Qt developers are now able to migrate applications to the new BlackBerry 10 platform, says Digia.
This is because the BlackBerry 10 platform uses the Qt cross-platform application and UI framework on top of a C/C++ foundation for BlackBerry Cascades, the UI toolset for developing native applications for BlackBerry 10.
"That means that developers who have produced apps for other platforms using Qt can migrate them to BlackBerry 10 with minimal effort and vice versa,” said Juhapekka Niemi, director, Qt Business Operations at Digia.
Qt is an open source framework developed and maintained by Digia and the Qt Project, for creating graphics and animations on smartphones.
According to Christopher Smith, Vice President, Handheld Application and Platform Tools at BlackBerry: “We selected Qt because we wanted a framework that could enable us to build developer tools that inspire BlackBerry 10 developers who want powerful native tools for their apps.”
