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Application Deployment ######################### Genaral Topics -------------- How To - Define the position of an application icon on the BlackBerry smartphone Home screen How To - Handle stored data when removing an application How To - Load applications onto a BlackBerry smartphone Support - A module with that name already exists in the application Support - Application installation errors Support - BlackBerry MDS Runtime 1.1.2 with BlackBerry Device Software 4.3.0 stops responding when an application calls from the on_init script Support - MIDlet has verification error at offset Support - Module net_rim_bbapi_mail not found Support - Protocol not found- null error Support - Unable to activate custom theme or theme not listed Support - Version 4.0 applications do not run on the device What Is - Indications of insufficient space to install an application on the BlackBerry device What Is - JVM error codes What Is - JVM error codes for BlackBerry Device Software 4.2 and later OTA Download ------------ How To - Programmatically read the attributes of a JAD file Support - 907 Invalid Jar Error when installing an application wirelessly Support - Warning - This application does not contain a signature. It might not be from a trusted source. What Is - The file size limit for wireless downloads What Is - The required MIME types for a web server to serve BlackBerry applications Desktop Loading --------------- How To - Configure ALX files to make an application 'required' How To - Create a single ALX file to install multiple versions of an application How To - Install the BlackBerry API update via Desktop Manager or wirelessly How To - Remove wirelessly downloaded applications How To - Update the registry to deploy Java applications using Desktop Manager Support - Handheld displays net_rim_xml not found error Support - Invalid digital signature errors when installing an application Support - No system software was found for your device Support - Unspecified error encountered [J-0x00000011] when upgrading a third-party application What Is - An .alx file Enterprise server application push ----------------------------------- How To - Deploy an icon to the BlackBerry smartphone for a web application or URL Blackberry Application Web Loader ----------------------------------- Support - The BlackBerry Application Web Loader is unable to create a local copy of files 2. Java APIs & Samples ####################### Memory Management ----------------- How To - Download large files using the BlackBerry Mobile Data System How to - Prevent a memory leak when implementing an ApplicationMenuItem Sample Code ---- Object Groups - Why and How to Use Them What Is - File storage limits in the Content Store What Is - Object Grouping - Using resources effectively Mail ------ How To - Retrieve the default email address for the device How To - Access HTML email messages How To - Capture the contents of email and PIN messages before sending How To - Create a custom Attachment Handler on the BlackBerry device How To - Create an Attachment How To - Create and send messages How To - Display a PopupScreen from a SendListener How To - Implement the ViewListener interface How To - Programmatically send a PIN message How To - Retrieve More of a Message How To - Send a message from a non-default email address Support - Error when sending a PIN message - MessagingExceptionPin message not sent. Do not have the permissions to send the message. Support - Transport.more fails to retrieve all of a message What Is - Application is not notified when new messages arrive Invoking Blackberry Application ------------------------------- How To - Invoke applications How to - Make a running UI application go to the background and resume in the foreground How To - Open a file in a Documents To Go application What Is - Application does not provide invocation feedback GPS ---- How To - Add an ApplicationMenuItem to BlackBerry Map How To - Configure a Bluetooth GPS Receiver for use with the Location API How To - Define criteria to retrieve a GPS fix How To - Detect when GPS is no longer available and when to reset the LocationProvider How To - Invoke BlackBerry Maps How To - Manage simultaneous GPS and phone usage on the BlackBerry 8703e and the 7130e smartphones Support - Cellsite fix prevents acquiring autonomous GPS fixes Support - Incorrect network time Support - Invoking BlackBerry Maps throws unexpected runtime exception What Is - Best practices for designing GPS applications for BlackBerry smartphones operating on CDMA networks What Is - BlackBerry Maps location document format What Is - The BlackBerry smartphone models and their corresponding GPS capabilities What Is - Verizon GPSSettings signing requirement Cryptography APIs and Security ------------------------------ How To - Save requested application permissions in the Application Permissions screen How To - Create a Unique long from a String How to - Use Advanced Encryption How to - Use Basic Encryption How To - Use Content Protection Browser API ----------- How To - Change the RenderingOptions of a RenderingSession How To - Create a Fixed Size BrowserField How To - Create a web icon How to - Create a web signal registration application How To - Enable cookies in BrowserField How To - Invoke a non-default browser session How To - Invoke the browser How To - Invoke the browser with raw HTML How To - Invoke the default browser How To - Perform a browser push over SSL What Is - A ControlledAccessException is thrown when using the HttpFilterRegistry What Is - The Push notification format Bluetooth - USB - Serial ------------------------- How To - Run the BlackBerry Serial Port Demo How To - Use the Bluetooth classes How To - Use the ServiceRouting API Support - IOException thrown when opening a server-side Bluetooth connection What Is - Bluetooth support on BlackBerry devices Audio & Video -------------- How To - Invoke the media application How To - Obtain the media playback time from a media application How To - Play audio in an application