Showing posts with label Code. Show all posts
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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Code: Blackberry Facebook/Twitter Connect

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 Code

Few days back I was struggling with Twitter and facebook API for blackberry. I have smash my head with different libraries available for twitter and facebook and finally have got the success by following the Eki Baskoro's Articals. So I just wanted to share the code given by Eki through my blog.

Comments by Eki : "The following is a short HOWTO on using Facebook Connect on Blackberry. I created a simple Facade encapsulating the Facebook REST API as well as added 'rough' MVC approach for screen navigation. I have tested on JDE 4.5 using 8320 simulator. This is still work in progress and all work is GPLed. "

BlackBerry FaceBook Connect:

See code sample provided by Eki Y. Baskoro: Blackberry Facebook SDK
BlackBerry Twitter Connect:
For example :
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

import javax.microedition.io.Connector;
import javax.microedition.io.SocketConnection;

import net.rim.device.api.io.Base64OutputStream;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.Field;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.FieldChangeListener;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.UiApplication;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.BasicEditField;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.ButtonField;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.container.MainScreen;

public class TwittRest extends UiApplication{
    public TwittRest() {
        MyScreen myScreen = new MyScreen();
        pushScreen(myScreen);
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) {
        TwittRest myApp = new TwittRest();
        myApp.enterEventDispatcher();
    }
}
class MyScreen extends MainScreen implements FieldChangeListener {
    BasicEditField musername;
    BasicEditField mPassword;
    BasicEditField mStatus;
    private ButtonField mUpdateStatus;

    public MyScreen() {
        add(musername = new BasicEditField("username: ", ""));
        add(mPassword = new BasicEditField("password: ", ""));
        add(mStatus = new BasicEditField("status: ", ""));
        mUpdateStatus = new ButtonField(ButtonField.CONSUME_CLICK);
        mUpdateStatus.setLabel("update status");
        mUpdateStatus.setChangeListener(this);
        add(mUpdateStatus);
    }

    public void fieldChanged(Field field, int context) {
        if (mUpdateStatus == field) {
            String username = musername.getText().trim();
            String password = mPassword.getText().trim();
            String status = mStatus.getText().trim();
            updateStatus(username, password, status);
        }
    }

    void updateStatus(String username, String password, String status) {
        String response = "";
        try {
            String query = "status=" + urlEncode(status);
            String len = String.valueOf(query.length());
            SocketConnection hc = (SocketConnection) Connector
                    .open("socket://twitter.com:80");
            DataOutputStream dout =
                new DataOutputStream(hc.openOutputStream());
            DataInputStream din = new DataInputStream(hc.openInputStream());
            String userPass = username + ":" + password;
            byte[] encoded = Base64OutputStream.encode(userPass.getBytes(), 0,
                    userPass.length(), false, false);
            ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            String request = "POST /statuses/update.json HTTP/1.1\r\n"
                    + "Host: twitter.com:80\r\n"
                    + "User-Agent: curl/7.18.0 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) " +
                            "libcurl/7.18.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3.3 " +
                            "libidn/1.1\r\n"
                    + "Accept: */*\r\n"
                    + "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n"
                    + "Content-Length: " + len + "\r\nAuthorization: Basic "
                    + new String(encoded) + "\r\n\r\n";
            bos.write(request.getBytes());
            bos.write(query.getBytes());
            dout.write(bos.toByteArray());
            dout.flush();
            dout.close();
            byte[] bs = new byte[din.available()];
            din.readFully(bs);
            bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            bos.write(bs);
            din.close();
            hc.close();
            response = bos.toString();
        } catch (Exception ex) {}
    }

    public static String urlEncode(String s) {
        if (s != null) {
            try {
                s = new String(s.getBytes("UTF-8"), "ISO-8859-1");
            } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            }
            StringBuffer tmp = new StringBuffer();
            try {
                for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++) {
                    int b = (int) s.charAt(i);
                    if ((b >= 0x30 && b <= 0x39) || (b >= 0x41 && b <= 0x5A)
                            || (b >= 0x61 && b <= 0x7A)) {
                        tmp.append((char) b);
                    } else if (b == 0x20) {
                        tmp.append("+");
                    } else {
                        tmp.append("%");
                        if (b <= 0xf) {
                            tmp.append("0");
                        }
                        tmp.append(Integer.toHexString(b));
                    }
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
            }
            return tmp.toString();
        }
        return null;
    }
}

Enjoy!

