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MIDlet deployment

Learn to deploy remotely and locally to J2ME devices

Soma Ghosh (soma.sghosh@gmail.com), Application Developer, US Foodservice
Over the past ten years, Soma Ghosh has developed a wide range of Java applications in the area of e-commerce and networking. She is a Java architect and currently associated with US Foodservice Corporation. She has written several developerWorks articles and tutorials on J2ME. She holds a master's degree in computer science and engineering.

Summary:  Learn the various ways you can deploy MIDlets on J2ME-enabled devices. In this tutorial, you'll see how to deploy the MIDlets remotely and locally as well as how to download MIDlets referenced by URLs over the air and on J2ME-enabled devices.

Date:  11 Apr 2006
Level:  Introductory
PDF:  A4 and Letter (2229 KB | 30 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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Before you start

This tutorial gets you started with various MIDlet deployment methods. Before taking the tutorial, you need to have basic knowledge of Java™ 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME).

About this tutorial

During the course of this tutorial, you will learn about the following:

  • Remote deployment. Remotely deploy a MIDlet developed on the local desktop.
  • Local deployment. Download a MIDlet developed on the local desktop to the J2ME-enabled device connected to it.
  • Downloading a MIDlet referenced by a URL on a J2ME-enabled device.
  • Downloading a MIDlet referenced by a URL over the air (OTA).

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Prerequisites

You will need the following software for this tutorial:

  • J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.0
  • Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.4
  • Sample code from Toolkit
  • J2ME-enabled physical device
  • Data cable to connect the device to the desktop

The tutorial used a Motorola/Nextel i85s cell phone, available at Nextel.

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