[Newb Question] Debugging Apps in the Simulator without waiting for bootup

[Andiamo]

Hi there, I'm 99.9% sure this is a really dumb question with a really obvious answer, but I'm just getting started with developing for BlackBerry (and mobile platforms in general) and this is the first time I've used Java so I'm just a tad lost.



Basically what I want to know is how can I debug my BB apps without having to wait two minutes for the simulator to boot up? I'm used to desktop VB/VC#.NET debugging where all I had to do was hit the Run icon on the toolbar and my app was right there. With the JDE I have to go to Debug -> Go, wait for the JDE to connect to the simulator, then wait for the damn three-minute-long Storm boot time. On top of that, every time, right at the end of the bootup sequence, the simulator throws an exception and prints 1,273 lines of "source code not available," forcing me to hit Ctrl+F5 to ignore and finish booting.

On top of that, every time I make a change to my app that I want to test I have to shut down the simulator and restart it. Does it support savestates or anything like that?

[ydaraishy]

I think what you may be able to do is start the simulator at the same time you start the JDE, otherwise, you do have to wait for it to boot up.

You can also run a clean.bat file in the simulator directory to clean up the simulator state if you find that it's not coming up cleanly.