Tutorials Differences between Emulator and Pre

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Introduction

I have created this page as a work in progress for people like me who only have the emulator to develop on.

Below is a list of differences between the Pre and the SDK emulator.


Differences Currently, the emulator does not support the following:

Accelerometer live data (does support orientation and shaking events)

Audio

Bluetooth (UI and any interface-specific APIs do not work in the emulator)

Camera

Gesture area

Multi-touch

Sound

Video

Wi-Fi (UI and any interface-specific APIs do not work in the emulator, but network connectivity works by using the desktop connection)

Applications

Messaging does not work on the SDK emulator. (Install http://forums.precentral.net/homebrew-apps/205914-messaging-plugins-live-yahoo-icq.html to make this work)


File System

File system is read only on the Palm Pre. File system is read/write on the SDK emulator.


Architecture

Palm Pre architecture is armv7. SDK Emulator architecture is i686.


Sound

There is no sound in the SDK emulator. You can find a test four sound in the SDK here : how to copy mp3 files in Palm Pre emulator SDK http://forums.precentral.net/webos-apps-software/223899-how-copy-mp3-files-palm-pre-emulator-sdk-translate-music-player-r-french.html


Palm Emulator WebPage

Palm list all the differences between the Pre and the SDK emulator here : http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1744&Itemid=58

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