Comments on: BlackBerry Guide: How to Install 3rd Party Applications on Your BlackBerry http://www.bbgeeks.com/blackberry-guides/blackberry-guide-how-to-install-third-party-applications-onto-your-blackberry-88400/ Industry coverage, news, original feature articles, how to guides, videos, podcasts and reviews of BlackBerry service providers, software, accessories, hosted exchange providers and more Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:04:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Nikhil http://www.bbgeeks.com/blackberry-guides/blackberry-guide-how-to-install-third-party-applications-onto-your-blackberry-88400/comment-page-2/#comment-21700 Nikhil Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:31:28 +0000 http://www.bbgeeks.com/?p=400#comment-21700 Thanks Cooper, When I uninstalled and deleted the already installed application from the device, and then again installed the same application, the problem of ERROR 907 has been sorted out. IE while installing same application again on a device, it asks whether to overwrite it, obviously we'll say "Yes". But that wont really work. While looking at error, I also thought that it has something to do with URLs. But as I mentioned earlier that first time it has installed successfully, and I had not changed any URL related code while modifying the same application, I was sure that it was not the problem related to the URL. Also, I tried by changing the application name, which also allowed me to install it successfully on the device. Thanks again, I found this link very useful and active as compare to other BlackBerry and NetBeans Links. Best Regards. Thanks Cooper, When I uninstalled and deleted the already installed application from the device, and then again installed the same application, the problem of ERROR 907 has been sorted out. IE while installing same application again on a device, it asks whether to overwrite it, obviously we’ll say “Yes”. But that wont really work. While looking at error, I also thought that it has something to do with URLs. But as I mentioned earlier that first time it has installed successfully, and I had not changed any URL related code while modifying the same application, I was sure that it was not the problem related to the URL.

Also, I tried by changing the application name, which also allowed me to install it successfully on the device.

Thanks again, I found this link very useful and active as compare to other BlackBerry and NetBeans Links. Best Regards.

]]> By: Cooper http://www.bbgeeks.com/blackberry-guides/blackberry-guide-how-to-install-third-party-applications-onto-your-blackberry-88400/comment-page-2/#comment-21647 Cooper Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:14:00 +0000 http://www.bbgeeks.com/?p=400#comment-21647 @Nikhil Ok first things first - I do not o BlackBerry development so unfortunately you will have to rely on forums to get your information regarding NETBEANS etc. As for the 907 error - This "illegal host string: starts with ‘/’" makes me think there is an error in your application that is not using a specific URL but a relative URL instead. ie /whatever.html instead of http://www.bbgeeks.com/whatever.html. Try checking your URLs in the code itself to ensure a specific URL is dictated instead of a relative path. @Nikhil Ok first things first – I do not o BlackBerry development so unfortunately you will have to rely on forums to get your information regarding NETBEANS etc.

As for the 907 error – This “illegal host string: starts with ‘/’” makes me think there is an error in your application that is not using a specific URL but a relative URL instead.

ie /whatever.html instead of http://www.bbgeeks.com/whatever.html.

Try checking your URLs in the code itself to ensure a specific URL is dictated instead of a relative path.

]]> By: Nikhil http://www.bbgeeks.com/blackberry-guides/blackberry-guide-how-to-install-third-party-applications-onto-your-blackberry-88400/comment-page-1/#comment-21116 Nikhil Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:43:03 +0000 http://www.bbgeeks.com/?p=400#comment-21116 Hi Cooper, In the same way [side loading]which worked for me earlier, I have tried to install new version [with very few modifications] of the same application on the same device. During the process, it shows the message "This application already installed, do you want to overwrite it", I selected "YES". It does all the processes like downloading and installing, but at the end it shows the error message, as follows: 907 Invalid JAR illegal host string: starts with '/' I tried many times, but getting the same error. What might be the problem? This was the only way [i.e. doing some changes and installing the application to test the new changes] remaining for me to test the application, as I didn't succeeded yet to integrate the BlackBerry emulator with the NetBeans. Please help me. Also, Please help me out to integrate the BlackBerry Emulator Java Platform to the NetBeans IDE for easy and fast development. I am using NetBeans IDE 6.8. I have already posted this question in many forums, but not getting the response. I have download both the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulators 5.0.0 and BlackBerry JDE 4.7.0, and installed both. Then I tried to plug the BlackBerry Emulator platform to the Netbeans. For that I followed following steps: 1. In the NetBeans IDE, Right Click on my Java ME Project, and select the Properties 2. In the Category, select the Platform 3. Click on the Manage Emulators... Button shown, which opens the Java Platform Manager window. 4. It shows the Platforms list, which doesn't shows the BlackBerry platform for Java. 5. So Click on the Add Platform... Button provided, which opens the Add Java Platform window, which shows 3 steps, in the first step you have select any one out of the options of platform types. 6. Select Java ME MIDP Platform Emulator 7. After selecting type, it procceds to step 2, opens a file chooser window named as Choose directory to search for platforms, through which you have to browse the directory in which you have installed the BlackBerry JDE. It also provide the Button Find More Java ME Platform Folders... 8. Then locate the directory in which you have installed the BlackBerry JDE. I tried to locate BlackBerry Simulator also. It shows the Red Message There is no platform selected for installation and never reach to the step 3 which will show the detected platform. IE it doesn't detects the platform. So What might be the problem? I hope I have followed the correct steps as mentioned above. Please correct me where I was wrong. If I am missing any step please let me know. I have Windows XP OS installed on my PC. Are my versions okay and compatible which eachother? I have BB 8520 Curve Smartphone. I have developed Java ME midlet using NetBeans. But now I want to modify it so I need integrate BB emulator to NetBeans. I am finding it difficult to plug the BlackBerry Platform the NetBeans. Please help me. I am eagerly waiting for the response. Please ask me any information if you need from me. Thanks and Regards. Hi Cooper, In the same way [side loading]which worked for me earlier, I have tried to install new version [with very few modifications] of the same application on the same device. During the process, it shows the message “This application already installed, do you want to overwrite it”, I selected “YES”. It does all the processes like downloading and installing, but at the end it shows the error message, as follows:

