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BlackBerry Java Application Development

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BlackBerry Java Application Development

Overview of this book

BlackBerry Smartphone was once the domain of jet-setting business users with power suits. Now you can hardly go anywhere without seeing someone using a BlackBerry to check their messages or make a call. It's this kind of explosive growth that makes the BlackBerry ecosystem a great place to develop and market applications through the BlackBerry App World store—this book shows you how to do just that! This step-by-step guide gives you a hands-on experience of developing innovative Java applications for your BlackBerry. With the help of this book, you will learn to build your own applications to illustrate the platform, and the various capabilities that developers can use in their programs. It explores the powers of Blackberry and helps you develop professional and impressive Java applications. The book teaches how to write rich, interactive, and smart BlackBerry applications in Java. It expects the readers to know Java but not Java Mobile or the BlackBerry APIs. We will learn to build rich, interactive, and smart Java applications for the BlackBerry. The book will cover UI programming, data storage, programming network, and internet API apps. As we move on, we will learn more about the BlackBerry's device features, such as messaging, GPS, multimedia, contacts and calendar, and so on.This book also helps you build your own applications to illustrate the platform, and the various capabilities that developers can use in their programs.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
BlackBerry Java Application Development
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
Preface

Time for action - changing the application title


The next issue, changing the display name, is also solved by changing properties in the project's Properties dialog. In fact, there are several project settings that should be addressed at the same time!

  1. 1. Right-click on the project name and then select the Properties menu item.

  2. 2. Next, select the BlackBerry Project Properties from the list on the left-hand side of the screen to display the BlackBerry Project Properties tab.

    In the General tab you will find fields for several attributes, including the title and version of the application. It's a good idea to fill this dialog out as soon as you create the project.

  3. 3. Enter the information needed for application name, vendor, and version in the dialog.

  4. 4. Click on the OK button to close the dialog.

    Next time you compile and debug the application, the changes will be there!

What just happened?

Changing the title is an easy step and one that doesn't really have any effects on the application; it simply...