Java Development Tools

Hi

To clarify – I’m looking into the steps needed in order to install a java application I have created onto a mobile device and then run it as I would any other application on the device. (The mobile device is J2ME enabled).

I’ve read through many of the threads on this subject and have to say that I’m not entirely clear on this. I’ve also read through the article ‘Deploying Wireless Java Applications’ by Qusay H. Mahmoud and it clarified things a little.

The article explains how to install (using a Java Application Loader) an application, that has been previously downloaded and stored to your desktop, onto the mobile device. The article also mentions the OTA (Over The Air) method of installing applications without needing to connect to a desktop, this method uses the Java Application Manager.

So, both methods need an ‘interface’ to facilitate downloading and installation – either JAL or JAM.
Both need to read the jad file before the jar can be installed.

The article was written in 2002 and I’m wondering if the increase in memory capacity in many mobile devices has left it a little out of date.

I have a question that I would appreciate any responses to:

I’m wondering if current mobile devices needs only to download the jar and jad files for an application to be ‘good to go’ i.e. by running a web browser on the mobile device and simply downloading both files in the same manner as you would any other file? The device itself would simply read the jad and install the application automatically.

If my understanding is incorrect please feel free to correct it.

Thanks in advance
GB