screen background

[megha]

hi !!
I m kinda new here.

I m trying to implement an application where there are many fileds over the screen
My problem is I want to change background color of my screen or put an background image so that all of my other fields appere on that screen

please help me out...

[andychambers]

The Screen class has a paintBackground method. Provided you use a sub-class
of Screen, you just have to override this method to draw your own background.

Regards,
Andy

[djphillips]

Actually, you need to be a bit careful here. I think (at least on some Blackberries) the paintBackground() method of interest is on the Screen's Manager object, not the screen itself. If you try to override Screen's method, it won't always show up properly. I fixed this by adding a subclass of VerticalFieldManager to my Screen in its constructor, and making sure to override the paintBackground() method on the VerticalFieldManager instead of the screen.