How To - Play video within a BlackBerry smartphone application How To - Record audio on a BlackBerry smartphone How To - Specify Audio Path Routing How To - Support streaming audio to the media application How To - Take a snapshot using the built-in camera of a BlackBerry smartphone Known Issue - Delay in playing audio when streaming to a Bluetooth headset Support - Alert.startBuzzer() does not work Support - Playing audio in an application pauses the Media application on BlackBerry smartphones running on the CDMA network What Is - Media application error codes What Is - setMediaTime does not work for AMR files What Is - Supported audio formats Menu Item and Options ----------------------- How To - Add a custom menu item to an existing BlackBerry application How To - Add application options to the BlackBerry Options How To - Handle ApplicationMenuItem Invocation MIDP & CLDC APIs ---------------- How To - Access images in a MIDP application How To - Capture volume keys in a MIDlet How To - Create a MIDlet that uses custom animation How To - Create an auto-start MIDlet using the PushRegistry How To - Establish an HTTP connection How To - Implement basic HTTP authentication How To - Register a MIDlet with the PushRegistry How To - Use RMS storage efficiently in BlackBerry applications Support - Classname does not exist in the current application package Support - Verification error using javax.microedition.rms.RecordStore on BlackBerry Device Software 3.8 and 4.0 What Is - Cannot run a MIDP 2.0 application in BlackBerry Device Software 4.0 Micellaneous ------------ How To - Access and Obtain Service Books on a device How To - Capture Signature on the BlackBerry Storm How to - Create a singleton using the RuntimeStore How To - Detect Alt and Shift key clicks How To - Determine if a BlackBerry smartphone supports Wi-Fi capabilities How to - Display custom messages in the request permission dialog How To - Format the electronic serial number (ESN) How To - Get time zone offsets with DST How To - Implement a Comparator to compare objects How To - Implement a string splitter based on a given string delimiter How To - Interpret wireless network signal levels How To - Write safe initialization code Known Issue - The RadioStatusListener.mobilityManagementEvent method is not invoked Support - Preventing verification errors What is - Event injection What Is - New and Deprecated APIs in BlackBerry Java Development Environment 4.0 What Is - New and Deprecated APIs in BlackBerry Java Development Environment 4.1 What Is - New and Deprecated APIs in BlackBerry Java Development Environment 4.2 Networking ---------- How to - Determine the country code of the current mobile subscriber How To - Determine the MCC and MNC of the current network Persistence ----------- How To - Programmatically determine if a microSD card has been inserted Phone ----- How To - Implement the PhoneListener interface How To - Log Phone Calls Support - The getDevicePhone method returns null PIM-PDAP -------- How To - Access Address Book contacts How To - Add a PIM item to a custom category How To - Create an Event within the Calendar application How To - Launch the Address Book and return a contact How To - Use Remote Address Lookup through coding Support - Application stops receiving event notifications when using the PIMListListener API SVG Content ----------- How to - Use Plazmic Content Developer's Kit in your BlackBerry Application Known Issue - Irregular focus behaviour on first hotspot when loading PME content Known Issue - Losing the anchor when rendering SVG images in MIDlets What Is - Browser fails to retrieve resources using relative URLs in PME content Synchronization APIs -------------------- How To - Backup and restore small amounts of data using SyncItem How To - Compile the Desktop Add-In sample How To - Save data with RMS How To - Store persistent data on the BlackBerry smartphone System Classes -------------- How To - Add plain text or binary files to an application How To - Allow an application to restart itself How to - Capture power change events How to - Code time-sensitive applications How To - Detect if the BlackBerry smartphone is holstered or flipped How To - Display a GUI when the BlackBerry device starts up How To - Enable the backlight and prevent the screen from turning off How To - Launch a third-party application from another third-party application How To - Obtain the operating system version of a BlackBerry wireless device How to - Programmatically install and upgrade applications How To - Retrieve the BlackBerry Device Software version Support - An unsupported API was called by the JVM RadioGetGprsState Support - getObjectSize and getAllocated return 0 What Is - Global Events and Global Event Listeners What Is - Supported System.getProperty keys What Is - System Global Events What Is - The reason a reset is required when upgrading an application Voice Notes ---------- How To - Use the Voice Notes APIs Samples --- VoiceNotesDemo Sample Code XML --- How To - Control the behavior of white space when parsing an XML document How To - Use the XML Parser User Interface -------------- Fields ====== How To - Add a TreeField to a device screen How To - Apply a phone number filter to an AutoTextEdit field How To - Change the text color of a field How To - Create a colour ListField How To - Create a custom field using attributes of other UI objects How To - Create a custom width for a ListField How To - Create a ListField with check boxes How To - Create a Scrollable Image Field How To - Create custom fields How To - Determine the number of visible items on the BlackBerry device screen How To - Display a progress bar in handheld applications How To - Display an animated GIF How To - Display dates and times in handheld applications How To - Format text in a RichTextField How to - Make list items appear on a screen How To - Show focus changes using BitmapField How to - Use an image in an application How To - Use the paint() method to draw objects to the screen How To - Work around ListField painting issue in early versions of BlackBerry Device Software version 4.2.2 Support - A Field's font is displayed incorrectly when set in the paint method Support - Error starting [Application Name].Symbol'DateField.