Belle Notification Bar displaying in J2ME

[schumi1331]

Hello

I'm developing some java apps for Symbian ^3, and also for Symbian Belle.
In Belle there's this new notification bar at the top of the display and it is displayed in every native app.

Now I'm using setFullScreenMode(true); to use the full screen, but I'd like to use the full screen without the bar at the top. That means, I don't want to use or display the bottom UI bar with back buttons, etc, as I'm doing this myself because of the lack of supported icons for it.

So is there a way to display the notification bar in Symbian Belle with J2ME apps, but NOT the bottom command bar?

Best Regards,
schumi1331

[im2amit]

You may require to render your notification bar in that case, using custom item or draw it with every repaint on your full canvas.

[schumi1331]

But then it will not work like the native one, which means that you can't use the dropdown-bar then...

Also I think, I'm not able to get battery status with J2ME, for example.

Is there no other solution?

[skalogir]

So is there a way to display the notification bar in Symbian Belle with J2ME apps, but NOT the bottom command bar?

If by bottom command bar, you refer to the On Screen Keypad (OSK), yes you can disable it. Please read this information. Full-screen mode gives you control over the entire screen. The Canvas covers also the area where the status bar resides in full screen mode. Displaying the status bar in full screen mode is currently supported only in Series 40.

Also I think, I'm not able to get battery status with J2ME, for example.

You can actually get the battery charge level and charger status by using the following sample code:

import java.io.IOException;
import javax.microedition.io.Connector;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.Display;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.Form;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.StringItem;
import javax.microedition.midlet.*;
import javax.microedition.sensor.ChannelInfo;
import javax.microedition.sensor.Data;
import javax.microedition.sensor.DataListener;
import javax.microedition.sensor.SensorConnection;
import javax.microedition.sensor.SensorInfo;
import javax.microedition.sensor.SensorManager;

public class SensorBatteryMIDlet extends MIDlet implements DataListener {
    
    private SensorConnection sensor;
    private int dataType;
 
    Form mainForm;
    Display display;

    StringItem intoInfo;
    
    public void startApp() {
        mainForm = new Form("Sensor MIDlet");

        intoInfo = new StringItem("Battery Level", "");
        
        display = Display.getDisplay(this);
        display.setCurrent(mainForm);

        mainForm.append(intoInfo);

        SensorInfo infos[] = SensorManager.findSensors("battery_charge", null);
        if (infos.length > 0) {
            dataType = infos[0].getChannelInfos()[0].getDataType();
            try {
                sensor = (SensorConnection) Connector.open(infos[0].getUrl());
                sensor.setDataListener(this, 1);
            }
            catch (Exception e) {
                //Do something
            }
        }
        else {
            System.out.println("no sensor found");
        }        
    }
    
    public void pauseApp() {
    }
    
    public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional) {
    }

    public void dataReceived(SensorConnection sc, Data[] data, boolean isDataLost) {

        switch (dataType) {
            case ChannelInfo.TYPE_INT:
                int[] xIntValues = data[0].getIntValues();
                int reaX = xIntValues[xIntValues.length - 1];
                intoInfo.setText(reaX + "%");
                break;
            default:
                break;
        }
    }

    public void close() {
        sensor.removeDataListener();
        try {
            sensor.close();
            sensor = null;
        }
        catch (IOException ioe) {
        }
    }
}

Please replace "battery_charge" wtih "charger_state" in the above code to switch between battery charge level (0-100) and charger status (1 = connected to power, 0 = disconnected)

[Tiger79]

That means, I don't want to use or display the bottom UI bar with back buttons, etc, as I'm doing this myself because of the lack of supported icons for it.

maybe adding the Nokia-MIDlet-On-Screen-Keypad parameter to your JAD file ?
have a look here :
http://www.developer.nokia.com/Resou...ttributes.html