Java Plateform Micro Edition

Java ME was designed by Sun Microsystems and is a replacement for a similar technology, Personal Java. Originally developed under the Java Community Process as JSR 68, the different flavors of Java ME have evolved in separate JSRs.

Java Plateform Micro Edition

Java Plateform Micro Edition

     

Java ME was designed by Sun Microsystems and is a replacement for a similar technology, Personal Java. Originally developed under the Java Community Process as JSR 68, the different flavors of Java ME have evolved in separate JSRs. Sun provides a reference implementation of the specification, but has tended not to provide free binary implementations of its Java ME runtime environment for mobile devices, rather relying on third parties to provide their own. As of 22 December 2006, the Java ME source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License, and is released under the project name phone.

Java ME has become a popular option for creating games for cell phones, as they can be emulated on a PC during the development stage and easily uploaded to the phone. This contrasts with the difficulty of developing, testing, and loading games for other special gaming platforms such as those made by Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and others, as expensive system-specific hardware and kits are required.

Usage of Java ME

Java ME includes flexible user interfaces, robust security, built-in network protocols, and support for networked and offline applications that can be downloaded dynamically. Applications based on Java ME are portable across many devices; yet leverage each device?s native capabilities.

Java ME device as implement a profile, the most common of these are the Mobile Information Device Profile aimed at mobile devices, such as cell phones, and the Personal Profile aimed at consumer products and embedded devices like Set-top boxes and PDAs.

Developing with Java ME

Writing a Java ME application uses the same basics programming constructs as used with Java SE applications. Basically there are two types of configurations involved in Java ME application development, which are:

CLDC (Connected Limited Device Configuration)

CDC (Connected Device Configuration)

Architecture The Java ME Architecture comprises of three software layers:

The first layer is the configuration layer that includes the JVM, which directly interacts with the native OS. The Configuration layer also handles the interaction between the profile and the JVM.

The second layer is the profile layer, which consists of the minimum set of application programming interface (API) for the small devices.

The third layer is the Mobile Information Device profile (MIDP) layer. The MIDP layer contains java APIs for user network connections, persistence storage, and the user interface. It also has access to CLDC libraries and MIDP libraries.

The Java ME Application Development

I. System Requirements - Hardware

Minimum hardware requirements are:

  • 100 MB hard disk space

  • 128 MB system RAM

  • 800 MHz Pentium III CPU

II. Minimal Software Requirement

  • IDE ? Sun ONE Studio 4, Mobile Edition,
    (formerly Forte for Java)

  • GUI ? Sun Java ME Wireless Toolkit 2.5.1 (WTK 2.5.1) for CLDC

For Windows: Download the Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for CLDC from http://java.sun.com/products/ s j w t o o l k i t / d o w n l o a d. h t m l Ensure that you have installed an appropriate
Java SE environment. Run the installer, sun_java_wireless_toolkit- 2_5_1-windows.exe. Follow the instructions provided by the installer.

Download the Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for CLDC from http://java.sun.com/products/ s j w t o o l k i t / d o w n l o a d . h t m l Ensure that you have installed an appropriate

Java SE environment

Run the installer, sun_java_wireless_toolkit- 2_5_1-linux.exe. Follow the instructions provided by the installer.

III. install Sun Java ME Wireless Toolkit 2.5.1 (WTK 2.5.1) on the Windows platform.

  • Download the installer file i.e. netbeans_mobility-5_5_1-win.exe

  • Double Click the icon of downloaded exe.

Now we are ready to create an application with Java Platform ME. Lets create a new project with the following steps:

Step 1: Go to Windows start panel and choose" Wireless Toolkit 2.5.1? as: Start > Programs > Sun Java Wireless Toolkit 2.5.1 for CLDC > Wireless Toolkit 2.5.1. The console window appears like this.

Step 2: Now, Click the ?New Project? on the toolkit menu bar, then a new project box opens. Fill the appropriate Project name and MIDlet class Name of your choice. After that, click Create Project button.

Step 3: Now, Click the ?New Project? on the toolkit menu bar, then a new project box opens. Fill the appropriate Project name (Roseindia)and MIDlet class Name(RoseindiaMID) of your choice. After that, click Create Project button.

Step 4: Then a ?Settings for project? window appears. For default settings, click OK. It is

Step 5: Next appears a window indicating the updated project settings saved in the Console.

Here is the code of this program:

import javax.microedition.lcdui.*; 
import javax.microedition.midlet.MIDlet; 
public class HelloWorld extends MIDlet implements CommandListener { 
public void startApp() { 
Display display = Display.getDisplay(this); 

Form mainForm = new Form("HelloWorld"); 
mainForm.append("Welcome to the world of Mobile"); 

Command exitCommand = new Command("Exit", Command.EXIT, 0); 
mainForm.addCommand(exitCommand); 
mainForm.setCommandListener(this); 

display.setCurrent(mainForm); 
} 
public void pauseApp () {} 

public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional) {} 

public void commandAction(Command c, Displayable s) { 
if (c.getCommandType() == Command.EXIT) 
notifyDestroyed(); 
} 
}

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Step 6: Now we need to develop a simplest "Hello World" program in the directory structure in src folder.

Step 7: Now, Click the ?Open Project? on the toolkit menu bar,  0

Step 8: Next click the ?Build? button from the toolkit menu bar. This causes the Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for CLDC to compile and preverify the Java source files. The whole build process is shown below.

Step 9: Next click the ?Run? button from the toolkit menu bar. This executes the compiled Java class files on the emulator.

Step 10: Output of project Roseindia at emulator is lick this 1

Step 11: Execution of the compiled Java class files on the emulator gives the following customized output. This output window have

Output: Hello World" program

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Tutorials

  1. Java Plateform Micro Edition
  2. Midlet Lifecycle
  3. Source code of 'jad' and 'properties' file
  4. Creating Midlet Application For Login in J2ME
  5. Text Field Midlet Example
  6. Phone Book Midlet Example
  7. Date Field Midlet Example
  8. Command Midlet Example
  9. Check Box Midlet Example
  10. A MIDlet Example to execute Alert Message with an Image
  11. J2ME Alert Example
  12. Radio Button in J2ME
  13. J2ME List Image
  14. List in J2ME
  15. J2ME Canvas Example
  16. J2ME Ticker Example
  17. Creating Multiple Type List
  18. Creating Menu Using Canvas Class
  19. Creating Canvas Form Example
  20. J2ME Thread Processing Example
  21. Draw Line in J2me
  22. Draw Rectangle in J2ME
  23. Draw Font Using Canvas Example
  24. Draw String Using Canvas
  25. Interactive, Non-Interactive Gauge Example
  26. Creating Volume Bar Using Gauge Class
  27. Image Item Using Canvas Example
  28. Image Icon Using Canvas Example
  29. Draw Clip Area Using Canvas
  30. Player Class in J2ME
  31. Draw arc in J2ME
  32. Building a J2ME sliding menu with text and images(part-1)
  33. Building a J2ME sliding menu with text and images(part-2)
  34. Video Player MIDlet Example
  35. User Define Alert Example
  36. Ring Tones MIDlet Example
  37. Pointer Example
  38. Media MIDlet Example
  39. Get Help MIDlet Example
  40. Different Size of Font MIDlet Example