Project: Publish a Polish-built App on mobile.java.com
May 10, 2006 · Print This Article
It’s time for a little side project.
Rationale behind the project
1) J2ME Polish is currently released at version 1.2.4, but version 1.3 is in beta, and it offers several new features that I’d like to exercise, namely: Palm and Blackberry support, a framed form custom item, Spritetems, a splash screen helper, and several other productivity features. What better way to exercise these than in the wild?
2) mobile.java.com has launched, and I’ve got a bee in my bonnet about getting something (anything) out there, just to see what the process is like to get something listed on their portal.
3) I need a real, customized application that can be used to test features that are being built into another J2ME/J2EE application (this is part of my full-time job in a mobile start-up).
Project Approach
I’d really like to tackle this with the minimum effort possible, so I’m going to leverage some work I did on a Bluepulse widget (Amazon OnTheGo). There are a large number of things about the widget that I would like to improve, and several of those are best addressed by a full-scale MIDP application, rather than a widget.
So I’m going to port Amazon OnTheGo to an MIDP application. I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to build this just for MIDP2 phones or also MIDP1 phones. I want to specialize enough to exercise and test Polish’s build framework, but not enough that I have to devote a lot of time to making this work on a large number of devices.
What to Expect
In theory, over the next several weeks, I’ll be able to post some insights into using the new features of J2ME Polish 1.3, some code samples, and some firsthand knowledge of adding an application to Sun’s mobile portal. Then again, in theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice, there is.
Tags: J2ME, Java ME, J2ME Polish, mobile software, mobile development, Sun
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