Setup Eclipse for BlackBerry Storm development

I've spent many hours trying to install BlackBerry plug-in v4.7 (needed to develop for Storm) on Eclipse and finally I found solution. As always solution was in one small detail. Here is the whole way to setup environment.

INSTALL J2SE

Download and install Java SE Development Kit. Personally I used JDK, but I think JRE should work as well.

INSTALL ECLIPSE
Download and install (actually unpack) Eclipse IDE for Java Developers if you don't have one. I must say that BlackBerry plug-in for Eclipse contains this IDE, but who knows what version did they pack into plug-in installer.

DOWNLOAD COMPLETE ECLIPSE SOFTWARE UPDATE
Once you checked that your Eclipse is working you need to install BlackBerry Eclipse plug-in. Go to BlackBerry JDE Plug-in for Eclipse and download Full Installer and Eclipse Software Update for the BlackBerry JDE v4.7 Component Pack.

INSTALL ECLIPSE BLACKBERRY PLUGIN
Install plug-in from Full Installer first. It will ask you to install new Eclipse or specify existing one. Just point to your Eclipse folder and proceed installation process.
Since Full Installer does not provide you with Storm emulator and v4.7 platform you need to install v4.7 Component Pack. RIM web site suggests to install this update using update site. Don't do it. If you already tried to go this as discribed in instructions you will need to perform step 4. Here is correct way to install update:

1. 1. Run Eclipse
2. 2. Go to Help > Software_Updates
3. 3. Switch to Available_Software tab
4. 4. Make sure that you don't have a link to "http://www.blackberry.com/go/eclipseUpdate" there. If you have follow step 4.1 otherwise jump to step 5.
• Remove link to RIM update site using Manage_Sites button.
5. 5. Add new site like this:
• Click Add_Site button.
• Click Archive button and select update file downloaded earlier.
• Click OK.
6. 6. Check this new node in the list of available software and click Install button.
7. 7. Follow instructions in installer.

SETUP ECLIPSE TO USE BLACKBERRY 4.7 JDK
Now you will have 4.7 installed, but not set as default. You need to change default component from 4.5 to 4.7.
To do so you need to:

• Create new workspace and add BlackBerry project (File > New > Project and pick BlackBerry project).
• Go to BlackBerry > Configure_BlackBerry_Workspace in Eclipse main menu.
• Navigate to BlackBerry_JDE > Installed_Components
• And change component from 4.5 to 4.7

That's it. Now you can start playing with Eclipse environment for BlackBerry.

P.S.
There are some problems with simulator under Eclipse. I wrote about this in BlackBerry simulator in Eclipse could work better.