I made an update to my jaiku posting MIDlet today. Screenshots from the emulator:
New features:
- It counts the characters for you, while you type. Seems most posting apps do this, so why not mine? I was initially concerned about the effeciency of this operation, but it turns out the lcdui TextField interface provides a size() method which doesn’t make me request the current String. So, I assume most devices manage to perform this operation pretty efficiently.
- Support for sending post icons. To keep things lightweight, I just gave text descriptions of the available icons. I included all the ones I myself would ever use, of the currently available set. There are 52 to choose from.
- It also uses that status field to tell you whether the previous posting was ok, or had errors. The previous version would pop up an Alert box to tell you about the error, but if you blinked you’d miss it. Plus, it now leaves your post message alone after an error, giving you a chance to try to re-send it.
Tested on my Blackberry 8700c, but the code is all plain J2ME midlet stuff, so it should theoretically work as-is on a ton of java-enabled mobile devices. The tar.gz contains the code, the jar/jad files, and the alx/cod files. I’m not sure which Blackberrys will be compatible with the alx/cod files provided… I compiled it with RIM’s JDE v4.1. But, you (or someone else) could certainly compile it with other JDE versions for other Blackberrys if need be…
As always, you can get the latest versions of the software I release on the software page (I’ve got quite a backlog that I’d like to package up and add there, over time, now that I have a semi-permanent web page).
May 4th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
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