MIDP applications can be developed on all major platforms, but for the sake of simplicity we only provide instructions for Windows. If possible, install all components into the directories suggested here, then you will not need to edit the paths in the MetaEdit+ reports that generate build scripts.

The required components for trying out Watch applications in MIDP are:

J2ME Wireless toolkit comes with a MIDP device emulator that is suitable for our purposes, but if you want to use better looking emulators with more bells and whistles, we advice you to take a look at and download MIDP emulators for various Nokia mobile phones from www.forum.nokia.com (requires registration). The following Nokia MIDP SDKs with emulators have been integrated with Watch example (the recommended installation directory is given within parenthesis):

If you have installed all components into their recommended directories, you can skip straight to Section 4.2. Otherwise you need to change the paths that are marked in bold in the ‘_create make for MIDP’ report in the WatchFamily graph type.

If you are about to use Nokia emulators, you want to toggle the use of advanced alarm behavior with sound and vibration. The ‘2004Models’ graph properties contain a list of Included Components. Double-click the second AbstractWatchApplet entry in the list: it should open and show AbstractWatchApplet for MIDP. Two include lines are commented out near the start; uncomment them. At the end, uncomment a block of ten lines of code. OK both dialogs to accept the changes.