS10 has the capability of running android apps excellently and just recently it came together with Amazon to exploit such capabilities. Now an official android port from Spotify would be amazing don't get me wrong but based on public feedback, the majority of Blackberry users would prefer is a native Cascade based Spotify app.
You see developers for Blackberry also have the option to develop native applications rather than Android ports. These are overwhelmingly preferred throughout the multiple BlackBerry communities I have been involved with. They not only run smoother but are safer and usually the number one choice when looking for an app.
Now Blackberry in other parts of the world like the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia still hold a very good chunk of the market over Apple, Android and Windows Phone.
Point being if a native Spotify app has been developed for Windows phone doesn't it make sense to go forward and build a native one for BlackBerry as well?
Think of the unlimited potential and all the increased revenue from an increased audience. Think BlackBerry and I assure you won't regret developing for it.
Thank you for your time and have a great day.
PD; please fix the Facebook login option for the windows phone app. Please do not bring that problem for the Blackberry app. :)

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Hi,
I've developed some apps with FB for the Blackberry PlayBook. Now, I'm looking at porting them to Android. The problem I have is that there is many screen sizes for Android.
Do any of you have any tips, or what do you do to make your apps fit all of the screen sizes? What scale mode do you use? Do you make your assets one aspect ratio and leave borders around the app if it doesnt fit perfectly?
Also as this will be my first Android app, do any of you have any tips or anything I should be aware of?
Thanks for any help you can provide!

Are you using Flex & MXML or is it a pure ActionScript project?
Apart from the screen resolution you need to take the screen size into account. A button (or piano key ;-] ) on a Playbook 7" screen at 1024x600 will have a different physical size in centimeters than on a 10" Honeycomb tablet at a similar resolution, and may be harder to hit with your finger. Don't measure in pixels, but measure in cm's, mm;s or inches. Also, be aware that the DPI reported for many Android devices is incorrect and needs to be overruled.
If you're using Flex, this should get you started with scaling and multiple densities:
http://blogs.adobe.com/jasonsj/2011/05/comparing-css-media-queries-vs-application-scaling. html
Or google for Flex Media Queries.
My approach is to use Flex's built-in alignment. I've also found that contrary to Adobe's recommendations, on most modern devices (Playbook and the better Honeycomb tablets), performance is more than adequate to use MXML and vectors to skin most components. I tend to use pure AS only for components that need to be really performant, such as components that are in item renderers of long lists. There is little reason to code a dialog in AS if it only pops up once in a while.
I've also found that using Flash to create vector assets, and embedding them in Flash Builder works quite well. Vectors are easy to scale, and careful use of bitmap caching, object pooling and re-use helps a lot.
Now, if your app needs to run on older or less powerful hardware (e.g. cheap Android 2.2 tabs), or if it's a fast-moving game where framerate is important, then that's a very different matter. But do test the various approaches on different devices, because all roads lead to Rome...
Cheers, - Jon -

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