907 Invalid JAR
illegal host string: starts with ‘/’

I tried many times, but getting the same error. What might be the problem? This was the only way [i.e. doing some changes and installing the application to test the new changes] remaining for me to test the application, as I didn’t succeeded yet to integrate the BlackBerry emulator with the NetBeans. Please help me.

Also, Please help me out to integrate the BlackBerry Emulator Java Platform to the NetBeans IDE for easy and fast development. I am using NetBeans IDE 6.8. I have already posted this question in many forums, but not getting the response.

I have download both the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulators 5.0.0 and BlackBerry JDE 4.7.0, and installed both. Then I tried to plug the BlackBerry Emulator platform to the Netbeans. For that I followed following steps:

1. In the NetBeans IDE, Right Click on my Java ME Project, and select the Properties
2. In the Category, select the Platform
3. Click on the Manage Emulators… Button shown, which opens the Java Platform Manager window.
4. It shows the Platforms list, which doesn’t shows the BlackBerry platform for Java.
5. So Click on the Add Platform… Button provided, which opens the Add Java Platform window, which shows 3 steps, in the first step you have select any one out of the options of platform types.
6. Select Java ME MIDP Platform Emulator
7. After selecting type, it procceds to step 2, opens a file chooser window named as Choose directory to search for platforms, through which you have to browse the directory in which you have installed the BlackBerry JDE. It also provide the Button Find More Java ME Platform Folders…
8. Then locate the directory in which you have installed the BlackBerry JDE. I tried to locate BlackBerry Simulator also.

It shows the Red Message There is no platform selected for installation and never reach to the step 3 which will show the detected platform.

IE it doesn’t detects the platform. So What might be the problem? I hope I have followed the correct steps as mentioned above. Please correct me where I was wrong. If I am missing any step please let me know.

I have Windows XP OS installed on my PC. Are my versions okay and compatible which eachother? I have BB 8520 Curve Smartphone. I have developed Java ME midlet using NetBeans. But now I want to modify it so I need integrate BB emulator to NetBeans.

I am finding it difficult to plug the BlackBerry Platform the NetBeans. Please help me. I am eagerly waiting for the response. Please ask me any information if you need from me.

Thanks and Regards.

]]> By: Nikhil http://www.bbgeeks.com/blackberry-guides/blackberry-guide-how-to-install-third-party-applications-onto-your-blackberry-88400/comment-page-1/#comment-20793 Nikhil Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:39:00 +0000 http://www.bbgeeks.com/?p=400#comment-20793 Hi Cooper, I download the JDE 4.7.0, installed it on my PC and open my Java ME project in it. I just wanted to create the .ALX file and .COD file so that I can install them on my BlackBerry 8520. I am not using any RIM package. If I could compile and build the project, JDE will create .COD and .ALX file for me. But I am facing problem in building the project through JDE. In fact all the sample projects are also NOT getting compiled and built. What might be the problem? It will be great if you guide me. Thanks in advance. Regards. Hi Cooper, I download the JDE 4.7.0, installed it on my PC and open my Java ME project in it. I just wanted to create the .ALX file and .COD file so that I can install them on my BlackBerry 8520. I am not using any RIM package. If I could compile and build the project, JDE will create .COD and .ALX file for me. But I am facing problem in building the project through JDE. In fact all the sample projects are also NOT getting compiled and built. What might be the problem? It will be great if you guide me. Thanks in advance. Regards.

