Midlets using MotoDev Studio

MotoDev Studio is a new IDE platform to develop J2ME applications for Motorola phones.

I just did a basic test using this.

Prerequiresites:

1. Install latest JDK SE
2. Install MotoDevStudio

Build Steps:

1. Launch MOTODEV Studio for Java(TM) ME v1.0
2. Create a new project
3. Select Phone type
4. Create a package under src folder. (not necessary, but a good practice. else default package will be selected)
5. Create class
6. Add code (simple hello world using LCDUI)

   package MyPackage;

   import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;

   import javax.microedition.midlet.*;

   public class HelloWorld extends MIDlet
   {
       private Form mainScreen;

       private Display myDisplay;
      

      public HelloWorld()
       {
           myDisplay = Display.getDisplay(this);

           mainScreen = new Form("Hello World");

           StringItem strItem = new StringItem("Hello","This is a J2ME MIDlet.");

           mainScreen.append(strItem);
       }
       /**
        * Start the MIDlet
        */
       public void startApp() throws MIDletStateChangeException
       {
           myDisplay.setCurrent(mainScreen);
       }

       /**
        * Pause the MIDlet
        */
       public void pauseApp()
       {

       }

       /**
        * Called by the framework before the application is unloaded
        */
       public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional)
       {

       }
   }

7. Edit Jad file MyMidlet.Jad; Goto Midlets tab (below); Add Midlets e:g MidletName,icon,Package.Class
8. Build project, default setting is autobuild
9. Create Package;Rightclick on MyMidlet Project (root element), From pulldown menu click J2ME and click on select CretePackage
10. If everything goes well you should have MyMidlet.jar and MyMidlet.Jad files in ~:\Documents and Settings\user\workspace\MyMidlet\deployed
11. Use MidletManager or your favourite tool to install this midlet
12. Restart phone and test midlet

Note: This is without signing

VIM ftp editing

VIM supports easy editing of remote files.
Just Open ftp://domain.tld/path/to/file
It prompts for username and password!!!