Monday, May 11, 2009

Code : Convert a Bitmap to a PNG and then return a byte array

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Code Convert a Bitmap to a PNG and then return a byte array of the resulting PNG, which should be generally useful in many cases.

Code:

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import net.rim.device.api.compress.ZLibOutputStream;
import net.rim.device.api.system.Bitmap;
import net.rim.device.api.util.CRC32;

/**
* PNGEncoder takes a Java Image object and creates a byte string which can be saved as a PNG file.
* The Image is presumed to use the DirectColorModel.
*
*/

public class PNGEncoder {

    /** Constant specifying that alpha channel should be encoded. */
    public static final boolean ENCODE_ALPHA = true;

    /** Constant specifying that alpha channel should not be encoded. */
    public static final boolean NO_ALPHA = false;

    /** Constants for filter (NONE) */
    public static final int FILTER_NONE = 0;

    /** Constants for filter (SUB) */
    public static final int FILTER_SUB = 1;

    /** Constants for filter (UP) */
    public static final int FILTER_UP = 2;

    /** Constants for filter (LAST) */
    public static final int FILTER_LAST = 2;
    /** IHDR tag. */
    protected static final byte IHDR[] = {73, 72, 68, 82};
    /** IDAT tag. */
    protected static final byte IDAT[] = {73, 68, 65, 84};
    /** IEND tag. */
    protected static final byte IEND[] = {73, 69, 78, 68};

    /** The png bytes. */
    protected byte[] pngBytes;

    /** The prior row. */
    protected byte[] priorRow;

    /** The left bytes. */
    protected byte[] leftBytes;

    /** The image. */
    protected Bitmap image;

    /** The width. */
    protected int width, height;

    /** The byte position. */
    protected int bytePos, maxPos;

    /** The CRC value. */
    protected int crcValue;

    /** Encode alpha? */
    protected boolean encodeAlpha;

    /** The filter type. */
    protected int filter;

    /** The bytes-per-pixel. */
    protected int bytesPerPixel;

    /** The compression level. */
    protected int compressionLevel;

    /**
     * Class constructor
     */
    public PNGEncoder() {
        this(null, false, FILTER_NONE, 0);
    }

    /**
     * Class constructor specifying Image to encode, with no alpha channel encoding.
     *
     * @param image A Java Image object which uses the DirectColorModel
     */
    public PNGEncoder(Bitmap image) {
        this(image, false, FILTER_NONE, 0);
    }

    /**
     * Class constructor specifying Image to encode, and whether to encode alpha.
     *
     * @param image A Java Image object which uses the DirectColorModel
     * @param encodeAlpha Encode the alpha channel? false=no; true=yes
     */
    public PNGEncoder(Bitmap image, boolean encodeAlpha) {
        this(image, encodeAlpha, FILTER_NONE, 0);
    }

    /**
     * Class constructor specifying Image to encode, whether to encode alpha, and filter to use.
     *
     * @param image A Java Image object which uses the DirectColorModel
     * @param encodeAlpha Encode the alpha channel? false=no; true=yes
     * @param whichFilter 0=none, 1=sub, 2=up
     */
    public PNGEncoder(Bitmap image, boolean encodeAlpha, int whichFilter) {
        this(image, encodeAlpha, whichFilter, 0);
    }

    /**
     * Class constructor specifying Image source to encode, whether to encode alpha, filter to use,
     * and compression level.
     *
     * @param image A Java Image object
     * @param encodeAlpha Encode the alpha channel? false=no; true=yes
     * @param whichFilter 0=none, 1=sub, 2=up
     * @param compLevel 0..9
     */
    public PNGEncoder(Bitmap image, boolean encodeAlpha, int whichFilter, int compLevel) {
        this.image = image;
        this.encodeAlpha = encodeAlpha;
        setFilter(whichFilter);
        if (compLevel >= 0 && compLevel <= 9) {
            this.compressionLevel = compLevel;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Set the image to be encoded
     *
     * @param image A Java Image object which uses the DirectColorModel
     */
    public void setImage(Bitmap image) {
        this.image = image;
        pngBytes = null;
    }

