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Development Environment for BlackBerry Applications using Java

This is a practical introduction of steps for building a BlackBerry apps using Eclipse IDE. (Alan Wong - January 13, 2011).

Steps	Actions
	Install, Configuration, Check
	BlackBerry Java Plug-in for Eclipse
	Goals of the project is to create a Hello World Application that: run the application by adding it to the event dispatcher create a Screen and push it onto the Screen stack specify the title of a Screen display text on the screen using a RichTextField display a dialog box when the user closes the application

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Configuring the Project

Steps	Actions
	<Properties ModelVersion="1.1.2"> <General Title="Hello World Demo" Version="0.9" Vendor="Research In Motion Ltd." Description=""/> <Application Type="BlackBerry Application" MainMIDletName="" MainArgs="" HomeScreenPosition="0" StartupTier="7" IsSystemModule="false" IsAutostartup="false"/> <Resources hasTitleResource="false" TitleResourceBundleName="" TitleResourceBundleRelativePath="" TitleResourceBundleClassName="" TitleResourceBundleKey="" DescriptionId=""> <Icons> <Icon CanonicalFileName="res\img\helloworld_jde.png" IsFocus="false"/> </Icons> </Resources> <Compile OutputCompilerMessages="false" ConvertImages="true" CreateWarningForNoExportedRoutine="true" CompressResources="false"> <PreprocessorDefines/> </Compile> <Packaging OutputFileName="HelloWorldDemo" OutputFolder="deliverables" PreBuildStep="" PostBuildStep="" CleanStep="" GenerateALXFile="true"> <AlxFiles/> </Packaging> <HiddenProperties> <ClassProtection/> <PackageProtection/> </HiddenProperties> <AlternateEntryPoints/> </Properties>
	BlackBerry Java Plug-in for Eclipse
	Goals of the Application: run the application by adding it to the event dispatcher create a Screen and push it onto the Screen stack specify the title of a Screen display text on the screen using a RichTextField display a dialog box when the user closes the application