Mobile Programming Laboratory Manual 1 Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology,

February 2015, - Prepared by Eyob Gebretisnae. Center of Information Technology & Scientific Computing

Lab One
A First Java Mobile Program (CLDC/MIDP)
Objective:

 To introduce students with Java ME

 To be familiar with Java ME IDE (Integrated Development Environment)

 Compiling and running a simple Text Message on Suns Mobile phone Emulator

 To write a program how to display Images on Mobile devises

Put Your Hand for Exercise

Task 1: Creating a Mobile program project

 Open Net beans IDE using, startAll ProgramsNetbeans

 Create a project using, Click Fileand Then Click New Project
 Form the coming dialog box select Java ME from Category and Mobile Application
from Project, then Click Next
 Write project Name Lab1 and Select Project Location, and you can select Both Check
box options, but for now Deselect Create Hello MIDlet Check Box then Click next
 Select latest version of CLDC and MIDP, then Click next
 Click next and then finish, and you will see this on the left side of the IDE

Task 2: Creating a Main Class that extends MIDlet class

 Right Click on Source Package then Click new and select MIDlet
Mobile Programming Laboratory Manual 1 Addis Ababa University, Institute of Technology,
February 2015, - Prepared by Eyob Gebretisnae. Center of Information Technology & Scientific Computing

 On the coming dialog box write the MIDlet name MidletLab, and click Finsh
 Then you will see the follwig code, and understand the life cycle of Java ME project

Task 3: Adding Additional Codes to MidletLab1 class

 Import the necessary packages for user interface.

import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;

 Create a form with a title our FirstMobApp

private Form form;

form=new Form("Our First App");

 Add this Welcome txt to the form

form.append("Hello World \n Enjoy it!");
 Create a display and set the current display the form your create previously

Display d = Display.getDisplay(this); d.setCurrent(form);

 Compile and 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

Task 4: Adding images to the First Mobile application program

 Create two image objects

private Image img,img1;

try{

img=Image.createImage("/test.jpg");

img1=Image.createImage("/watermark.jpg");

} catch(Exception e){

 Append the images to the previous form you created.

form.append(img);

form.append(img1);

 Compile and run the application