BlackBerry Theme Builder feature support
When you use the BlackBerry® Theme Builder to create themes, you might encounter version compatibility issues when you export your theme to a BlackBerry device. The BlackBerry device might be running a version of the BlackBerry® Device Software that does not support the features that are available in the version of the BlackBerry Theme Builder that you use to create the theme.
You can use the following table to help verify the features that different versions of the BlackBerry Theme Builder and BlackBerry Device Software support.
BlackBerry Theme Builder was previously known as Plazmic® Theme Builder.
|
Feature |
Introduced in BlackBerry Theme Builder version |
Supported in BlackBerry Device Software version | |||||
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4.2 |
4.2.2 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
5.0 | ||
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Fonts | |||||||
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international characters |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
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TrueType fonts |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
stroke customization |
4.2.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |
|
opacity customization |
4.5 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |
|
Preferences | |||||||
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vendor, copyright, version, and description in theme files |
4.5 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | ||
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multiple inboxes to separate MMS messages and SMS text mesages |
4.5 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | ||
|
Banners | |||||||
|
meter customization |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
layout customization |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
text customization |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
banner height customization |
4.2.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Network signal indicator customization |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Wi-Fi® signal indicator customization |
4.2.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Battery indicator customization |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Feature |
Introduced in |
Supported in BlackBerry Device Software | |||||
|
BlackBerry |
version | ||||||
|
Theme Builder | |||||||
|
version | |||||||
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4.2 |
4.2.2 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
5.0 | ||
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banner item repositioning |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Application screen banner customization |
4.6 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
New Items indicator customization |
4.2.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |
|
Wi-Fi icon customization (Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry |
4.2.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |
|
devices) | |||||||
|
Focus underlay icon customization |
4.2.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |
|
text alignment options |
4.5 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | ||
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ability to hide items on the banner |
4.2.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |||
|
ability to have different background images for the |
4.6 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |||
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banners on the Application screen and the Home | |||||||
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screen | |||||||
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ability to set the banner to take up the full screen |
4.6 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |||
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(Custom theme layouts) | |||||||
|
Profile icon resizing |
4.7 |
✓ |
✓ | ||||
|
Home screen | |||||||
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Overlay and Underlay icon customization (Home |
5.0 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | ||
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screens in Custom theme layouts) | |||||||
|
Custom theme layout |
4.5 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | ||
|
number of subentries to display (Today theme layouts) |
4.6 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | ||
|
flash and glow animation for icons (Custom theme |
4.5 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | ||
|
layouts) | |||||||
|
Tab and Tab Focus images (Custom theme layouts) |
4.6 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | ||
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Home screen animation by using an SVG file |
4.5 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | ||
|
Today Area customization (Custom theme layout) |
4.6 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |||
|
navigation order changes (Custom theme layouts) |
4.6 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |||
|
Home screen customization in landscape mode |
5.0 |
✓ |
✓ | ||||
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(BlackBerry devices with a touch screen) | |||||||
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Application list | |||||||
|
Feature |
Introduced in |
Supported in BlackBerry Device Software | |||||
|
BlackBerry |
version | ||||||
|
Theme Builder | |||||||
|
version | |||||||
|
4.2 |
4.2.2 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
5.0 | ||
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Alarm icon customization |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |||
|
Application order customization |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Overlay customization for an icon that is in focus |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Default Folder customization |
4.2.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |
|
Manage Connections customization (Bluetooth On, |
4.2.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |
|
Bluetooth Off, Radio On, and Radio Off) | |||||||
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adding third-party applications (Zen and Today |
5.0 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | ||
|
themes) | |||||||
|
web links |
4.5 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | ||
|
Clock icon customization |
4.6 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |||
|
Move icon customization |
4.7 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |||
|
Word Mole® icon customization |
4.6 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |||
|
Profiles Medium icon customization |
4.7 |
✓ |
✓ | ||||
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Application Center icon customization |
4.7 |
✓ |
✓ | ||||
|
Ringtones icon customization |
5.0 |
✓ | |||||
|
Downloads folder icon customization |
5.0 |
✓ | |||||
|
Games folder icon customization |
5.0 |
✓ | |||||
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Instant Messaging folder icon customization |
5.0 |
✓ | |||||
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Pictures icon customization |
5.0 |
✓ | |||||
|
Setup folder icon customization |
5.0 |
✓ | |||||
|
Videos icon customization |
5.0 |
✓ | |||||
|
Applications folder icon customization |
5.0 |
✓ | |||||
|
Files icon customization |
5.0 |
✓ | |||||
|
Music icon customization |
5.0 |
✓ | |||||
|
Controls | |||||||
|
background customization for lists |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
text customization for lists |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
cursor customization for lists |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Feature |
Introduced in BlackBerry Theme Builder version |
Supported in BlackBerry Device Software version | |||||
|
4.2 |
4.2.2 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
4.7 |
5.0 | ||
|
Alarm icon customization (in dialog boxes) |
4.5 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Memory Cleaner icon customization (in dialog boxes) |
4.5 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
color customization of alternating lines (stripes) for lists |
4.6 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | ||
|
search field customization |
5.0 |
✓ |
✓ | ||||
|
gradient color for cursors (for menus, title bars, lists) |
5.0 |
✓ |
✓ | ||||
|
Disabled button customization |
5.0 |
✓ |
✓ | ||||
|
Disabled Highlight button customization |
5.0 |
✓ |
✓ | ||||
|
Active button customization |
5.0 |
✓ |
✓ | ||||
|
Normal Arrow button customization |
5.0 |
✓ |
✓ | ||||
|
Highlight Arrow button customization |
5.0 |
✓ |
✓ | ||||
|
Message list | |||||||
|
background customization |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
message list icons customization |
4.5 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Phone screen | |||||||
|
text color customization for My Number |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Incoming Call screen customization |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Phone icons customization (Phone Hotlist, Incoming Call, and Active Call screens) |
4.6 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
background customization (Active Call screen) |
4.6 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ | |||
|
Ringtone customization for incoming calls |
5.0 |
✓ | |||||
|
Lock screen | |||||||
|
Background customization |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Lock icon customization |
4.5 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Lock screen animation by using an SVG file |
4.6 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Shortcut bar | |||||||
|
Feature |
Introduced in BlackBerry Theme Builder version |
Supported in BlackBerry Device Software version 4.2 4.2.2 4.5 4.6 4.7 5.0 | ||||
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Left icon and Right icon customization (status bar on |
5.0 |
✓ | ||||
|
the BlackBerry® Storm™ 9500 smartphone) | ||||||
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External screen | ||||||
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external screen customization (BlackBerry® Pearl™ |
4.6 |
✓ |
✓✓ | |||
|
8220 smartphone) | ||||||
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Global items | ||||||
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color customization for the progress bar |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓✓ |
|
Key modifiers customization |
4.7 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓✓ |
|
Hourglass icon customization |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓✓ |
|
scroll arrows customization |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓✓ |
|
reception indicator and transmission indicator |
4.2 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓✓ |
|
customization | ||||||
|
text color customization for all applications |
4.6 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓✓ | |
|
screen transitions |
5.0 |
✓✓ | ||||
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