In my blackberry simulator i m running two application at the background now i want to retrive which are the application running in the background.I don't how to do. Is it possible to show which are the application running in the background.
List and switch visible application
To list all visible applications use ApplicationManager.getVisibleApplications()
To bring some application foreground use ApplicationManager.requestForeground(processId)
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Code:
class Scr extends MainScreen {
ApplicationDescriptor[] mAppDes;
public Scr() {
listApplications();
}
void listApplications() {
ApplicationManager appMan =
ApplicationManager.getApplicationManager();
mAppDes = appMan.getVisibleApplications();
add(new LabelField("Visible Applications:"));
for (int i = 0; i < mAppDes.length; i++) {
boolean isFG = appMan.getProcessId(mAppDes[i]) == appMan
.getForegroundProcessId();
String text = (isFG ? "[F]:" : "[B]") + mAppDes[i].getName();
add(new LabelField(text));
}
}
protected void makeMenu(Menu menu, int instance) {
super.makeMenu(menu, instance);
menu.add(refreshApps);
makeAppMenuItems(menu);
}
MenuItem refreshApps = new MenuItem("Refresh", 0, 0) {
public void run() {
deleteAll();
listApplications();
}
};
class AppMenuItem extends MenuItem {
ApplicationDescriptor mAppDes;
public AppMenuItem(ApplicationDescriptor appDes) {
super(appDes.getName(), 100000, 100000);
mAppDes = appDes;
}
public void run() {
ApplicationManager appMan = ApplicationManager
.getApplicationManager();
int processId = appMan.getProcessId(mAppDes);
appMan.requestForeground(processId);
}
}
void makeAppMenuItems(Menu menu) {
for (int i = 0, cnt = mAppDes.length; i < cnt; i++)
menu.add(new AppMenuItem(mAppDes[i]));
}
}
Take a look at the API Reference for the RuntimeStore.
And a Knowledge Base entry how to switch an App to the Background/Foreground.
Good Luck!
Not really an answer, but the system won't let me comment.
Do you really need to know what the running background applications are, or just if your applications are running in the background. If the latter I imagine you can build something using the runtime store
Related
I am new to BlackBerry development. But good about android.
I want to load Images coming from the server in ListField.
I have implement like below code but not getting success:
package mypackage;
public class TempScreen extends MainScreen implements ListFieldCallback{
Bitmap[] images=null;
private ListField mylist;
private static Bitmap _bitmap;
private ImageDownloader downloader;
int size = 0;
String[] urls={
"http://www.kentnews.co.uk/polopoly_fs/damian_lewis_at_port_lympne_wild_animal_park_c_taf_1_1738362!image/2626063106.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_225/2626063106.jpg",
"http://www.kentnews.co.uk/polopoly_fs/damian_lewis_at_port_lympne_wild_animal_park_c_taf_1_1738362!image/2626063106.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_225/2626063106.jpg",
"http://www.kentnews.co.uk/polopoly_fs/damian_lewis_at_port_lympne_wild_animal_park_c_taf_1_1738362!image/2626063106.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_225/2626063106.jpg",
"http://www.kentnews.co.uk/polopoly_fs/damian_lewis_at_port_lympne_wild_animal_park_c_taf_1_1738362!image/2626063106.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_225/2626063106.jpg"};
public TempScreen()
{
images=new Bitmap[urls.length];
size = urls.length;
mylist = new ListField();
mylist.setCallback(this);
mylist.setSize(4);
mylist.setRowHeight(getFont().getHeight() * 3);
add(mylist);
Thread downloader=new Thread(new ImageDownloader());
downloader.start();
}
public void drawListRow(ListField listField, Graphics graphics, int index,
int y, int width) {
if(images[index]==null)
{
//Load placeholder image
_bitmap = Bitmap.getBitmapResource("close_btn.png");// load some bitmap
// of your choice
// here
}
else
//Load Bitmap
_bitmap = images[index];
graphics.drawText("row details", 100, y + 30);
//graphics.drawBitmap(0, y, _bitmap.getWidth(), _bitmap.getHeight(),_bitmap, 0, 0);
mylist.invalidate(index);
}
public class ImageDownloader implements Runnable
{
public void run()
{
for(int i=0; i<size;i++)
{
if(images[i]==null)
{
images[i]=connectServerForImage(urls[i].toString());//replace downloadImage method to whatever method you have to download the bitmap from url
