Wait while Marketplace is being installed.Accept license terms, and press Finish.Expand the General Purpose Tools group and check Marketplace Client.Wait while Eclipse will fetch an Indigo repository items. Else, you can go to PDE plugin installation. If there are no " Eclipse Marketplace." items, you at first must install Marketplace client. If there is none, you should firstly install PDE plugin into Eclipse. Check if there is a Plug-In development group.Tools PreparationĪt first, you should check if Eclipse contains PDE plugin = allows plugin development. Let's start writing Eclipse plugins today! At first, let's write a simple plugin that adds a few menu items and subitems. Eclipse IDE + Titanium Plugins = Titanium IDE, IDE for mobile applications.
Eclipse IDE + Blackberry Plugins = Momentics IDE, IDE for BlackBerry applications.Eclipse IDE + ADT Plugin = Eclipse+ADT, IDE for Android applications.Eclipse IDE + Your Plugins = Your Own IDE. Plugins allow you to realize your own menus and toolbar items, new features to code editor, new project and item templates, and your own WYSIWYG editor on Eclipse IDE base. Eclipse plugins are Java libraries that are running by Eclipse and can use Eclipse IDE APIs to extend Eclipse's functionality via many different ways.