BlackBerry Tablet Simulator

To install and configure the BlackBerry Tablet Simulator:

Before you begin, download and install a VMware Player and the BlackBerry Tablet Simulator.

• To download a VMware Player for Windows , visit https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/?p=player&lp=1 .
• To download a VMware Player for Mac, visit https://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore/fusion-for-mac .
• To download the BlackBerry Tablet Simulator, visit developer.blackberry.com/android/tool.

1. Navigate to the location where you saved the simulator, and select the installation file:
   • For a Windows environment: BlackBerryPlayBookSimulator-Installer-1.0.9-nnnn-Win-nnnnnnnnnnnn.exe
   • For a Linux environment: BlackBerryPlayBookSimulator-Installer-1.0.9-nnnn-Linux-nnnnnnnnnnnn.bin
   • For a Mac environment: BlackBerryPlayBookSimulator-Installer-1.0.9-nnnn-macosx-nnnnnnnnnnnn.zip

   where nnnn and nnnnnnnnnnnn are the identifier for the release.

2. Follow the installation instructions for the simulator.
3. Launch VMware Player or VMware Fusion.
4. On the VMware Player screen, click Open a Virtual Machine.
5. On the Open a Virtual Machine screen, navigate to the folder where you installed the simulator. Select theBlackBerryPlayBookSimulator.vmx file.
6. Click OK.

   By default, the development mode is enabled on the BlackBerry Tablet Simulator.

After you finish:

You should take a snapshot of the virtual machine so that you can return the virtual machine to a known stable state if necessary. To learn how to take a snapshot, view the online help in VMware Player.

To load applications in the simulator, you must obtain the IP address of the simulator. Each time the BlackBerry Tablet Simulator starts, VMware Player assigns it an IP address. You must provide this address to the deployment tool of your choice to load your application in the simulator. To display the IP address, the simulator must be in development mode. You can view the simulator's IP address by clicking the icon to the right of the clock on the status bar.

For optimal performance, you should set the number of cores per CPU of the VMware Player to 2.

know more: https://bdsc.webapps.blackberry.com/android/documentation/whitelisting_your_playbook_1873334_11.html