How to create birthday alarm in Java ME
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You have the same problem like me and you also forgot the birthday of your friends or family members so here is the solution from my side.
First save your friend's name, mobile no. and date of birth in the contact list. after that using pim api we create a function.
void contactlist(){
PIM pim = PIM.getInstance();
ContactList contactList = null;
try {
contactList =
(ContactList)pim.openPIMList(PIM.CONTACT_LIST,PIM.READ_WRITE );
Enumeration en;
en = contactList.items();
Contact contact;
while(en.hasMoreElements())
{
contact = (Contact)en.nextElement();
…
}
catch( PIMException pimEx ){
// no contact list available!
System.out.println("EX - No contact list available.");
}
catch( SecurityException securityEx){
// the application is not allowed to access the list
System.out.println("EX - Access denied.");
}
}
And another function for sending sms.
public void sendSms(){
String message="happy birthday"+name;
boolean result = true;
try {
//sets address to send message
String addr = "sms://"+number;
// opens connection
MessageConnection conn = (MessageConnection) Connector.open(addr);
// prepares text message
TextMessage msg =
(TextMessage)conn.newMessage(MessageConnection.TEXT_MESSAGE);
//set text
msg.setPayloadText(message);
// send message
conn.send(msg);
conn.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
result = false;
}
return result;
}
}
And for launching midlet everyday we use alarm.
import javax.microedtion.io.PushRegistry;
...
String connURL = "sms://";
String MIDletStr = "name_of_the_midlet";
String FilterStr = "*";
try {
PushRegistry.registerConnection(connURL,
MIDletStr, FilterStr);
} catch ( ClassNotFoundException cnf ) {
...
} catch ( IOException ioe ) {
...
}
...
import javax.microedtion.io.PushRegistry;
...
long prevalarm;
String MIDletname = "AlarmMIDlet";
Date nexttime = new java.util.Date() + 60000*60*24;
prevalarm = PushRegistry.registerAlarm( MIDletname, nexttime );
...
Create a midlet that will run with the help of alarm. In this midlet compare the current date and month with the pim item list If there is a compare, assign friends name to the name variable. and call the sendsms() method that will send this message to the selected friend's mobile no and also display an alert to notify that one message is send to the xyz friend for his birthday.
do you want to create a custom item like a list with marquee list items or a filtered list. just read this article Custom List item with marquee effect http://www.vimviv.com/Custom-List-item-with-marquee-effect-part-1.html
13 Sep
2009
This is a nice project or we can say it is a nice midlet.It will help a person who forgets his/her relative or closest friends birthday and after that he/she has to sorry for forgetting birthdays.This project has three functions and a great use of PIM(Personal Information Management)
API.It will notify(alarm) the birthday as well as send a wishing sms to a birthday boy/girl. so if a persons phone is in silent form then don't to worry sms will have gone and it will be saved to your outbox.
07 Sep
2009
The author of this article has created the code for a birhtday alarm in an innocent and plain way. First, The code to save the contact name, number and birth-date is given and then sending an whishing SMS to the birthday person on his borthday. And then the code for the alarm is given. The manner in which coding of the program given is very simple. And a new commer can easily understand it.
The article can be profitable to a beginner.
Hi I'm quite new to the JavaMe world.This project is really nice but I would like to know if there is a code source for this project. Thank you