    /**
     * Creates an array of bytes that is the PNG equivalent of the current image, specifying
     * whether to encode alpha or not.
     *
     * @param encodeAlpha boolean false=no alpha, true=encode alpha
     * @return an array of bytes, or null if there was a problem
     */
    public byte[] encode(boolean encodeAlpha) throws IOException {
        byte[]  pngIdBytes = {-119, 80, 78, 71, 13, 10, 26, 10};

        if (image == null) {
            return null;
        }
        width = image.getWidth();
        height = image.getHeight();

        /*
         * start with an array that is big enough to hold all the pixels
         * (plus filter bytes), and an extra 200 bytes for header info
         */
        pngBytes = new byte[((width + 1) * height * 3) + 200];

        /*
         * keep track of largest byte written to the array
         */
        maxPos = 0;

        bytePos = writeBytes(pngIdBytes, 0);
        writeHeader();

        if (writeImageData()) {
            writeEnd();
            pngBytes = resizeByteArray(pngBytes, maxPos);
        }
        else {
            pngBytes = null;
        }
        return pngBytes;
    }

    /**
     * Creates an array of bytes that is the PNG equivalent of the current image.
     * Alpha encoding is determined by its setting in the constructor.
     *
     * @return an array of bytes, or null if there was a problem
     */
    public byte[] encode() throws IOException {
        return encode(encodeAlpha);
    }

    /**
     * Set the alpha encoding on or off.
     *
     * @param encodeAlpha  false=no, true=yes
     */
    public void setEncodeAlpha(boolean encodeAlpha) {
        this.encodeAlpha = encodeAlpha;
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve alpha encoding status.
     *
     * @return boolean false=no, true=yes
     */
    public boolean getEncodeAlpha() {
        return encodeAlpha;
    }

    /**
     * Set the filter to use
     *
     * @param whichFilter from constant list
     */
    public void setFilter(int whichFilter) {
        this.filter = FILTER_NONE;
        if (whichFilter <= FILTER_LAST) {
            this.filter = whichFilter;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve filtering scheme
     *
     * @return int (see constant list)
     */
    public int getFilter() {
        return filter;
    }

    /**
     * Set the compression level to use
     *
     * @param level 0 through 9
     */
    public void setCompressionLevel(int level) {
        if (level >= 0 && level <= 9) {
            this.compressionLevel = level;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Retrieve compression level
     *
     * @return int in range 0-9
     */
    public int getCompressionLevel() {
        return compressionLevel;
    }

    /**
     * Increase or decrease the length of a byte array.
     *
     * @param array The original array.
     * @param newLength The length you wish the new array to have.
     * @return Array of newly desired length. If shorter than the
     *         original, the trailing elements are truncated.
     */
    protected byte[] resizeByteArray(byte[] array, int newLength) {
        byte[]  newArray = new byte[newLength];
        int     oldLength = array.length;

        System.arraycopy(array, 0, newArray, 0, Math.min(oldLength, newLength));
        return newArray;
    }

    /**
     * Write an array of bytes into the pngBytes array.
     * Note: This routine has the side effect of updating
     * maxPos, the largest element written in the array.
     * The array is resized by 1000 bytes or the length
     * of the data to be written, whichever is larger.
     *
     * @param data The data to be written into pngBytes.
     * @param offset The starting point to write to.
     * @return The next place to be written to in the pngBytes array.
     */
    protected int writeBytes(byte[] data, int offset) {
        maxPos = Math.max(maxPos, offset + data.length);
        if (data.length + offset > pngBytes.length) {
            pngBytes = resizeByteArray(pngBytes, pngBytes.length + Math.max(1000, data.length));
        }
        System.arraycopy(data, 0, pngBytes, offset, data.length);
        return offset + data.length;
    }

