MicroGraphs for J2ME(CLDC/MIDP)
microGraphs is an API used to render the graphical display of data on any
wireless handheld device. The prime requirements for this API are the J2ME
platform with MIDP. Please read the other sections of microGraphs -
architecture, examples, renderings, online documentation.
Get a feel of it
run example (click on "open" if you are prompted with a save/open dialog)
You must have J2ME installed in your desktop computer to run the above example.
After clicking the link if you are prompted with the question "Would you like to
open the file or save it to your compter ?", your answer should be "open". And
you should see the emulator windowing showing up and running the example.
(Emulators for some devices are distributed along with the J2ME )
Who needs this software ?
- This software is an API and hence other developers will need this one.
- The main aim of these developers should be to create graphs/charts for the handheld devices which can connect to the internet
- The graphical display could be the stock prices of any company or other financial parameters against time to be displayed in the form of LineGraphs or Histograms
- Even the whether parameters like Temperature/Humidity can be plotted
- Or for that matter just about any thing that a user needs to plot, the above mentioned are the two most used applications
Requirements
The developement machine should be installed with
- j2skd1.4.0 or jdk1.3.0 (get it from http://java.sun.com )
- j2mewtk (get if from http://java.sun.com )
- Emulators for the popular handheld wireless devices are distributed along with j2mewtk. However, in most cases you can get them separately from their home sites too.
- The wireless device that you want to run the application should be installed with the runtime environment for the J2ME MIDP
Developer Resources/Requirements
- As a developer using microGraphs API it is better if you have the knowledge of the following
- What is MIDP ?
- What is a MIDlet ?
- How to code a MIDlet ?
- How to use third party API libraries while coding a MIDlet ?
- How to package and distribute a MIDlet in jad files?
- Please look into the following links and the FAQs there in for more information
- Feel free to reuse/customize the example code distributed with the download of microGraphs
- For more information mail us at
info@makelogic.com
