Re: Using SVG in J2ME

Hi,

If you're just starting with Jva ME I'd definitely recommend sticking with the standard widget set and UI model (javax.lcdui).

However, SVG is quickly becoming an interesting alternative for creating cool looking UIs and graphics on mobile devices. JSR 226 is becoming available on many new devices and it is a key component of MSA (JSR 248).

You're right that the current version of SVG Tiny and therefore JSR 226 don't support certain widgets like TextField out of the box. You will need to add code to your application to  add this functionality to an SVG element.

The good news is that we are working on making some of the basic widgets available in open source. I have no date when these will be ready but it will happen fairly soon.

In the meantime, if you want to get a feel for SVG I recommend you check out the SVGDemo and SVGContactList code in our ME Application Developers project:

https://meapplicationdevelopers.dev.java.net/demo_box.html

For a general introduction in SVG and JSR 226 see:

https://meapplicationdevelopers.dev.java.net/phoneme_ui_labs.html

Hope this helps,

-- Terrence

Terrence Barr
Evangelist, Java Mobile & Embedded Community
Sun Microsystems, Germany
www.mobileandembedded.org
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