autostart uiapplication

[euskalhenriko]

hola,
I'm new on blackberry development...
I need to start an UI application when bb start.
I try with JDE (check auto start) and the application start but not in foreground and i need this.
It's possible to do?
I read a lot of post about this but none of the solutions works.
Thanks a lot for help and sorry for my english

[pa4o85]

You can look the BlackBerry API for that classes:

- net.rim.device.api.system.ApplicationManager
- net.rim.device.api.system.ApplicationDescriptor
- net.rim.device.api.system.Application.

Maybe you will find there the right solution. I have just made the application to be started at specific time. Good luck !

[simon.hain]

afaik autostart applications do never start in foreground. you can try and call requestForeground() from your application

[euskalhenriko]

The problem is that when i call pushscreen or requestforeground the blackberry still on startup process... (i set my project as run on startup).
I try with this
... instantiate the screen ...
while(ApplicationManager.getApplicationManager().i nStartup()){
try{
Thread.sleep(100); //without this i block the startup process
}catch(InterruptedException e){}
}
pushScreen(myscreen);
requestForeground();

and it work but it's horrible...
any better idea?
p.d. the application start normally but i need to start in foreground as first application

[richard.puckett]

Not saying it's not horrible, but that's the same method RIM recommends using to check for startup completion. Would be handy if there was a system listener one could implement to get notified of this event.

[arunk]

I think :

When you start the application using Autostart, Application starts in background
write a method like this and invoke it...

fitst:

Application.getApplication().getProcessId();

then:

public static void setApplicationToForeground(int appProcessID) {
ApplicationManager manager = ApplicationManager.getApplicationManager();
manager.requestForeground(appProcessID);
}

[arunk]

Instead of specifying Autostart in JDE, is there any method, by which we can set this property through Application...

I mean depends on a flag it should autostart, or not...

[euskalhenriko]

@richard thank, i think the same
@arunk
i don't try your method but the problem seem the same. Your screen can request the foreground only if the blackberry end the startup process.
I think that for your solution i also need to write the code that look for ApplicationManager.getApplicationManager().inStart up() every x milisec (i think 100 because i need that the principal blackberry screen not appear)

[reshma1]

Originally Posted by euskalhenriko

The problem is that when i call pushscreen or requestforeground the blackberry still on startup process... (i set my project as run on startup).
I try with this
... instantiate the screen ...
while(ApplicationManager.getApplicationManager().i nStartup()){
try{
Thread.sleep(100); //without this i block the startup process
}catch(InterruptedException e){}
}
pushScreen(myscreen);
requestForeground();

and it work but it's horrible...
any better idea?
p.d. the application start normally but i need to start in foreground as first application

thanks I also got this trick work out for my application.

[arunk]

I am not sure, but you can try invokeLater() method

I mean use a runnable class to invoke requestforeground()

After the screen creation is complete, use invoke later while invoking request foreground

[aux]

Originally Posted by pa4o85

You can look the BlackBerry API for that classes:

- net.rim.device.api.system.ApplicationManager
- net.rim.device.api.system.ApplicationDescriptor
- net.rim.device.api.system.Application.

Maybe you will find there the right solution. I have just made the application to be started at specific time. Good luck !

Please, say me!!!
How did you an aplication that start at specific time?

[pa4o85]

Hello! I made it like this. Not exactly the same code but kind of. I just give you the main idea.

I used this piece of code:

ApplicationDescriptor descriptor = new ApplicationDescriptor(ApplicationDescriptor.currentApplicationDescriptor(), new String[] {"autoStart"});

Then:

ApplicationManager.getApplicationManager().scheduleApplication(descriptor, time, true);

The time variable in this code is long value and that is the specific date and time you want the application to be started. So when the time is come, the application will starts itself with the "autoStart" arguments, or whatever you need. Good Luck !

[aux]

I have a little time searching one way to do it, thank, I did see the API but, I not found the way of do it. Thanks for you help.

[pa4o85]

Have you done it ? It is not that complicated. I just can't give you the whole code cause it is a part of a bigger project, but the post before give you the tip. Good luck !