    /**
     * Write an array of bytes into the pngBytes array, specifying number of bytes to write.
     * Note: This routine has the side effect of updating
     * maxPos, the largest element written in the array.
     * The array is resized by 1000 bytes or the length
     * of the data to be written, whichever is larger.
     *
     * @param data The data to be written into pngBytes.
     * @param nBytes The number of bytes to be written.
     * @param offset The starting point to write to.
     * @return The next place to be written to in the pngBytes array.
     */
    protected int writeBytes(byte[] data, int nBytes, int offset) {
        maxPos = Math.max(maxPos, offset + nBytes);
        if (nBytes + offset > pngBytes.length) {
            pngBytes = resizeByteArray(pngBytes, pngBytes.length + Math.max(1000, nBytes));
        }
        System.arraycopy(data, 0, pngBytes, offset, nBytes);
        return offset + nBytes;
    }

    /**
     * Write a two-byte integer into the pngBytes array at a given position.
     *
     * @param n The integer to be written into pngBytes.
     * @param offset The starting point to write to.
     * @return The next place to be written to in the pngBytes array.
     */
    protected int writeInt2(int n, int offset) {
        byte[] temp = {(byte) ((n >> 8) & 0xff), (byte) (n & 0xff)};
        return writeBytes(temp, offset);
    }

    /**
     * Write a four-byte integer into the pngBytes array at a given position.
     *
     * @param n The integer to be written into pngBytes.
     * @param offset The starting point to write to.
     * @return The next place to be written to in the pngBytes array.
     */
    protected int writeInt4(int n, int offset) {
        byte[] temp = {(byte) ((n >> 24) & 0xff),
                       (byte) ((n >> 16) & 0xff),
                       (byte) ((n >> 8) & 0xff),
                       (byte) (n & 0xff)};
        return writeBytes(temp, offset);
    }

    /**
     * Write a single byte into the pngBytes array at a given position.
     *
     * @param b The integer to be written into pngBytes.
     * @param offset The starting point to write to.
     * @return The next place to be written to in the pngBytes array.
     */
    protected int writeByte(int b, int offset) {
        byte[] temp = {(byte) b};
        return writeBytes(temp, offset);
    }

    /**
     * Write a PNG "IHDR" chunk into the pngBytes array.
     */
    protected void writeHeader() {
        int startPos;

        startPos = bytePos = writeInt4(13, bytePos);
        bytePos = writeBytes(IHDR, bytePos);
        width = image.getWidth();
        height = image.getHeight();
        bytePos = writeInt4(width, bytePos);
        bytePos = writeInt4(height, bytePos);
        bytePos = writeByte(8, bytePos); // bit depth
        bytePos = writeByte((encodeAlpha) ? 6 : 2, bytePos); // direct model
        bytePos = writeByte(0, bytePos); // compression method
        bytePos = writeByte(0, bytePos); // filter method
        bytePos = writeByte(0, bytePos); // no interlace
        crcValue = CRC32.update(CRC32.INITIAL_VALUE, pngBytes, startPos, bytePos - startPos);
        bytePos = writeInt4(crcValue, bytePos);
    }

    /**
     * Perform "sub" filtering on the given row.
     * Uses temporary array leftBytes to store the original values
     * of the previous pixels.  The array is 16 bytes long, which
     * will easily hold two-byte samples plus two-byte alpha.
     *
     * @param pixels The array holding the scan lines being built
     * @param startPos Starting position within pixels of bytes to be filtered.
     * @param width Width of a scanline in pixels.
     */
    protected void filterSub(byte[] pixels, int startPos, int width) {
        int i;
        int offset = bytesPerPixel;
        int actualStart = startPos + offset;
        int nBytes = width * bytesPerPixel;
        int leftInsert = offset;
        int leftExtract = 0;

        for (i = actualStart; i < startPos + nBytes; i++) {
            leftBytes[leftInsert] =  pixels[i];
            pixels[i] = (byte) ((pixels[i] - leftBytes[leftExtract]) % 256);
            leftInsert = (leftInsert + 1) % 0x0f;
            leftExtract = (leftExtract + 1) % 0x0f;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Perform "up" filtering on the given row.
     * Side effect: refills the prior row with current row
     *
     * @param pixels The array holding the scan lines being built
     * @param startPos Starting position within pixels of bytes to be filtered.
     * @param width Width of a scanline in pixels.
     */
    protected void filterUp(byte[] pixels, int startPos, int width) {
        int     i, nBytes;
        byte    currentByte;

