Development Task Flows

This section describes the overall development task flows, and provides information and procedures for setting up the development environment, and developing device applications.

This diagram illustrates the two approaches by which you can develop a device application: directly from mobile business objects (MBOs), using the custom UI approach, or by extending Device Application Designer code by using the Designer Generated UI approach.

• Task Flow for BlackBerry JDE Development
  This describes a typical task flow for creating a device application using the BlackBerry JDE or the BlackBerry Java plug-in for Eclipse (eJDE).
• Task Flow for Device Application Designer and BlackBerry JDE Development
  This describes a typical task flow for creating a device application using the Device Application Designer with BlackBerry JDE or BlackBerry Java plug-in for Eclipse (eJDE).
• Configuring Your BlackBerry Development Environment
  This section describes how to set up your BlackBerry development environment, and provides the location of required JAR files, Javadocs, and client object APIs.
• Mobile Business Object Code or Device Application Designer Code
  Determine whether to develop a device application directly from mobile business object (MBO) generated code, or from Device Application Designer generated code, then generate the code according to your decision.
• Creating Projects and Importing Files into the BlackBerry Development Environment
  Set up the BlackBerry project, add required libraries, and import mobile business object (MBO) or Device Application Designer generated Java files. Use these procedures if you are developing a device application using the BlackBerry JDE or the BlackBerry Java plug-in for Eclipse.
• Developing, Debugging, and Customizing BlackBerry Applications
  Use the BlackBerry Client Object API, BlackBerry Device Application Framework API, as well as native Research in Motion (RIM) APIs to create or customize your device applications.
• Deploying Applications to Devices
  This section describes how to deploy customized mobile applications to devices.