UiApplication.getUiApplication().invokeLater(new Runnable(){
public void run()
{
mylist.invalidate();
}
});
}
}
}
}
public Object get(ListField listField, int index) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return null;
}
public int getPreferredWidth(ListField listField) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return 0;
}
public int indexOfList(ListField listField, String prefix, int start) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return 0;
}
public static Bitmap connectServerForImage(String url) {
HttpConnection httpConnection = null;
DataOutputStream httpDataOutput = null;
InputStream httpInput = null;
int rc;
Bitmap bitmp = null;
try {
// httpConnection = (HttpConnection)
// Connector.open(url+";interface=wifi");
httpConnection = (HttpConnection) Connector.open(url);
rc = httpConnection.getResponseCode();
// System.out.println("===============================");
Dialog.alert("beore if condition");
if (rc == HttpConnection.HTTP_OK) {
System.out.println(" ============= IN FUNCTION. . . . .");
httpInput = httpConnection.openInputStream();
InputStream inp = httpInput;
byte[] b = IOUtilities.streamToBytes(inp);
EncodedImage hai = EncodedImage.createEncodedImage(b, 0,
b.length);
bitmp = hai.getBitmap();
} else {
throw new IOException("HTTP response code: " + rc);
}
} catch (Exception ex) {
System.out.println("URL Bitmap Error........" + ex.getMessage());
} finally {
try {
if (httpInput != null)
httpInput.close();
if (httpDataOutput != null)
httpDataOutput.close();
if (httpConnection != null)
httpConnection.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
return bitmp;
}
}
Dont know where i am wrong. Please can any budy help me for the same.
Several problems with your code:
The BitmapLazyLoader class looks like a consumer. It holds a Thread reference. This alone is very confusing, since Runnables are intended to be passed to a Thread constructor, but Runnables should not know about the thread for the sake of encapsulation. Letting this apart, this class attempts to spawn a thread only once, but as you are creating an instance of Runnable each time a row is drawn, you'll end up spawning a considerable number of threads. This will probably end in a TooManyThreadsException being thrown as in BlackBerry the max number of threads is limited to 16 per app. Even if you don reach the limit, performance will degrade as BlackBerries, which sport a single core CPU, you shouldn't have more than 2-3 threads running at the same time. EVEN if you could spawn infinite threads, in BlackBerry you can only have X connections opened at the same time (I think X is 5 for the whole OS, not sure about this). So first of all modify the code to ensure only a single worker thread is downloading images. (and if possible, extract the thread instantiation and launch out of the Runnable class).
When the bitmap is downloaded, you are not doing anything with it. Look at the ImageDownloadCompleted method, it is empty. (BTW, the convention for methods is to start with lowercase) So you should store the bitmap somewhere and call invalidate on your list, which in turn will paint the stored bitmaps.
Hope it helps.
You can try using this link :
http://www.coderholic.com/blackberry-webbitmapfield/
You have to create a separate class named as WebBitmapField as suggested in above link.
How to use that class in your list field image objects:
For every image url create WebBitmapField object
photoList_vector is the vector through which populate elements in
list field
WebBitmapField web = new WebBitmapField("http://www.image1.png");
photoList_vector.addElement(web);
web = new WebBitmapField("http://www.image2.png");
photoList_vector.addElement(web);
Now use this vector to work on your list field......
In the above lines we try to ensure that when we simultaneously send multiple requests to get the images then each image corresponds to a particular WebBitmapField Object.
Each object is then added to vector so that it can be added to the list field.
Each url send is tied to an object of WebBitmapField.
So though request is send in a separate thread it gets tied to its associated object only
Hope it helps
:)
I have worked on this problem, earlier, and I am posting my technique here, though its not ideal solution, as it was coupled very much with Screen class, but still might be helpful.
