blackberry

how to display pdf content in blackberry

I want to render a pdf content from the server and display it in my application in blackberry. I have tried displaying in the default blackberry browser, but it seems that the default browser does not support pdf file types. Also i have tried using third party pdf readers(like repligo and beamreader) but without success. Please help. ...

Export contacts from a desktop application to a BlackBerry phone via USB

I have to develop a module that exports contacts from a desktop application to a blackberry address book via USB connection. I read about the IRimDatabaseAccess interface and the other RIM interfaces but I cannot figure out how to get initial access to the contacts database on a BB device from the desktop application. ...

Creating financial chart in blackberry..

Hi, I want to develop a application which should generate dynamic financial chart and i tried using Graphics class but its not look good... Is there any concepts in blackberry, where i can draw chart like following image http://news.timtechs.com/our-favorite-blackberry-app-world-picks.html/bloomberg-blackberry-app Thanks in advance.......

Sharing code across mobile plataforms

Is it possible to share a Java application across several mobile platforms (Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, etc) regarding of Android is a Java SE (almost compliant), BlackBerry is JavaME, etc? Thanks in advance. EDIT: I'm not talking about GUI which it won't be possible. There is another things which do I have to take care ?, i.e Vect...

How to display RSS feeds in a blackberry using the api?

Any directions or pointers? ...

Unable to send email from BlackBerry - JDE4.7

Store store = Session.getDefaultInstance().getStore(); Folder[] folders = store.list(Folder.SENT); Folder sentfolder = folders[0]; // Create message. Message msg = new Message(sentfolder); // Add TO Recipients. Address toList[] = new Address[1]; try { toList[0]= new Address("[email protected]", "Some Email"); } catch(AddressException e...

Where can I find good RIM API classes for integration in my blackberry projects?

I am new to BB development and it seems a lot of the classes need a lot of work to be able to compete with Android & IPhone classes. The functionality given by iPhone & Android in terms of field classes seems highly advanced. Is there a place where one can find similarly advanced UI code for BB apps? ...

How to sent file from computer to blackberry using USB?

Can I create an application to copy data files from a computer to a blackberry application? Something similar to what BBDict does. ...

Blackberry TextFilter that allows Real Decimal with power?

Hi, I created a BasicEditField in Blackberry and added a NumericTextFilter (set to REAL_DECIMAL). It does what I expect (allows negative and decimal). However, I want to allow one more character, that is 'e'. E.g. 1.234e5, which is equal to 1.234x10^5. Well, looking at my example, RIM should agree that '1.234e5' is a real decimal. I j...

Best implementation for a callback method to update multiple fields

Hey everyone, I am developing a mobile application (BlackBerry) with Java that makes use of the Google Translate API. I have it set up so that a user can specify a language before logging in, and then once they log in, I have wrappers around every piece of text displayed to screen which will translate the text based on the language cho...

On a Blackberry, How do you schedule your app to come on at a specific time?

The context for my question is that of an alarm application but I would like to know in the general case. How do you schedule your application to turn on at a point in time in the future? For instance, if I set an alarm to play a noise tomorrow at 8:00 am how do I make this happen if the device has closed my app? *editted to correct spe...

Reverse Geocoding using Blackberry 5.0 API example anyone?

So the blackberry documentation shows you the following code example: import net.rim.device.api.lbs.*; import javax.microedition.location.*; public class myReverseGeocode { private Thread reverseGeocode; public myReverseGeocode() { reverseGeocode = new Thread(thread); reverseGeocode.setPriority(Thread.MIN_P...

how to exchange data between two Blackberry Applications?

To exchange data between apps I have created 2 applications, one is a UI application and the other is a background application, by setting an alternate entrypoint I was able to find a similar question but was not able get the help I need there I am able to create Global Events and a Global Listener, but my problem is how to transfer Data...

Service in blackberry

Hi, please tell me that as we have a service in android which can run in background from boot time, which class or interface is available like this in Blackberry. Actually the app which i made for android i also want to make for the BlackBerry... So please tell me which classes i need for the blackberry so that every time i can get speed...

Load App To Blackberry Emulator From Command line

Hi, How can I load an application and replace the existing copy to the Blackberry emulator from the command line (not Eclipse)? ...

Blackberry Web Browser (4.6.1) and display block elements

Hi, I am having real issues with the Blackberry web browser (specifically under version 4.6.1) in that I need to set an image as a clickable link, but the browser does not always recognised the full image as clickable if I just wrap an anchor tag around the image. But if I set the anchor to display:block; in CSS, the Blackberry browser...

Generate a list of videos on Blackberry device

I am trying to find a way to generate a list of videos that are found on the Blackberry SD card. I recently did an Android app that did this using the MediaStore API; however, that obviously isn't available on the Blackberry. In that application, it searched through the phone for supported video files and added the name of the files in a...

how to fire a global Event?

hie all, i want to fire a global event when ever blackberry message application open. means a global event fired by blackberry messenger when user open and my application recieved that global event and prompt the dialog after listen. thanking you Amit ...

asp.net MVC authentican for iphone and blackberry app

I am working on an asp.net mvc rest webservice for traffic updates. This web-service will provide information for an iphone and blackberry application. Users need to log in to store things like their favorite routes and to create new routes. What type of authentication should be used? I am thinking of basic authentication where i give...

Blackberry - text wrapping to a specific number of lines

I remember asking this question earlier this year as seen in this post. However, that one only wrapped text for up to two lines max. What I want to create is a function that would wrap text up to n number of lines greater than zero (or completely wrap text around the specified width if passing -1 as the argument). In other words, how wo...