BlackBerry - How to start a messenger application ?

Question

I would like to use gtalk or any other messenger in my application but i don't know how to do this.can u please give me idea about how to solve this one.if u can provide me some web link to know more about this.

Answer 1

BB KB - How To - Launch a third-party application from another third-party application
Try this for standard BB Messanger:

    int mh = CodeModuleManager.getModuleHandle("net_rim_bb_qm_peer");
    if (mh == 0) {
        try {
            throw new ApplicationManagerException(
                    "BB Messanger isn't installed");
        } catch (ApplicationManagerException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
    ApplicationDescriptor ad = CodeModuleManager
            .getApplicationDescriptors(mh)[0];
    ApplicationDescriptor ad2 = new ApplicationDescriptor(ad, null);
    try {
        ApplicationManager.getApplicationManager()
                .runApplication(ad2, true);
    } catch (ApplicationManagerException e) {
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
    }

You can start any other app by module name, just replace

"net_rim_bb_qm_peer"

UPDATE And if you want examples of blackberry open source messengers, see:
BlackChat - ICQ chatting software
jmIrc - IRC MIDlet for mobile phones
WLIrc - IRC Client for Java cell phones or any other device who support java MIDP 1.0 (j2ME).

Answer 2

well, How can I launch the blackberry messenger with a certain PIN. What I mean is I have button called Live Support in my app, when user clicks on the button, i want to launch the BBM with my PIN. How can i do that?