[init] not found Support - NullPointerException is thrown when the isEditable and fieldChangeNotify methods of EditField are overridden Support - The Custom Field is not drawing properly Managers ======== How To - Create a custom layout manager for a screen How To - Create a screen with stationary headings How To - Create tabbed view screens How To - Manage bitmaps in an application using field managers How to - Perform double buffering using the BlackBerry UI How To - Place multiple UI fields on one line How to - Use the User Interface API to create an editable table Support - My scrollable manager is not scrolling Screens ======= How to - Change the background color of a screen How To - Clear the status of a MainScreen How To - Create a custom Dialog How To - Create a File Selection Popup Screen How To - Create a splash screen How To - Have Your Application Perform an Action after a Global Alert How to - listen for a dialog closed event How To - Obtain the Height and Width of a Screen How To - Prevent a UiApplication from being listed in the application switcher How To - Properly Push and Pop Global Screens How to - Protect BlackBerry applications with a password screen How To - Remove the default "Close" or "Hide" MenuItems from a Screen How to - Update a screen on the Main Event Thread How To - Use a Backdoor Sequence General ======= How To - Add Copy, Paste, and other context-specific items to a menu How To - Alert a user from a Background application How To - Capture and save a screen shot How To - Change fonts in a BlackBerry application How To - Control the screen orientation How To - Create an icon for an application How To - Define a rollover icon for an application How To - Detect when an application or screen moves to the foreground or background How To - Distinguish between a full menu and a primary actions menu How to - Leverage pattern matching in BlackBerry smartphone applications to provide an integrated user experience How to - Make your BlackBerry application more user-friendly How to - Manage UI interactions How To - Programmatically determine type of keyboard How To - Use a background image in application screens Known Issue - Screen.invalidate() does not cause a subsequent call to paint() What Is - BlackBerry UI hierarchy What Is - Image formats used in BlackBerry applications What Is - Screen buffer size 3. Blackberry Administration API ################################ How To - Get started with the BlackBerry Administration API What Is - Sample application demonstrating BlackBerry Administration API technology 4. Blackberry JDE ################# Executing clean.bat does not delete third-party applications from the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator How To - Add a Certificate to DeviceKeyStore How To - Add files to a project How To - Compile a JAR file into a BlackBerry Library How To - Compile a MIDlet into a COD file How To - Compile an application How To - Configure an application to start automatically when the device is turned on How To - Configure multiple versions of BlackBerry JDE on the same computer How To - Configure the BlackBerry Mobile Data Service Simulator to allow reliable push connections How To - Connect the JDE to a specified simulator bundle How To - Debug an application running on a live BlackBerry smartphone How To - Detect a deadlock using the JDE How to - Detect system availability on startup How To - Determine the Current Network Name How To - Enable a keyboard shortcut for an application How To - Find memory leaks in code How To - Gain access to the BlackBerry JDE How To - Get started with the BlackBerry JDE How To - Obfuscate code for a BlackBerry application How To - Setup an alternate entry point for my application How To - Update the Path environment variable How To - Use Javaloader to take a screen shot How To - Use the Coverage tool to provide code coverage when testing applications How To - Use the Profiler tool to optimize application code How To - Use the RAPC compiler Support - BlackBerry Java Development Environment and supported locales Support - BlackBerry JDE 3.7 IDE Fatal Error on startup Support - BlackBerry JDE crashes when using the Objects view Support - BlackBerry JDE fails to start Support - BlackBerry JDE JAR files no longer function after WinRAR is installed Support - BlackBerry JDE stops responding when viewing project properties Support - Compiled application size is larger in BlackBerry JDE 4.3.0 or later Support - Connection Timeout error when launching JDWP from Eclipse Support - Error - com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol$CompletionFailure - file net\rim\device\internal\ui\Border.class not found Support - Error cod data section too large Support - Error when debugging - Cannot find RIMIDEWin32Util.dll. This is a required component of the IDE. Support - How to fix BlackBerry JDE screen artifacts Support - I/O Error CreateProcess Support - I/O Error Import file not found appears when building an application Support - Missing stack map at label Support - Ordinal 11 could not be located in the dynamic link library DSound.dll Support - Signing does not apply the RIM Runtime signature key Support - Unable to Open Socket when running JDWP Support - Vtable record size exceeds maximum record size What Is - A library and how to use it What Is - A stack trace What Is - Appropriate version of the BlackBerry JDE What Is - Control Flow Verification Information Too Large What Is - Introduction to the BlackBerry JDE What Is - 'javaw' error when starting the JDE after installation What Is - Supported versions of Java for different BlackBerry JDE versions What is - The Alias List for a project in the BlackBerry JDE What Is - The debugger What Is - The project size limit What Is - Writing applications for the Java-based BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds in C and C++ native code