[RyanRitten]

Hey all,

I'm new to blackberry development, but i've done lots of OOP development before.

Can someone do my a huge favor and explain to me the process on how things get drawn to the screen? I am having a hard time grasping it. Here is what I think might happen. let me know where I go wrong...

1.) First I create a new java file (class) and add it to my project. For things that will be displayed on the screen I should extend the Field class.

2.) I create the class as I would any other programmign language. I add a constructor, and any other methods I want call myself.

3.) Here is the part that I get confused with. There seem to be many methods such as paint, layout, onFocus, navigationClick, etc that can exist but i don't see where they get called.

4.) From what I think i understand, the paint method is the method that tells the object what to draw onto the screen. So if i am making a FieldList object, then i want to add all my things i want displayed in here?

5.) There is also a layout method. I am assuming this automattically gets called and somehow using this you can position the object someone on the screen?


Anyways, I'm sure you can tell i am lost. If someone could point me in the right direction (or give me the url to a good tutorial that explains all this), that would be greating appreciated!!

Thanks,
Ryan

[yann.boulanger]

I suggest you read the following manual:

na.blackberry.com/eng/deliverables/614/BlackBerry_Application_Developer_Guide_Volume_1.pd f

The "Creating user interfaces" section should be helpful.

It's the 4.1 version but I suppose you'll find the same info in more recent versions.