Update 3/20/2014: Added notes for b54 drop.
As announced 2 weeks ago, we have started semi-regular developer drops of Java ME 8.
Developer Drop b54 was just pushed out today. As before, this is provided “as is”, with no guarantees of stability or functionality.
To access, go to the EA #2 downloads page and look for “latest developer build”:
Note: It is recommended to use the NetBeans 8 RC1 or NetBeans 8 GA “All” bundle together with the latest Java ME SDK 8 developer build.
Change of Device Access API in the b54:
- The Device Access API name and namespace has been changed to Device I/O (DIO) in preparation for the Java ME 8 final release. This requires that you update the package imports in your application. The latest DIO documentation can be found here.
Notes on changes for the Qualcomm IoE platform in b54:
- The previously separate Netsetup BrewMP application has been removed and the functionality has been integrated into the Java runtime. Network setup for WiFi/3G is now done as part of the Java runtime initialization.
- A new BrewMP application called reboot_java has been added. It is optional and can be used to trigger a soft reboot (Java reboot without board reboot).
- Network setup, AccessPoint API, and Cellular API functionality has been improved/made more complete.
Questions/feedback? Java ME Embedded OTN forum or java-me-embedded-feedback_ww_grp@oracle.com
Cheers,
— Terrence
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04/25/2014 at 13:50
deors
Hi, just out of curiosity. Why the “jdk.” prefix on the package namespace? I would expect “java.” or “javax.” or “javax.microedition”, but this new one was a surprise to me. Is this something that may change in the final release, or should we get used to “jdk.” namespaces going forward? Thanks!
04/25/2014 at 14:07
terrencebarr
Hi,
It’s “jdk.” because we plan to make the DIO impl. available for Java SE as well as a OpenJDK project. Stay tuned.
04/25/2014 at 14:09
deors
Thanks for the prompt reply!