        nBytes = width * bytesPerPixel;

        for (i = 0; i < nBytes; i++) {
            currentByte = pixels[startPos + i];
            pixels[startPos + i] = (byte) ((pixels[startPos  + i] - priorRow[i]) % 256);
            priorRow[i] = currentByte;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Write the image data into the pngBytes array.
     * This will write one or more PNG "IDAT" chunks. In order
     * to conserve memory, this method grabs as many rows as will
     * fit into 32K bytes, or the whole image; whichever is less.
     *
     *
     * @return true if no errors; false if error grabbing pixels
     */
    protected boolean writeImageData() throws IOException {
        int rowsLeft = height;  // number of rows remaining to write
        int startRow = 0;       // starting row to process this time through
        int nRows;              // how many rows to grab at a time

        byte[] scanLines;       // the scan lines to be compressed
        int scanPos;            // where we are in the scan lines
        int startPos;           // where this line's actual pixels start (used for filtering)

        byte[] compressedLines; // the resultant compressed lines
        int nCompressed;        // how big is the compressed area?
        bytesPerPixel = (encodeAlpha) ? 4 : 3;

        ByteArrayOutputStream outBytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream(1024);

        ZLibOutputStream compBytes = new ZLibOutputStream(outBytes);

        while (rowsLeft > 0) {
            nRows = Math.min(32767 / (width * (bytesPerPixel + 1)), rowsLeft);
            nRows = Math.max( nRows, 1 );

            int[] pixels = new int[width * nRows];

            image.getARGB(pixels, 0, width, 0, startRow, width, nRows);
            /*
             * Create a data chunk. scanLines adds "nRows" for
             * the filter bytes.
             */
            scanLines = new byte[width * nRows * bytesPerPixel + nRows];

            if (filter == FILTER_SUB) {
                leftBytes = new byte[16];
            }
            if (filter == FILTER_UP) {
                priorRow = new byte[width * bytesPerPixel];
            }

            scanPos = 0;
            startPos = 1;
            for (int i = 0; i < width * nRows; i++) {
                if (i % width == 0) {
                    scanLines[scanPos++] = (byte) filter;
                    startPos = scanPos;
                }
                scanLines[scanPos++] = (byte) ((pixels[i] >> 16) & 0xff);
                scanLines[scanPos++] = (byte) ((pixels[i] >>  8) & 0xff);
                scanLines[scanPos++] = (byte) ((pixels[i]) & 0xff);
                if (encodeAlpha) {
                    scanLines[scanPos++] = (byte) ((pixels[i] >> 24) & 0xff);
                }
                if ((i % width == width - 1) && (filter != FILTER_NONE)) {
                    if (filter == FILTER_SUB) {
                        filterSub(scanLines, startPos, width);
                    }
                    if (filter == FILTER_UP) {
                        filterUp(scanLines, startPos, width);
                    }
                }
            }

            /*
             * Write these lines to the output area
             */
             compBytes.write(scanLines, 0, scanPos);

            startRow += nRows;
            rowsLeft -= nRows;
        }
        compBytes.close();

        /*
         * Write the compressed bytes
         */
        compressedLines = outBytes.toByteArray();
        nCompressed = compressedLines.length;

        bytePos = writeInt4(nCompressed, bytePos);
        bytePos = writeBytes(IDAT, bytePos);
        crcValue = CRC32.update(CRC32.INITIAL_VALUE, IDAT);

        bytePos = writeBytes(compressedLines, nCompressed, bytePos);
        crcValue = CRC32.update(crcValue, compressedLines, 0, nCompressed);

        bytePos = writeInt4(crcValue, bytePos);
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Write a PNG "IEND" chunk into the pngBytes array.
     */
    protected void writeEnd() {
        bytePos = writeInt4(0, bytePos);
        bytePos = writeBytes(IEND, bytePos);
        crcValue = CRC32.update(CRC32.INITIAL_VALUE, IEND);

        bytePos = writeInt4(crcValue, bytePos);
    }

}

Here’s how to Use it :

PNGEncoder encoder = new PNGEncoder(bitmap, true);
byte[] imageBytes = encoder.encode(true);

if you then want an EncodedImage do this:

EncodedImage fullImage = EncodedImage.createEncodedImage(imageBytes, 0, imageBytes.length);

Enjoy!

