MIME type and extension for native blackberry10 app

Question

I am building a custom file provider in php that will allow the user to download apps based on the pre-selected OS (android, ios...).

It's the same app but i have a different version depending on the OS of the mobile.

This is what i have for Android based on wikipedia :

APK files are zip format packages based on the JAR file format, with .apk as the filename extension. The MIME type associated with APK files is application/vnd.android.package-archive

Is there something similar for Blackberry10 native apps ?

Answer 1

There is no MIME type for Blackberry 10 apps. Unlike APK files for Android, or COD/JAD files for Blackberry 7 and earlier, Blackberry 10 BAR files cannot be installed by simply downloading and opening them (ie Over-The-Air installs). They can only be installed via AppWorld, or by putting a BB10 device in developer mode and using a sideloading tool. Thus, the only appropriate MIME type to use would be application/octet-stream to download the BAR as-is to a local file so it can then be sideloaded separately.