Configuring Blackberry Eclipse plugin for 4.70 or 5.0 components

Question

I am looking for help in configuring the Blackberry development environment. In fact, it is quite a frustrating process. The blackberry site is pretty useless. Between links that have been moved, details that are assumed and documents that are out of date it is proving very difficult to get anywhere with blackberry development.

Pheww, now that my rant is done. Here is my problem:

I have finally got the JDE for Eclipse working (that is a story in itself). However, my blackberry workspace is only giving me the option of targeting the 4.5 JDE components. How do I update it to use the 4.7 components?

It would be preferable to have step-by-step instructions but I would appreciate any help that can be provided.

Here are the details:

I have Java jdk1.6.0_14

Eclipse version 3.4.1

I have installed the Blackberry JDE 4.7

I have installed the Blackberry JDE Component Package 4.7

I have installed the Blackberry Smartphone simulators 4.7

Answer 1

Totally agreed - it's not at all obvious what to do. I've never had luck using their update site, so I just download and install the component packs manually:

1. Download the "Eclipse Software Update for the BlackBerry JDE v4.7 Component Pack" from the BlackBerry developer zone (it's a zip file)
2. From Eclipse open the Help menu and choose Software Updates
3. Click on the Available Software tab
4. Click Add Site
5. Choose Archive and select your zip file
6. Make sure everything under the JDE 4.7 tree is checked
7. Click Install and continue through the wizard