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Code : How to split String

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Code While programming it may requires to split the string into words, to accomplish this one can use ‘StringUtilities’ class like :

StringUtilities su = null;
String[] abc = su.stringToWords("Xyz XYZ xyz xyZ");

Output : abc[0] = “Xyz”, abc[1] = “XYZ”, abc[2] = “xyz”, abc[3] = “xyZ”.

Or you can use following helper method to do the same :

public static final String[] splitString(final String data,
     final char splitChar, final boolean allowEmpty) {
    Vector v = new Vector();
    int indexStart = 0;
    int indexEnd = data.indexOf(splitChar);
    if (indexEnd != -1) {
        while (indexEnd != -1) {
            String s = data.substring(indexStart, indexEnd);
            if (allowEmpty || s.length() > 0) {
                    v.addElement(s);
            }
            indexStart = indexEnd + 1;
            indexEnd = data.indexOf(splitChar, indexStart);
         }

         if (indexStart != data.length()) {
            // Add the rest of the string
            String s = data.substring(indexStart);
            if (allowEmpty || s.length() > 0) {
                 v.addElement(s);
            }
          }

    } else {
         if (allowEmpty || data.length() > 0) {
             v.addElement(data);
         }
    }

    String[] result = new String[v.size()];
    v.copyInto(result);
    return result;
}

It has the ability to skip any blank lines ( typically split on \n), so it also has the ability to remove any blank sequences it encounters.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Code : Create your own VirtualKeyboard for BBStorm

4 comments

Problem :

Code using component pack 4.7.0.39 and the Storm simulator 2.11.0.72. I have created an EditField with the FILTER_REAL_NUMERIC flag (and no other flags) and when the field has focus the virtual keyboard pops up as expected but it is missing the number '1'. I didn't add any other filters to the field.

Missing number 1

I have another EditField using the FILTER_NUMERIC flag instead, and it works fine. It seems that for real numbers it just replaces the '1' with the '.' key and leaves no way to insert that number, and if i tilt the simulator sideways the full keyboard is shown and this one has all the numbers.

Solution :

Well I have finally resolved this by developing my own home grown virtual keyboard.  This should work until RIM fixes the bug with their virtual keyboard.  In case anyone else is having the same problem, I have provide the code for it here:

 

public class MyVirtualKeyboard extends VerticalFieldManager
{
    // 1---2---3
    // 4---5---6
    // 7---8---9
    // .---0---c
    private ButtonField[] numbers = new ButtonField[]
    {
        new ButtonField("1", ButtonField.CONSUME_CLICK),
        new ButtonField("2", ButtonField.CONSUME_CLICK),
        new ButtonField("3", ButtonField.CONSUME_CLICK),
        new ButtonField("4", ButtonField.CONSUME_CLICK),
        new ButtonField("5", ButtonField.CONSUME_CLICK),
        new ButtonField("6", ButtonField.CONSUME_CLICK),
        new ButtonField("7", ButtonField.CONSUME_CLICK),
        new ButtonField("8", ButtonField.CONSUME_CLICK),
        new ButtonField("9", ButtonField.CONSUME_CLICK),
        new ButtonField(".", ButtonField.CONSUME_CLICK),
        new ButtonField("0", ButtonField.CONSUME_CLICK),
        new ButtonField("c", ButtonField.CONSUME_CLICK),
    };
    private ButtonField close = new ButtonField("Close",
        ButtonField.CONSUME_CLICK);
    private FieldChangeListener listener = new FieldChangeListener()
    {
        public void fieldChanged(Field f, int ctx)
        {
            if (ctx == FieldChangeListener.PROGRAMMATIC)
                return;
            String val = ((ButtonField) f).getLabel();
            if (Character.isDigit(val.charAt(0)) || val.equals("."))
                caller.setCharacter(val);
            else if (val.equals("c"))
                caller.removeLastCharacter();
        }
    };
    private Caller caller;
    public MyVirtualKeyboard(Caller caller)
    {
        this.caller = caller;
        // 4 rows of buttons will be displayed
        int buttonIndex = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
        {
            HorizontalFieldManager row = new HorizontalFieldManager();
            for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++)
            {
                numbers[buttonIndex].setChangeListener(listener);
                row.add(numbers[buttonIndex++]);
            }
            add(row);
        }
        close.setChangeListener(new FieldChangeListener()
        {
            public void fieldChanged(Field field, int ctx)
            {
                MyVirtualKeyboard.this.caller.closeMe();
            }
        });
        add(close);
    }
}

