Index_A - Wireless Java Developing with J2ME, Second Edition

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ABB (Audio Building Block)

content types supported by, 226–228

explanation of, 219, 223

About command, using with alerts, 75–76

abstraction, explanation of, 61

Active state for MIDlets, meaning of, 33–34

addCommand() method, using with alerts, 74

addRecord() method, using, 126

"Address" record store, opening, 122–123

alerts

adding commands to, 74

representing, 74

using, 73–76

AlertType class, types provided by, 74

allowed permissions, explanation of, 43

alpha component, explanation of, 182

AMS (Application Management Software), role in MIDlets, 24

anchor points

for images, 180

role in drawing text, 172–173

animated tiles, using, 205

animation

driving with GameCanvas class, 195–198

and multithreading, 188–192

Ant build tool, using, 29–31, 289

ANY constants

using with TextBox screens, 70–71

using with TextFields, 94

APIs (application programming interfaces)

in CLDC, 8

for MIDP applications, 7

signaling dependence of MIDlet suites on, 39

table of, 3

appearance mode in MIDP 2.0, explanation of, 92

append() method

using with items on forms, 86

using with List class, 81–82

application deployment, optimizing, 249–250

application descriptors, using with MIDlets, 28, 35, 39

application manager, purpose of, 33

application speed, testing, 240

applications

packaging, 27

partitioning, 250

testing with J2ME Wireless Toolkit emulators, 21–23

Apress Web site, 15

arraycopy() method, using with System class, 51

arrays

freeing, 247

versus objects, 246–247

attribute values, retrieving with getAppProperty() method, 40

attributes for MIDlet manifests

explanations of, 37–38

purpose of, 39

audio clips, jumping to points in, 230

audio data

class relationships for, 226

obtaining InputStream for, 223

path of, 226

audio files, playing, 223–225

authentication

explanation of, 264

providing with TLS, 265

AUTHMODE_ANY, advisory about, 123

authorization mode for record stores, meaning of, 123

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