]]> By: Nikhil http://www.bbgeeks.com/blackberry-guides/blackberry-guide-how-to-install-third-party-applications-onto-your-blackberry-88400/comment-page-1/#comment-20605 Nikhil Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:31:29 +0000 http://www.bbgeeks.com/?p=400#comment-20605 Thanks a lot Cooper, It worked well for me. As I mentioned above that I have not used any device specific API to achieve device independence, I was knowing that that it will not produce the good look n feel. But I found that application is looking far below the expected look n feel. So I have decided to modify the application as per the device, but of course without using the BB api. So I download the BB 8530 Simulator [hope it will be used for 8520 also]. But it requires the .COD file to simulate. So now I want to create .COD and .ALX files for my project. So Please guide me how can I create these files? Also, it would be very helpful to me if you tell me how can I club BB emulator to my NetBeans, so that development and modifications will be easy, like most of the people do by this way? Best Regards. Thanks again. Thanks a lot Cooper, It worked well for me. As I mentioned above that I have not used any device specific API to achieve device independence, I was knowing that that it will not produce the good look n feel. But I found that application is looking far below the expected look n feel. So I have decided to modify the application as per the device, but of course without using the BB api. So I download the BB 8530 Simulator [hope it will be used for 8520 also]. But it requires the .COD file to simulate. So now I want to create .COD and .ALX files for my project. So Please guide me how can I create these files? Also, it would be very helpful to me if you tell me how can I club BB emulator to my NetBeans, so that development and modifications will be easy, like most of the people do by this way? Best Regards. Thanks again.

]]> By: Nikhil http://www.bbgeeks.com/blackberry-guides/blackberry-guide-how-to-install-third-party-applications-onto-your-blackberry-88400/comment-page-1/#comment-20547 Nikhil Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:43:45 +0000 http://www.bbgeeks.com/?p=400#comment-20547 Thanks Cooper for a very quick response and giving me some direction. I'll get back to you after trying your direction. You said "if they have been programmed correctly" means exactly what? I mean, it is compiling and running as expected on Java Emulator that come up with NetBeans. Second, If I want to UNINSTALL the application again [for installing new version of my application], is it possible? Please also provide me the steps for uninstalling it, so that I can confidently install it. Best Regards. Thanks Cooper for a very quick response and giving me some direction. I’ll get back to you after trying your direction. You said “if they have been programmed correctly” means exactly what? I mean, it is compiling and running as expected on Java Emulator that come up with NetBeans. Second, If I want to UNINSTALL the application again [for installing new version of my application], is it possible? Please also provide me the steps for uninstalling it, so that I can confidently install it. Best Regards.

]]> By: Cooper http://www.bbgeeks.com/blackberry-guides/blackberry-guide-how-to-install-third-party-applications-onto-your-blackberry-88400/comment-page-1/#comment-20340 Cooper Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:25:22 +0000 http://www.bbgeeks.com/?p=400#comment-20340 @Nikhil - Your best bet is to use the side loading method - save the jad/jar files onto your memory card and the navigate to them from within your BlackBerry. When you click on them they should initiate the installation if they have been programmed correctly. @Nikhil – Your best bet is to use the side loading method – save the jad/jar files onto your memory card and the navigate to them from within your BlackBerry. When you click on them they should initiate the installation if they have been programmed correctly.

]]> By: Nikhil http://www.bbgeeks.com/blackberry-guides/blackberry-guide-how-to-install-third-party-applications-onto-your-blackberry-88400/comment-page-1/#comment-20319 Nikhil Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:57:18 +0000 http://www.bbgeeks.com/?p=400#comment-20319 It is most complete and very interesting information. Thanks a lot Cooper. I am very new to mobile development. I have developed my own Java ME application and this is my first application. I developed it on netbeans IDE with MIDP 2.0 and CLDC 1.1. I didn't use any third party API from the vendors like BB, Nokia or Samsung, because I want my application should run on any device. After compiling, it has created JAD and JAR files. How can I install my application on my BlackBerry Device [BlackBerry 8520 Curve smartphone]? It will be helpful for me if you provide me the steps. Best Regards. It is most complete and very interesting information. Thanks a lot Cooper. I am very new to mobile development. I have developed my own Java ME application and this is my first application. I developed it on netbeans IDE with MIDP 2.0 and CLDC 1.1. I didn’t use any third party API from the vendors like BB, Nokia or Samsung, because I want my application should run on any device. After compiling, it has created JAD and JAR files. How can I install my application on my BlackBerry Device [BlackBerry 8520 Curve smartphone]? It will be helpful for me if you provide me the steps. Best Regards.

]]> By: vishwa http://www.bbgeeks.com/blackberry-guides/blackberry-guide-how-to-install-third-party-applications-onto-your-blackberry-88400/comment-page-1/#comment-19349 vishwa Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:48:37 +0000 http://www.bbgeeks.com/?p=400#comment-19349 In my black berry perl the third party j2me application is not working in second time, for first time is working fine ,when i re installing the same application its not working means its not connect to the GPRS... In my black berry perl the third party j2me application is not working in second time, for first time is working fine ,when i re installing the same application its not working means its not connect to the GPRS…

]]> By: billy http://www.bbgeeks.com/blackberry-guides/blackberry-guide-how-to-install-third-party-applications-onto-your-blackberry-88400/comment-page-1/#comment-18791 billy Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:55:52 +0000 http://www.bbgeeks.com/?p=400#comment-18791 How does one download the files from the BB App world? All that site does it send links that lead back to the webpage.... How does one download the files from the BB App world? All that site does it send links that lead back to the webpage….

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