LWUIT 1.1 for Java ME Developers Table Of Contents

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Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to LWUIT
Chapter 2: Components
Chapter 3: The Container Family
Chapter 4: The Label Family
Chapter 5: List and ComboBox
Chapter 6: TextArea and TextField
Chapter 7: Arranging Widgets with Layout Managers
Chapter 8: Creating a Custom Component
Chapter 9: Resources Class, Resource File and LWUIT Designer
Chapter 10: Using Themes
Chapter 11: Adding Animations and Transitions
Chapter 12: Painters
Chapter 13: Effects and Logging—Useful Utilities
Index

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction to LWUIT
  • Why we need the LWUIT
  • LWUIT overview
  • Widgets
    • Container and Form
    • The TabbedPane
    • Calendar
    • Dialog
    • Label and Button
    • TextArea and TextField
    • List
    • ComboBox
  • The underlying support elements
    • Resource
    • Layout managers
    • Style
    • Painter
    • UIManager
    • LookAndFeel
  • Functionalities
    • Animations and transitions
    • Themes
    • Logging
  • The Basic architecture
  • LWUITImplementation—the foundation of LWUIT
  • The Display class
  • Summary

• Chapter 2: Components
  • The LWUIT bundle
  • Getting equipped
  • Hello LWUIT!
    • Creating the project
    • The code
  • Deploying an application
  • The Component class
    • Methods to handle size and location
    • Methods for event handling
    • Methods for rendering
      • The painting process
    • Miscellaneous methods
    • Animation support for components
    • Handling Style
  • The Graphics class
  • Summary

• Chapter 3: The Container Family
  • The Container
    • Creating a Container
    • The methods of the Container class
  • The form
    • Creating a form
    • Handling commands
    • The Command class
      • Creating a command
      • Methods of Command class
      • Installing a command
    • Managing the form's appearance
      • Setting the TitleBar's looks
    • The Font class
      • Creating a Font
      • The methods of the Font class
    • Installing a new font
      • Setting the MenuBar's looks
      • Setting the Form's Looks
  • The Dialog
    • Creating a Dialog
    • The methods of the Dialog class
    • Displaying a dialog
  • The Calendar
    • Creating a Calendar
    • Methods of Calendar class
    • Using a Calendar
  • The TabbedPane
    • Creating a TabbedPane
    • Methods of TabbedPane class
    • A TabbedPane in action
  • Style for the future
  • Summary

• Chapter 4: The Label Family
  • The Border class
  • The Label
    • The LabelDemo example
    • Creating a Label
    • Methods of the Label class
    • The LabelDemo application
  • The Button class
    • Creating a Button
    • The methods of Button class
    • The DemoButton example
  • The CheckBox
    • Creating a CheckBox
    • Methods of the CheckBox class
    • The "Languages Known" example
  • The RadioButton and ButtonGroup
    • The ButtonGroup class
    • Creating a RadioButton
    • Methods of the RadioButton class
    • The "Reservation" Example
  • Summary

• Chapter 5: List and ComboBox
  • The list
    • Creating a List
    • The methods of the List class
    • Setting up a basic list
    • A list with custom rendering
    • The ToDoList
  • The ComboBox
    • Creating a ComboBox
    • The methods of the ComboBox class
    • A combo box with the default renderer
    • A combo box with a custom renderer
  • Summary

• Chapter 6: TextArea and TextField
  • The TextArea
    • Creating a TextArea
    • The methods of the TextArea class
    • Putting TextArea class through its paces
  • The TextField class
    • Creating a TextField
    • The methods of the TextField class
    • Checking out TextField
  • Summary

• Chapter 7: Arranging Widgets with Layout Managers
  • Layout class
  • The LayoutStyle class
  • BorderLayout
  • BoxLayout
  • CoordinateLayout
  • FlowLayout
  • GridLayout
  • GroupLayout
    • GroupLayout.Group
    • GroupLayout.ParallelGroup
    • GroupLayout.SequentialGroup
  • Summary

• Chapter 8: Creating a Custom Component
  • The making of a component
    • The TimeViewer class
    • The TimeTeller class
      • The Real time mode
      • The ElapsedTime mode
    • The TimeTellerMIDlet
  • Enhancements
  • Summary

• Chapter 9: Resources Class, Resource File and LWUIT Designer
  • The LWUIT Designer
    • Creating a resource file
      • Adding an image
      • Adding an animation
      • Adding a font
      • Adding a localization resource
      • Adding a Theme
    • Saving a resource file
  • The Resources class
  • The SampleResource demo
    • The manual approach
    • The automatic approach
  • Summary

• Chapter 10: Using Themes
  • Working with theme files
    • Viewing a theme file
    • Editing a theme file
    • Populating a theme
  • Theming custom components
  • Manual styling versus theming
  • Theming on the fly
  • New version of the LWUIT Designer
  • Summary

• Chapter 11: Adding Animations and Transitions
  • Animations
    • The Hello MIDlet
  • Transition
    • The Transition class
      • CommonTransitions
      • Transition3D
    • Using transitions
      • The DemoTransition application
    • Transition for components
  • Authoring transitions
    • The BlindsTransition class
    • The StepMotion class
    • The MIDlet
  • Summary

• Chapter 12: Painters
  • The Painter interface
  • The DemoPainter application
  • Drawing a multi-layered background
    • The PainterChain class
    • The DemoPainterChain application
  • Using a glass pane
    • The DemoGlassPane application
    • A GlassPane with multiple layers
  • Summary

• Chapter 13: Effects and Logging—Useful Utilities
  • Using Effects
    • The Effects class
    • The DemoEffects application
  • Logging with LWUIT
    • The Log class
    • The DemoLogger application
  • Customizing Log
    • The DemoMyLog MIDlet
  • Summary

• Index

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