First in your screen class have one array for bitmaps having size equal to list field items.
public class TempScreen extends MainScreen{
Bitmap[] images=null;
String[] urls={"image1_url", "image2_url".....};
public TempScreen()
{
images=new Bitmap[urls.length];
}
now in drawListRow method of ListFieldCallBack, check for the following:
public void drawListRow(ListField list, Graphics g, int index, int y, int width){
if(bitmap[index]==null)
{
//Load placeholder image
}
else
//Load Bitmap
}
Now create a thread class to download the images:
public class ImageDownloader implements Runnable
{
public void run()
{
for(int i=0; i<size;i++)
{
if(images[i]==null)
{
images[i]=downloadImage(url[i]);//replace downloadImage method to whatever method you have to download the bitmap from url
UiApplication.getUiApplication().invokeLater(new Runnable(){
public void run()
{
list.invalidate()
}
});
}
}
}
}
Now in constructor of the screen class, after setting callback to listfield, start thread:
Thread downloader=new Thread(new ImageDownloader());
downloader.start();
Edit: Change TempScreen constructor to following:
public TempScreen()
{
images=new Bitmap[urls.length];
size = urls.length;
mylist = new ListField();
mylist.setCallback(this);
mylist.setSize(4);
mylist.setRowHeight(getFont().getHeight() * 3);
add(mylist);
Thread downloader=new Thread(new ImageDownloader());
downloader.start();
}
On Blackberry 6.0, I have used the following code to delete all the call logs:
PhoneLogs logs = PhoneLogs.getInstance();
int lenNormal = logs.numberOfCalls(PhoneLogs.FOLDER_NORMAL_CALLS);
for (int i = 0; i < lenNormal; i++) {
logs.deleteCall(i, PhoneLogs.FOLDER_NORMAL_CALLS);
}
int lenMissed = logs.numberOfCalls(PhoneLogs.FOLDER_MISSED_CALLS);
for (int i = 0; i < lenMissed; i++) {
logs.deleteCall(i, PhoneLogs.FOLDER_MISSED_CALLS);
}
int total = lenNormal + lenMissed;
Dialog.alert("Deleted: " + total);
The dialog box says it has deleted N number of call logs but I still see the call logs in the phone. The program runs smoothly without any exception.
Googling say that: (1) Restart the phone, (2) Introduce some delay if you are deleting inside PhoneLogListener. I have tried those options too. But no luck!
Thanks in advance for any help.
It is a known bug that call log entry can not be deleted using: PhoneLogs.deleteCall(). See it here: http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/Java-Development/Unable-to-delete-phone-logs/m-p/1587315
As a hackish solution, you can use input simulation though. For example:
private void deleteLatestCallLog() {
UiApplication.getUiApplication().invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
Invoke.invokeApplication(Invoke.APP_TYPE_PHONE,
new PhoneArguments());
}
});
UiApplication.getUiApplication().invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
injectKeyEvent(Keypad.KEY_BACKSPACE);
}
});
UiApplication.getUiApplication().invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
injectKeyEvent(Keypad.KEY_ENTER);
}
});
UiApplication.getUiApplication().invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
injectKeyEvent(Keypad.KEY_ESCAPE);
}
});
}
But this method has a few bugs. It should not be used at all in my opinion :-)
I created app which user can start from menu and from icon. I do not use GlobalEventListener in my app, just register ApplicationMenuitem. And now I am getting error: previous instance still active when launch my app.
Steps to reproduce not so trivial:
launch app from icon
do not close it, just switch to another app
launch app from icon again
I founded article in blackberry's forum about it , but I can't find solution where I should remove my ApplicationMenuItem: it added on phone boot and should show all the time.
