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Converting Android apk to Blackberry 10 bar file with the help of Blackberry Command-line Tools Using Terminal / Command Prompt
1- Download and setup Android SDk
2- Download and configure BB Tools from https://developer.blackberry.com/android/documentation/cmd_line_tools.html#alk1340635279567
3- Open terminal and move to blackberry.tools.SDK/bin directory
cd /path_to_dir/blackberry.tools.SDK/bin
4- Convert apk to bar
./apk2bar /path_to_apk/myApp.apk "/path_to_android_sdk/sdk"
5- Sign generated bar file with developer credentials setup while configration of tools
./batchbar-signer /path_to_bar/myApp.bar /path_to_saved_file/author.p12 PASSWORD_HERE
6- For testing you can deploy the bar file to device
./blackberry-deploy -installApp -launchApp -device DEVICE_IP_HERE -package /path_to_bar/myApp.bar -password DEVICE_PASSWORD_HERE
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