Here is the interface I created callled 'Caller':

public interface Caller
{
    public void closeMe();
    public void setCharacter(String character);
    public void removeLastCharacter();
}

 

Here is how I invoke it (this code is in my MainScreen subclass, which is implementing FocusChangeListener and my call back interface Caller):

public void focusChanged(Field field, int ctx)    {
        currentlyEditing = null;
        if (field != checkAmt && field != taxAmt)
            return;
        if (ctx == FocusChangeListener.FOCUS_GAINED)
        {
            currentlyEditing = (BasicEditField) field;
            MyVirtualKeyboard keyboard = new MyVirtualKeyboard(this);
            popup = new PopupScreen(keyboard);
            getUiEngine().pushScreen(popup);
        }
    }

Here is the callback methods on the main screen class that take the input from the popup keyboard:

public void setCharacter(String character)
    {
        String currText = currentlyEditing.getText();
        currText += character;
        currentlyEditing.setText(currText);
    }
    public void removeLastCharacter()
    {
        String currText = currentlyEditing.getText();
        if (currText.length() == 0)
            return;
        currentlyEditing.setText(currText.substring(0, currText.length() - 1));
    }

  public void closeMe()
    {
        getUiEngine().popScreen(popup);
    }

Also, I have a menu item where if the user needs to display the keyboard, they can:

showKeyboard = new MenuItem("Show Keyboard", 3, 12)       {
            public void run()
            {
                MyVirtualKeyboard keyboard = new MyVirtualKeyboard(
                    MyScreen.this);
                popup = new PopupScreen(keyboard);
                getUiEngine().pushScreen(popup);
            }
        };

 

Enjoy!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

How To : Change fonts in a BlackBerry application

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How To The BlackBerry device supports multiple fonts in various sizes. These fonts can be used in custom BlackBerry applications and can be changed during runtime. The number of fonts available on a device depends on the model and the BlackBerry Device Software version installed.

The following example illustrates how to use fonts in a custom BlackBerry application and change the font during runtime:

import net.rim.device.api.ui.*;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.component.*;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.container.*;
import net.rim.device.api.system.*;
public final class FontChange extends UiApplication
{
    private Font font;
    //Get all fonts available on the BlackBerry
    private FontFamily fontFamily[] = FontFamily.getFontFamilies();
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
            FontChange theApp = new FontChange();
            theApp.enterEventDispatcher();
    }
    public FontChange()
    {
        MainScreen mainScreen;
        FontChangeListener fontChangeListener = new FontChangeListener();
        //Set the current font to the first in the font list.
        font = fontFamily[0].getFont(FontFamily.SCALABLE_FONT, 10);
        Font.setDefaultFont(font);
        mainScreen = new MainScreen();
        //Set the title of the mainscreen.
        LabelField title = new LabelField("Font Test Example",
            LabelField.ELLIPSIS | LabelField.USE_ALL_WIDTH);
        mainScreen.setTitle(title);
        ObjectChoiceField pickFont = new ObjectChoiceField("Select a font:",
            fontFamily, 0);
        pickFont.setChangeListener(null);
        pickFont.setChangeListener(fontChangeListener);
        mainScreen.add(pickFont);
        mainScreen.add(new SeparatorField());
        //RichTextField that displays text in the specified colour.
        RichTextField fontText = new RichTextField
            ("The quick red fox jumps over the lazy brown dog.")
        {
            public void paint(Graphics graphics)
            {
                //Change the colour of the text in the RichTextField to green.
                graphics.setColor(0x00008800);
                super.paint(graphics);
            }
        };
        mainScreen.add(fontText);
        //Display the main screen
        pushScreen(mainScreen);
    }
    //Create a custom FieldChangeListener that will change the current font
    //to what is selected in the ObjectChangeField.
    class FontChangeListener implements FieldChangeListener
    {
        public void fieldChanged(Field field, int context)
        {
            //If the ObjectCoiceField has changed
            if (field instanceof ObjectChoiceField)
            {
                //Get the new font selected in the ObjectChoiceField and set the
                //current font to match what is selected.
                ObjectChoiceField choiceField = (ObjectChoiceField)field;
                font = fontFamily[choiceField.getSelectedIndex()].getFont
                    (FontFamily.SCALABLE_FONT,10);
                Font.setDefaultFont(font);
            }
        }
    }
}

