J2ME UI on Samsung Bada platform

Question

When a J2ME application runs on Samsung phone with Samsung Bada an OS that supports TouchWhiz (GT-S5320, in my case),a virtual keypad is shown on the screen by default and always! This virtual keypad consists of the following keys - LEFT,RIGHT,UP,DOWN,FIRE and SOFT1, SOFT2.

Is there anyway I can control when this keypad is displayed and when it isn't. I understand that this would be a platform specific solution. But does it exist? Thanks, -- Kiran Kuppa

EDIT: I must also note that Google Maps, ( seems to be a J2ME app) does not show this keypad. I am sure there must be a way to supress it.

EDIT2: Thanks for the correction. I am attaching a picture to illustrate.

Answer 1

You should be able to use:

MIDlet-Touch-Support: True

in the jad/manifest to remove the on-screen pad.

Just for more information, if your handset supports rotation with an accelerometer this too can be controlled with a jad parameter:

MIDlet-ScreenMode: Rotate //to allow rotation MIDlet-ScreenMode: Portrait //to force to portrait MIDlet-ScreenMode: Landscape //to force to landscape

Good Luck!

Answer 2

The virtual keyboard appears for j2me application if it not uses TouchUI functionality

Answer 3

on bada 1.2 (not on bada 1.0 and not on bada 2.0, grr) there was an option in the "games and more" (=java) menu, where you could manually enable or disable the 1) keypad and 2) the way the app is shown, stretched to display (but 240x320) or not-stretched(and full 480x800).