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Getting Started

Download, setup and get started with Codename One.

STEP 1

Install the Codename One Plugin in your IDE

IntelliJ/IDEA

Eclipse

NetBeans

Install the plugin using the Plugins Center

Click File-> Settings-> Plugins and use the search field to find and install the Codename One plugin.

NOTE: The plugin requires IntelliJ/IDEA, the plugin does not work on Android Studio.

Install the plugin using the plugin manager

Click the Tools -> Plugins menu option and search for Codename One in the available plugins section. Install it.

NOTE: The plugins.netbeans.org server has been down frequently in the past couple of months preventing automatic installation. Please follow the instructions here as a workaround if the instructions above don’t work.

DOWNLOAD & INSTALL JAVA 8. NOTICE THAT THE NEW ECLIPSE PLUGIN REQUIRES JAVA 8 AND ECLIPSE NEON OR NEWER! INSTALL THE PLUGIN USING ECLIPSE MARKETPLACE

In the menu option help -> Eclipse Marketplace search for ‘Codename One’ and follow the installation process.
NOTE: There’s regression in Eclipse Oxygen 4.7.1a that broke the simulator/debugger. There is a workaround mentioned here. We are working on a long term fix for this with the eclipse team.

STEP 1

Create your project using Codename One initializr

Codename One initializr tool allows you to create a native, cross-platform iPhone/Android app with Java or Kotlin

Codename One initializr

STEP 2

Check out the documentation

Once the plugin is installed & you registered check this post covering tutorials/videos & guides

STEP 2

Build your App!

That’s it, you are all set.
Start building your
amazing app!

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Get help on stackoverflow  in our discussion forum or  thru the support chat in the bottom right of the  site frame.

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