[jbstevens]

I would think the code to change the background of my created app would be fairly simple.

Lets just say I want my background to be the color blue...what code should I input to have my app do this? (i've searched many places and cant get an easy answer) thanks

[Dougsg38p]

From the javadocs (FullScreen or MainScreen classes)

protected void paintBackground(Graphics graphics)Paint this screen's background.
The system calls this method before painting begins in order to clear this screen's background, initializing your provided graphics context to this screen's extent.

By default, this method simple invokes Graphics.clear(); for more complex handling, you should override this method in extending classes.

[bbuserg]

Originally Posted by jbstevens

I would think the code to change the background of my created app would be fairly simple.

Lets just say I want my background to be the color blue...what code should I input to have my app do this? (i've searched many places and cant get an easy answer) thanks

You could do something like this.
Add the BackgroundFieldManager to your Screen that implements MainScreen

Override the paint(). then draw a background the color you want and then involke the super. paint() to paint the other crap.

This is one way you could do it. Code isn't so great but it shows you how to do it.


public class BackgroundFieldManager extends VerticalFieldManager {

public BackgroundFieldManager(long style) {
super(style);


}
public void paint(Graphics graphics)
{

graphics.setColor(Color.BLUE) ;
graphics.fillRect(0,0,Display.getWidth(),Display.g etHeight()) ;
super.paint(graphics);
}

[jbstevens]

Originally Posted by Dougsg38p

From the javadocs (FullScreen or MainScreen classes)

protected void paintBackground(Graphics graphics)Paint this screen's background.
The system calls this method before painting begins in order to clear this screen's background, initializing your provided graphics context to this screen's extent.

By default, this method simple invokes Graphics.clear(); for more complex handling, you should override this method in extending classes.

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