Comments on: Important information about Java Plug-in for Eclipse 1.3

By: Jackie_bilderback

Jackie_bilderback — Mon, 02 May 2011 18:24:00 +0000

Believe it or not, some developers work on more than just RIM. Having to switch Eclipse installs everytime I want to work on my other projects really reduces my productivity. Now while I wait for the incredibly slow RIM simulators to start, I can’t work on any of my other projects. Thanks alot.

By: Mike Kirkup

Mike Kirkup — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:10:00 +0000

Jacques,

Not sure what you mean by your comment as the plugin does support preprocessor statements.

Here is a link to our documentation outlining how to set them up.

http://docs.blackberry.com/en/developers/deliverables/12002/Specifying_preprocessor_directives_657636_11.jsp

By: Jacques Koorts

Jacques Koorts — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:17:00 +0000

Crap plugin does not support preprocessing of this kind.

//#ifdef BlackBerrySDK6.0.0
public abstract class RibbonChild extends VerticalFieldManager implements ActionListener, MenuAction, CallbackListener, ResponseListener, RibbonStripAction, ToolbarAction {
//#else
public abstract class RibbonChild extends VerticalFieldManager implements ActionListener, MenuAction, CallbackListener, ResponseListener, RibbonStripAction {
//#endif

Now my whole eclipse project is riddled with red lines.

By: User

User — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:17:00 +0000

Can’t wait to drop RIM platform for our applications and just support Android and iPhone. Just a few more months of pain with this crap and then…. joyous coding.

By: shaun amyotte

shaun amyotte — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 01:35:00 +0000

Apologies for mis reading. Latest post should help direct you
http://devblog.blackberry.com/2011/03/java-plug-in-eclipse-maintenance-release/

By: Donaldpturner

Donaldpturner — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:15:00 +0000

I don’t know how RIM can even call this a “plugin”, you cannot plug it into anything! It’s only available with their version of Eclipse. Sort it out RIM and stop treating your app developers like muppets.

By: ekke

ekke — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:51:00 +0000

after so much great decisions (free the signing keys etc…) this is really a drawback and causes much more work for developers using eclipse all day

cutting a feature (providing update sites for plugin and components) is not an improvement

why not explaining for new users that its the easiest way to start with the full installer and that the plugin from updatesite should only be used from experienced eclipse users knowing about dependencies incompatibilities etc

ekke

By: Richard Le Mesurier

Richard Le Mesurier — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:14:00 +0000

So far in my BlackBerry dev experience, I have been left uninspired. The dev tools so far provided are really sub-par. RIM needs to learn from the other smartphone providers that if they can not support their developers, they will not survive much longer. Take a leaf out of the iPhone sdk for what a good emulator is, and the Android sdk for a good plugin. … and please, I agree with Simon Hain – how can RIM put a “positive” spin on this – it is a step backwards. Overall disappointed…

By: Derek Konigsberg

Derek Konigsberg — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:54:00 +0000

I know where the download link is. That wasn’t what I was asking. The link still points at the original v1.3 release (BlackBerry_JDE_PluginFull_1.3.0.201101051005-15.exe), which has several showstopper bugs that keep me from using it.

I was asking when you’ll be coming out with an update to the v1.3 release, that actually fixes these bugs.

By: Jason Schroeder

Jason Schroeder — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:57:00 +0000

Very disappointing. I really enjoyed keeping my IDE up-to-date with one menu click, now I need to fetch 300+MB “installers” for OS X and maintain several versions.