Mobile Programming Laboratory Manual 1 Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology,
February 2015, - Prepared by Eyob Gebretisnae. Center of Information Technology & Scientific Computing
Lab Three Java ME UI Part Two (Alert and Command) Objective:
To be familiar with Java ME User Interface commands
To Practice Ticker
To understand Alert in Java ME and to Practice all possible alerts with commands
Put Your Hand for Exercise
Task 1: Creating a Mobile project called lab3 using netbeans
Task 2: Create a TextBox with three commands
Create a TextBox object inside startApp() method using a Displayable interface Displayable d=new TextBox("Comment","",20,TextField.ANY); Create Three commands objects namely Exit, Stop, Help, assign the priority 0-2 Command exit=new Command("Exit",Command.EXIT,0); Command help=new Command("Help",Command.HELP,1); Command stop=new Command("Stop",Command.STOP,2); Add all commands to TextBox d.addCommand(stop); d.addCommand(help); d.addCommand(exit); Write a method setCommandListener. The listener can be created as an anonymous inner subclass in startApp method. Call the notifyDestroyed(); method on commandAction() method to stop when the command is executed. Mobile Programming Laboratory Manual 1 Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology, February 2015, - Prepared by Eyob Gebretisnae. Center of Information Technology & Scientific Computing
Task 3: Create a Ticker
Create a Ticker Ticker ticker = new Ticker("This is the ticker message!"); Add a ticker to the TextBox using setTicker method d.setTicker(ticker); Run the application
Task 4: Create a ExersisAlert Project
Declare a variable of Display class as instance field in MIDLet application
Display d; Create an instance of alert inside startApp() method Alert alert = new Alert("Sorry", "I'm sorry, Eyob...", null, null); Create an instance of display and add the alert instance to display object d.getDisplay(this).setCurrent(alert); Run the application Mobile Programming Laboratory Manual 1 Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology, February 2015, - Prepared by Eyob Gebretisnae. Center of Information Technology & Scientific Computing
Exercise:
Create, TwoAlerts, shows both types of alert. It features a main TextBox that is displayed when the MIDlet begins. Two commands Go and About, provide access to the alerts. The Go command shows a timed alert that contains a message about a fictitious network error. The About command displays a modal alert that could contain copyright information. A third command, Exit, provides a way to exit the MIDlet. Keep in mind that all three commands may not fit on the screen; some of them may be accessible from a secondary menu.
