Eclipse Mobile Tools for Java version 0.9.1 available

If you use the Eclipse IDE for mobile development, version 0.9.1 oft the Mobile Tools for Java is available now. You can update your current MTJ version using the Eclipse update manager.

The Mobile Tools for Java plugin for Eclipse is geared towards creating J2ME applications that will run on a wide range of J2ME enabled mobile phones.

Below is a list of the main new features that are available in the new release:

• Multidevice support: each MTJ project can now have several devices associated to it
• Preprocessor enhancements: there is code assist on the preprocessor tags
• MIDlet Unit Test Support: it is possible to create unit tests cases/suite to MIDlet classes. The tests can be packed with the MIDlet suite
• MIDlet localization: There is now one option on the MIDlet suite to localize all Strings that are used on the MIDlet Suite
• MIDlet suite libraries: There is a new extension point that can be used by content developers to provider libraries that can be packed with the MIDlet suite
• Import Symbol Set definitions: Besides creating symbols and symbols set, MTJ users are now able to import predefined symbol sets based on Antenna format
• Content assist on the JAD Editor

In this release, besides the valuable community contributions during conference calls, email discussions and bug reports, there were code contributions from the following companies:

• Craig Setera (individual)
• Inlogic Software ltd
• Motorola
• Nokia
• Sybase

Release 0.9.1 of the MTJ project is available from the MTJ website. You can access the release from:

Download site: http://download.eclipse.org/dsdp/mtj/downloads/drops/R-0.9.1-200812231340/index.html
Via update manager: http://download.eclipse.org/dsdp/mtj/updates/0.9/stable/