Java Development

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What is the diff from the first JDE 5.0 release?

I notice the file name for 5.0 is the same as the first pre-release but the current version is dated 3-31-2010

[filiussoft]

I haven't figured out how to use the Hot Swap with the new 5.0 JDE.

In Eclipse on the other hand it works like a charm though. 

I used to always debug with the JDE because I'm on a Windows 7 64bit BUT I can say that it works great with the new plugin (1.1.2) including the hot swap. It might not be supported but it works!

I used the Eclipse updater to update the plugin and component pack. 

Excellent job, RIM!

[austinfrance]

> the Release Notes said that you needed to update the pointer to 5.0.0.25 to use the new pack

Ok so at least I did that part correctly

I have got the simulator to run now (weirdly without any errors at all, not even the missing debug info one). I tried Clean Simulator from the blackberry menu but that doesn't appear to do anything. So I went to \plugins\net.rim.ejde.componentpack5.0.0_5.0.0.25\components\simulator and double clicked clean.bat and let it do its stuff, now the simulator is working.

[austinfrance]

Any guide on how to use hot-swap? Do you need to run the simulator separately and connect to existing simulator?

[filiussoft]

In Eclipse, leave the simulator running, change some code, and then click on the debug button again (or select the debugger setting that you are currently running).

It should show a Packaging Dialog and you will see in the Simulator how the debugger reattaches.

I dont know for sure but I think this is how it works. It only takes seconds though to switch out the build and the simulator is not closed in between.

I hope this helps. 

[austinfrance]

Oh I see. It's the same as compile and continue in Microsoft tools. Good, that will be a great help given it takes several minutes to launch the simulator (longer on first run and usually fails).

[JCarty]

Another noticable and great change is Preprocessor flags that are predefined based on which SDK you pick.

I removed all my flags that indicated which OS version I was targetting and am now using this exclusively and it works great.

The flags are below (flags only applicable if you have each version of the SDK installed):

BlackBerrySDK4.5.0

BlackBerrySDK4.6.0

BlackBerrySDK4.6.1

BlackBerrySDK4.7.0

BlackBerrySDK4.5.0

So no need to go into your XML descriptor to edit your preprocessor flags (or project properties for the 1.0 folks). If you use the above, when you target a new OS, your code will preprocess based on the flags set.

Cool feature that I was hoping would make it in.

[rcmaniac25]

@austin: In the release notes it also says that if you upgrade the plugin from Eclipse the clean simulator button will not work.

[mohitsharma]

i tried plugin with windows 7 but it dont works .

[austinfrance]

@rcmaniac25 - interestingly the release notes also say the workaround is to manually select the correct JRE by editing the existing one and pointing it at 5.0.0.25, which is what I did, but the clean option still does not work. Oh well at least I know I can run it manually, should I need to.