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Blackberry User Interface Design - Customizable UI?

I am trying to design a Blackberry Application and I am wondering if there are any resources on how to create custom user interface elements, skin existing ones and what other possibilities are there?

I have developed a few iPhone applications with custom UI and stuff, so not sure what BB world offers in terms of UI development.

Any tips, suggestions or ideas would be great.

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The resources aren't very good unfortunately. The best source of information is usually Google linking to blogs with the specific topic you're looking for.

If you're just beginning to write BB GUI code, I would highly recommend getting to know the Manager and Field classes since you'll probably have to write many custom extensions of them.

Ben S  2009-09-18 17:54:25
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Max Gontar  2009-09-18 20:35:15
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Max Gontar  2009-09-20 10:25:10
which class do we have to import if we use BorderFactory
Bohemian  2009-11-17 08:59:07
I guess its net.rim.device.api.ui.decor.BackgroundFactory.But it is not available in eclipse 4.5 plugin. Any clue
Bohemian  2009-11-17 09:18:19
yeah, it's not available < 4.6 use bitmap skin see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1135349/blackberry-how-to-add-border-to-basiceditfield
Max Gontar  2009-11-18 09:53:17

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