My code:
public class Jingu extends UiApplication {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ApplicationManager app = ApplicationManager.getApplicationManager();
boolean keepGoing = true;
while (keepGoing) {
if (app.inStartup()) {
try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
} catch (Exception e) {}
} else {
keepGoing = false;
}
}
Jingu theApp = new Jingu();
theApp.initMenuItem();
theApp.showMainScreen();
theApp.enterEventDispatcher();
}
public Jingu() {
}
public void showMainScreen() {
showScreen(new JinguMainScreen(this));
}
public void initMenuItem() {
// Create menu item
Object o = RuntimeStore.getRuntimeStore().get(JinguMenuItem.MY_MENU_ID);
// register only if not done already.
if (o == null) {
new JinguMenuItem(this).registerInstance();
}
}
public void showScreen(Screen aScreen) {
synchronized (Application.getEventLock()) {
try {
UiApplication.getUiApplication().popScreen(aScreen);
} catch (Exception e) {
}
UiApplication.getUiApplication().pushScreen(aScreen);
}
}
}
public class JinguMenuItem extends ApplicationMenuItem {
public static final long MY_MENU_ID = 0xb9739d5240d5943dL;
private final Jingu jingu;
public JinguMenuItem(Jingu jingu) {
super(0x350100);
this.jingu = jingu;
}
public void registerInstance() {
Object menuItem = RuntimeStore.getRuntimeStore().remove(MY_MENU_ID);
if (menuItem == null) {
ApplicationMenuItemRepository amir = ApplicationMenuItemRepository.getInstance();
amir.addMenuItem(ApplicationMenuItemRepository.MENUITEM_SYSTEM, this);
RuntimeStore.getRuntimeStore().put(MY_MENU_ID, this);
}
}
public Object run(Object context) {
jingu.setDefaultFont(Font.getDefault());
jingu.setMainApp(false);
jingu.setBbmEditField(null);
jingu.showMainScreen();
return context;
}
public String toString() {
return "My Menu";
}
}
plz advice where I should delete ApplicationMenuItem in my app?
my regards,
Vadim
If you are registering an ApplicationMenuItem from your application, as a user I would consider it bad style for your application to remove and exit, even if RIM provided a way to do this. You may want to separate your application into two parts. One provides the minimal support for responding to the ApplicationMenuItem selection, that starts automatically and runs in the background. The other has all the rest and can run and exit as needed.
My solution for this situation is:
create alternative entry point and run it on app load
register menu in it
do not use runtimeStore
Actually I want to make an application which will getGlobalEvent and control that event through another custom application. Is there any way to do so. Can i get global event from a particular application? Its like an application which will lock custom application in your blackberry, if you add following application in that locking app list and put password to access then when u try to open that application, it will ask for a password which u set in the locking app.
Common advices
this should be background application
in timer thread check current foreground application
use custom global modal dialog to request password
if password was wrong close app by simulating back key press or move app to background
Checking Application
Have to say, there can be several processes within one application so we will perform check based on module name:
private String getModuleNameByProcessId(int id) {
String result = null;
ApplicationManager appMan = ApplicationManager.getApplicationManager();
ApplicationDescriptor appDes[] = appMan.getVisibleApplications();
for (int i = 0; i < appDes.length; i++) {
if (appMan.getProcessId(appDes[i]) == id) {
result = appDes[i].getModuleName();
break;
}
}
return result;
}
Move application to Background?
Yep, there's no requestBackground() in ApplicationManager... so what you can do is requestForeground() on the next best app which is not on foreground, and this will move active app to background! You can even bring up Home Screen with requestForegroundForConsole():
protected int switchForegroundModule() {
int id = -1;
ApplicationManager appMan = ApplicationManager.getApplicationManager();
ApplicationDescriptor appDes[] = appMan.getVisibleApplications();
for (int i = 0; i < appDes.length; i++) {
if (!appDes[i].getModuleName().equalsIgnoreCase(STR_MODULE_NAME)) {
id = appMan.getProcessId(appDes[i]);
appMan.requestForeground(id);
// give a time to foreground application
try {
Thread.sleep(1000);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
break;
}
}
return id;
}
Global Dialog
Just to input password you can extend Dialog, it will be easier to consume result:
class PaswordDialog extends Dialog {
