We'll dive right into hands-on development in the Developer Summit Europe workshops with no time allocated for environment set-up. Perform the steps below now so you are ready to develop when you arrive.
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| 1. Installing Java |
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| 2. Installing Android Studio |
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| 3. Configuring Android Studio |
- Start Android Studio
- Choose Standard Setup and click Finish
- Click Start a new Android Studio project
- Change Minimum SDK to API 26
- Choose Basic Activity
- Accept other values as default, click Finish.
- Click on SDK Manager in toolbar (or Tools menu, Android, SDK Manager)
- Check off Android 8 (Oreo), click OK
- Accept license agreement, click Finish
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| 4. Configuring an Android Emulator |
- Click on SDK Manager in toolbar (or Tools menu, Android, SDK Manager)
- Click on tab "SDK Tools" tab
- Check "Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator (HAXM)
- Click "Apply".
- Accept license agreement.
- If it doesn't autorun after installing, manually run HAXM installer, which is by default located at: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager\intelhaxm-android.exe
- Choose 2-4 GB RAM setting depending on your available free RAM
- Close remaining dialog windows
- In Android Studio click on AVD Manager in toolbar (or Tools menu, Android, AVD Manager)
- Click +Create Virtual Device
- Choose Pixel
- Choose Download beside Oreo API 26 x86
- Click Finish
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| 5. Verifying Android Configuration |
- In Android Studio, with sample open from step 3
- Click on the green Run App button in the toolbar
- Application should run within the Android Emulator configured in step 4.
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| 6. Installing BlackBerry Dynamics SDK |
- Follow the steps in the BlackBerry Dynamics getting started page to install the BlackBerry Dynamics SDK for Android: Get Started
- The BlackBerry Dynamics SDK will be installed into one of the following directories:
- Windows: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\ Android\sdk\extras\blackberry\dynamics_sdk
- Mac: /Users/[username]/Library/Android/sdk/sdk/extras/blackberry/dynamics_sdk
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| 7. Verifying BlackBerry Dynamics SDK Installation |
- Open sample included in BlackBerry Dynamics SDK in Android Studio: Your_Installation_Directory\sdk\samples\ApacheHttp
- Choose "Remind me later" if prompted to update
- Click on the green Run App button in the toolbar
- Choose to run in Android Emulator created in step 4
- Sample should start in emulator and prompt for an email address and access key
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| 8. Next Steps |
- If you are doing only Android Native development you are now ready to do mobile development at the event.
- If you are doing the advanced track please return to the main landing page and follow the preparation steps for Workspaces and Enterprise BBM.
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