I would like to develop micro java (j2me) application on Mac OS X.
A lot of IDE are available on PC from Nokia, Samsung and Sun (Netbeans + mobility), but they do not exist for Mac OS X.
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NetBeans should work fine on Mac. (at least, it does for me) I've never tried to develop a J2ME app with it...
Daniel Spiewak
2008-09-16 22:11:51
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Apple completely controls the OSX java distribution. Their entry, the iPhone, in that space does not have Java installed, nor have they allowed a third party to deploy it. You are very likely out of luck for J2ME.
dacracot
2008-09-16 22:29:52
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This seems like a way for Mac users to develop J2ME applications: http://developers.sun.com/mobility/midp/articles/osx/
DeletedAccount
2008-09-16 23:31:30
A quote from your link... "Mac OS X ships with a wide assortment of free developer tools, but these don't include everything you need for J2ME development. The J2ME Wireless Toolkit exists only on Windows, Solaris, and Linux".
dacracot
2008-10-03 06:02:40
During the article (as you can see) he still manages to create a J2ME application and run it on his Mac. What problems are there with this approach?
DeletedAccount
2008-10-31 19:19:47
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Netbeans for macos X does run on a MAC, but without the mobility package... So it is not sufficient for developing J2ME application.
Most of the phone manufacturers do not provide mac os version of their SDK.
The easiest way is to follow the article described in http://developers.sun.com/mobility/midp/articles/osx/, unfortunately you will have to install X11 (which is easy to install on a mac).
You will also have to integrate your build/debug command to your favorite debugger.
Alexandre Hauser
2008-09-17 03:45:51
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Terrence Barr talks about running NetBeans in virtualization (like via VirtualBox, VMWare Fusion, or Parallels).
Developing mobility apps on Mac OS X and Solaris:
http://weblogs.java.net/blog/terrencebarr/archive/2008/09/developing_mobi.html
darius
2008-09-23 13:21:36
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Just found this today: MOTODEV Studio. Based on eclipse and emulation works for the generic device. The Motorola devices do not work for me, but that's hardly a deal-breaker.
Tom McCann
2009-06-30 22:14:27
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My personal setup for J2ME development on Mac - as IDE I use Eclipse and I have Ubuntu running in VirtualBox. Eclipse workspace is shared to Ubuntu, so I can build and run everything there. Building with ant is a bit slow, but it's better then the alternative.
I'm personally really happy with this setup
/Jaanus
JaanusSiim
2009-07-01 04:33:26
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Emacs runs just fine on MacOS, and can be used for J2ME, and a bunch of other things to boot. Of course, it's not really an "IDE".
David N. Welton
2010-01-04 09:16:38