Blackberry may be having a rough time of it with flagging sales performance and complications with a certain carrier partner, but that hasn't stopped the company from courting app developers. In an effort to bring in more talent from the much larger and flourishing Android ecosystem, the Blackberry 10.3 SDK has bumped the Android runtime support up from API Level 17 to API level 18 (a.k.a. Android 4.3 Jelly Bean). The update will also brings some additional features and enhance integration with the operating system.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...me-support-bluetooth-low-energy-nfc-and-more/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/0...me-support-bluetooth-low-energy-nfc-and-more/