Note Follow these instructions carefully to setup your development environment. For each of the applications below, make sure to use the latest release.

Install the JDE

• Get one (or many) JDE environments downloaded from http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/javaappdev/javadevenv.jsp
• Install into "C:\tools\rim\jde-#.#.#" i.e. "C:\tools\rim\jde-4.2.1"

Add the JDE as a JRE in Eclipse

• Go to Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Installed JREs
• Click Add
  • Browse for your latest JDK folder
  • Set Default VM args to -Djavax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory=org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl -Djavax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory=org.apache.xalan.processor.TransformerFactoryImpl -Djavax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory=org.apache.xerces.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl
  • Click OK to go back to preferences
  • Make the jdk the default (check it)
• For each of the jde versions in "C:\tools\rim", do the following
  • Select your jdk and click Copy
  • Enter "rim-#.#.#" as the name
  • Remove all of the current JRE system libraries
  • Click Add External JAR and select "C:\tools\RIM\jde-#.#.#\lib\net_rim_api.jar"
  • Click OK to go back to preferences

Install the Metova mobile Eclipse plugin

• Open Help -> Install New Software
• Add location http://metova.com/static/eclipse
• Select the new location from the Work with dropdown
• Select mobile
• Follow the prompts to complete the installation

Install Simulators

• Download simulators from here;
• Install each simulator under "C:\tools\rim\simulators\"