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BlackBerry OS 7 Java development and simulation with Mac?


How do I setup Eclipse to work with the newest BlackBerry SDK (I have the new Bold 9900) on my Mac and can the simulator for the Bold 9900 work on mac?


Solution

  • You're out of luck. If I recall correctly they provide a Mac OS installation package (Eclipse+SDK) for OS 6, containing the necessary binaries (precompiler and such), but there is no simulator for Mac OS. You need a physical device.

    See http://us.blackberry.com/developers/javaappdev/macosx.jsp

    Once you have the OS 6 thing up and running, you can install the OS 5 or 7 SDK.

    It occurred to me that the setup application (named BlackBerry_JDE_PluginFull_1.3.0.201102031007-19.zip) I downloaded wouldn't start, which was due to the binary in there not having the correct executable permissions (i.e. 0755) after unzipping.