private BasicEditField mPwdField = new BasicEditField();
public PaswordDialog() {
super(Dialog.D_OK_CANCEL, "Enter password", Dialog.CANCEL, null,
Dialog.FIELD_HCENTER);
add(mPwdField);
}
public String getPassword() {
return mPwdField.getText();
}
}
And password check will look like:
private boolean checkPassword() {
boolean result = false;
final PaswordDialog pwdDlg = new PaswordDialog();
invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
Ui.getUiEngine().pushGlobalScreen(pwdDlg, 0,
UiEngine.GLOBAL_MODAL);
}
});
result = ((Dialog.OK == pwdDlg.getSelectedValue()) && pwdDlg
.getPassword().equalsIgnoreCase(STR_PASSWORD));
return result;
}
Put this all together
Sample to block Adress Book App:
public class LockMainApp extends Application {
private static final String STR_MODULE_NAME = "net_rim_bb_addressbook_app";
private static final String STR_PASSWORD = "12345";
int mFGProcessId = -1;
public LockMainApp() {
Timer timer = new Timer();
timer.schedule(mCheckForeground, 1000, 1000);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
LockMainApp app = new LockMainApp();
app.enterEventDispatcher();
}
TimerTask mCheckForeground = new TimerTask() {
public void run() {
int id = ApplicationManager
.getApplicationManager().getForegroundProcessId();
if (id != mFGProcessId) {
mFGProcessId= id;
String moduleName = getModuleNameByProcessId(mFGProcessId);
if (moduleName.equalsIgnoreCase(STR_MODULE_NAME)) {
if (!checkPassword())
mFGProcessId = switchForegroundModule();
}
}
};
};
}
I have a BlackBerry application that needs to take pictures from the camera and send them to a server. In order to do this i invoke the native camera application and listen to the filesystem. Once an image is captured and saved as a new jpeg file i get notified, resume foreground control and go about my business. The problem starts occurring after the first time this cycle is completed because now when i decide to call the camera application again it is already opened, and now the user is seeing a thumbnail of the last picture that was taken and several buttons allowing him to manipulate/manage it. naturally what i want the user to see is a preview of what the camera is "seeing" before he snaps another photo as he did before.
I have thought of various ways to solve this including killing the camera app each time (I understand this cannot be done programatically?), sending CameraArguments when invoking the app (which appears to be useless), and now i was thinking a solution could be as simple generating a "Back" key event before switching back to my app which would theoretically dismiss the annoying edit screen. Could this really be done? and if not is there any other possible solution you may think of?
A kind of hack...
start Camera App
in TimerTask check if Camera App started and if it need to be closed (some flag)
if yes, invoke it(so it will became active) and push ESC keypress event injection to close it
Take a look at this:
class Scr extends MainScreen {
boolean killCameraApp = false;
final String mCameraModuleName = "net_rim_bb_camera";
final CameraArguments args = new CameraArguments();
public Scr() {
super();
Timer timer = new Timer();
timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {
public void run() {
if (isCameraRunning() && killCameraApp) {
getApplication().invokeAndWait(callCamera);
getApplication().invokeAndWait(killCamera);
}
}
}, 0, 100);
}
Runnable callCamera = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
callCamera();
}
};
Runnable killCamera = new Runnable() {
public void run() {
injectKey(Characters.ESCAPE);
killCameraApp = false;
}
};
private boolean isCameraRunning() {
boolean result = false;
ApplicationManager appMan =
ApplicationManager.getApplicationManager();
ApplicationDescriptor[] appDes = appMan.getVisibleApplications();
for (int i = 0; i < appDes.length; i++) {
result = mCameraModuleName.equalsIgnoreCase(appDes[i]
.getModuleName());
if (result)
break;
}
return result;
}
private void callCamera() {
Invoke.invokeApplication(Invoke.APP_TYPE_CAMERA,
new CameraArguments());
}
private void injectKey(char key) {
KeyEvent inject = new KeyEvent(KeyEvent.KEY_DOWN, key, 0);
inject.post();
}
protected void makeMenu(Menu menu, int instance) {
menu.add(new MenuItem("start camera", 0, 0) {
public void run() {
callCamera();
killCameraApp = false;
}
});
menu.add(new MenuItem("kill app", 0, 0) {
public void run() {
killCameraApp = true;
}
});
super.makeMenu(menu, instance);
}
}
EDIT: Don't forget to set permissions for device release:
Options => Advanced Options => Applications => [Your Application] =>Edit Default permissions =>Interactions =>key stroke Injection