Friday, March 27, 2009

How to : Create a custom layout manager for a screen

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How To You can create your own custom layout manager by extending the net.rim.device.api.ui.Manager class and customizing it to fit your needs. Custom layout managers enable you to customize the placement of fields on the screen and customize navigation within these fields. To do this, you need to implement at least the following three methods:

  1. public int getPreferredWidth()

This method returns the manager's preferred width.

  1. public int getPreferredHeight()

This method returns the manager's preferred height.

  1. public void sublayout(int height, int width)

This method is invoked by the manager's layout() method and instructs each child field how and where to be laid out.

This can be accomplished by calling Manager.setPositionChild(Field field, int x, int y) and LayoutChild(Field field, int width, int height) for each field contained in the manager.

Here is an example of how a screen can associate itself with a custom layout manager:

class LayoutManager extends Manager {
   public LayoutManager() {
       //construct a manager with vertical scrolling
       super(Manager.VERTICAL_SCROLL);
   }
   //overwrite the nextFocus method for custom navigation
   protected int nextFocus(int direction, boolean alt) {
       //retrieve the index of the current field that is selected
       int index= this.getFieldWithFocusIndex();
       if(alt) {
           if(direction 0){...}
               else{...}
       }
      // if we did not handle it, let the manager's parent class
      if (index == this.getFieldWithFocusIndex())
          return super.nextFocus(direction, alt);
      else
          return index;
   }
   protected void sublayout(int width, int height) {
       Field field;
       //get total number of fields within this manager
       int numberOfFields = getFieldCount();
       int x = 0;
       int y = 0;
       for (int i = 0;i < numberOfFields;i++) {
           field = getField(i); //get the field
           setPositionChild(field,x,y); //set the position for the field
           layoutChild(field, width, height); //lay out the field
           y += ...;
           ...
       }
       setExtent(width, height);
   }
   public int getPreferredWidth() {
       return 160;
   }
   public int getPreferredHeight() {
       int height= 0;
       int numberOfFields= getFieldCount();
       for (int i= 0; i < numberOfFields; i++) {
           height+= getField(i).getPreferredHeight();
           return height;
       }
   }

the main class :

   ...
   RichTextField myField = new RichTextField("Hello");
   RichTextField myOtherField = new RichTextField("World");
   LayoutManager myManager = new LayoutManager();
   MainScreen myScreen = new MainScreen();
   myScreen.add(myManager);
   myManager.add(myField);
   myManager.add(myOtherField);
   ...

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Code : ListField with check boxes

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Code The default implementation of a ListField on a BlackBerry device will display text in a number of selectable rows. It is possible to expand on this behaviour and allow an application to add a series of check boxes to the list. This can provide a visual indication to the user of rows that have some significance to the application. In the attached sample application, check boxes are added to the left side of a ListField. The boxes can be checked and unchecked by highlighting the appropriate row and by either pressing the SPACEBAR or selecting Change Option from the menu. Here is a screenshot of what the list looks like with the first row highlighted on a BlackBerry 7290 Wireless Handheld™ with BlackBerry Device Software 4.1.


To download the source code of this application, see the CheckboxListField.zip file.