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Mobile Application Framework (MAF) and Mobile Cloud Service (MCS)

In this article, Namit Kakkar demonstrates how Oracle Mobile Application Framework consumes JSON REST services using Oracle Mobile Cloud Service (MCS). He uses...

In this article, Namit Kakkar demonstrates how Oracle Mobile Application Framework consumes JSON REST services using Oracle Mobile Cloud Service (MCS). He uses the manufacturer REST services deployed on one of the Oracle JCS instances that returns a list of Mobile Manufacturers. Then, he presents the configuration of REST services in MCS and consumption in a MAF application. He also explains security implementation at the MCS and MAF layers. Read the full article

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Java Save Lives at Mobile World Congress

Mobile World Congress used to just be about mobile phones and the industry around mobile networks. Now "mobile" has redefined itself and is about sensors...

Mobile World Congress used to just be about mobile phones and the industry around mobile networks. Now "mobile" has redefined itself and is about sensors everywhere: cars, scooters, buildings, people, etc. The M2M (or "Internet of Everything") revolution is here, with mobile phones as just one of the many components that create an intelligent, connected world. As the mobile industry moves its focus from voice to data, developers now have the entire world as a potential for...

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Java in Action at Mobile World Congress

Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona will be a gathering of over 70,000 people to discuss the state of mobile communications. As the MWC brochure says,...

Mobile World Congress next week in Barcelona will be a gathering of over 70,000 people to discuss the state of mobile communications. As the MWC brochure says, "The mobile ecosystem is expanding at lightning speed, with endless innovation and new applications of mobile technology." And Java is right in the mobile mix. How about using your phone to start a coffeemaker with Java? Come to WIPJam @ MWC 2013, an event for mobile developers, and see how Oracle and Deutsche Telekom...

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Updating Java ME Applications

A new article up on otn/java, by Java ME expert Vikram Goyal, titled “Updating Java ME Applications,” demonstrates how easy it is to update the text, images,...

A new article up on otn/java, by Java ME expert Vikram Goyal, titled “Updating Java ME Applications,” demonstrates how easy it is to update the text, images, and source code for Java ME applications. Goyal explains that updating a Java ME application includes updating static data, such as text and images, as well as code components of the application. In the article, he develops a sample app that illustrates how to update an application. As Goyal explains, “The article starts...

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Working with the XML Parser API — JSR 172

Vikram Goyal’s article, “Working with the XML Parser API — JSR 172,” now up on otn/java, covers the basics of the XML Parsing API via a concrete example that...

Vikram Goyal’s article, “Working with the XML Parser API — JSR 172,” now up on otn/java, covers the basics of the XML Parsing API via a concrete example that uses SAX (Simple API for XML), a parsing method which is now preferred to the alternative method, and DOM (Document Object Model), which has a heavy memory footprint that led the XML Parser API to disallow its use in XML processing. “The XML Parser API,” explains Goyal, “defines the use of the SAX parser for parsing XML...

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A Fresh Look at Embedded with Greg Bollella, Chief Architect, Embedded Java

In a new interview on OTN, Greg Bollella explores the rich potential of Java in the embedded space. He defines the embedded space as, “any device that includes...

In a new interview on OTN, Greg Bollella explores the rich potential of Java in the embedded space. He defines the embedded space as, “any device that includes a general-purpose processor and OS, plus a software execution environment, but which would not be identified as a computer by a layperson.” He points out that, increasingly, with cars, stereos, printers, cameras, TVs and DVDs, traffic signals controllers, planes, washing machines, refrigerators, and much more, it’s the...

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Free Java Workshops at Mobile World Congress

Are you attending Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week? If so, you might want to register for Oracle's free workshop series taking place in the App...

Are you attending Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week? If so, you might want to register for Oracle's free workshop series taking place in the App Planet. We will be hosting a series of 25 workshops in our booth covering a range of topics that include: Benefits of Deploying Phones with Oracle Java Wireless Client Oracle's Embedded Java solutions for Machine-to-Machine applications Building better User Interfaces with the Lightweight User Interface Toolkit Resources...

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Java ME enables Facebook to run on billions of phones

Facebook has just announced the immediate availability of a Java ME version of their popular social networking site. The social networking giant has been...

Facebook has just announced the immediate availability of a Java ME version of their popular social networking site. The social networking giant has been working in collaboration with Snaptu to enable the delivery of their network to the billions of consumers around the world that carry feature-phones. According to Facebook's announcement, the application "works on more than 2,500 devices from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, LG and other manufacturers." The announcement goes on to list...

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New Trusted Status awarded to first Mobile Java Developer

Java Verified has just announced that GameLoft is the first developer to receive its new Trusted Status! Java Verified is an industry-recognized Java testing...

Java Verified has just announced that GameLoft is the first developer to receive its new Trusted Status! Java Verified is an industry-recognized Java testing and signing program backed and funded by companies such as AT&T, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Oracle, Orange, Samsung and Vodafone, and chartered with making it easier for mobile developers to certify and deploy applications for use across the billions of mobile handsets that run the Java ME. Because of its breadth and...