[meetraghu28]

Hello,

I am new to BB development and finding some trouble in understanding how to package a sample application for Blackberry.

I use Eclipse Plugin for Blackberry Development.

I have a sample application(say a HelloWorld application) and want to package and distribute.

1. What are the ways i can do it?
I see that by generating jad and cod files for the project i will be able to download it to my BB and install it. So what is the purpose of the .alx file?

2. also i find some .debug,.cso,.csl,.rapc and a .jar file in myh eclipse project. What is the purpose of the .jar generated here?

2. what if i dont have an application but only a helper API that i have created which can be used in other Blackberry applications. How should i package this? a jar? or a cod? file is needed.

Any suggestions/information regarding packaging would be really helpful. I am looking towards packaging an API which another developer can use in his blackberry application. So what is the best way to package this.?

[jacob.tabak]

Best way for over the air deployment is by uploading both the .JAD and the .COD files to a web server. Sometimes the .cod file is actually multiple .cod files and you need to extract it using 7-zip or some other zip utility before you can upload it to the web server.

If you want to make a library (not a stand alone application) this can be done easily within Eclipse. If you go to Project -> Properties and click on the Application tab, you can choose to have your application be a "Library" rather than a "CLDC Application". You can use an external library in your current project by going to Project -> Properties -> Project References and adding the library to your references.

The other files are not useful for over the air deployment, I regret that I can't give you the exact details on what they do.

[meetraghu28]

Thanks Jacob.

After a lot of googling around found this link on how to create a library

http%3A//blackberry-tips-bikas.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-create-library-jar-file-and-use.html%5DBlackBerry%20Tricks%20and%20Tips%20and% 20Codes%3A%20How%20to%20create%20library%20jar%20f ile%20and%20use%20that%20jar%20in%20another%20proj ect

I was wondering why all the other files are generated when only the .jad and .cod makes sense.

I guess the .alx is used for installation using a Javaloader or Desktop Manager in the BB.

[meetraghu28]

Sorry for encoding the URL and pasting it here. Might be useful for someone who needs the information.