[yahoopitz]

*Figured it out

I am a first time developer and have been reading every tutorial and every javadoc I come accross (as well as all forum posts) on how to add a menu item to a native blackberry application, but I can't get it to work.

In this code, I am trying to add a button, "Text", to the menu when you're viewing an email, which will invoke a new SMS. On the line with the *, it returns this error:

Multiple markers at this line
- Syntax error on token ".", { expected
- Syntax error on token "getInstance", Identifier expected after this token

Here is the code:

import net.rim.blackberry.api.invoke.Invoke;
import net.rim.blackberry.api.invoke.MessageArguments;
import net.rim.blackberry.api.mail.Message;
import net.rim.blackberry.api.menuitem.ApplicationMenuIte m;
import net.rim.blackberry.api.menuitem.ApplicationMenuIte mRepository;
import net.rim.device.api.ui.container.MainScreen;

public class Notes extends MainScreen{

MyMenuItem myMenuitem = new MyMenuItem(0);
* ApplicationMenuItemRepository.getInstance().addMen uItem(
ApplicationMenuItemRepository.MENUITEM_EMAIL_VIEW, myMenuitem);
}

class MyMenuItem extends ApplicationMenuItem{
MyMenuItem(int order){
super(order);
}

public Object run(Object context){
Invoke.invokeApplication(Invoke.APP_TYPE_MESSAGES,
new MessageArguments( MessageArguments.ARG_NEW_SMS));

}

public String toString(){
return "TEXT";
}
}
}


What is wrong with this code? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

[hrbuckley]

If you have "figured it out" then post the answer so anyone searching for a similar problem can find an answer instead of frustration.

[yahoopitz]

Originally Posted by hrbuckley

If you have "figured it out" then post the answer so anyone searching for a similar problem can find an answer instead of frustration.

I added in a "physical app" to contain this code. So, on the homescreen there is my app to open, which then adds the menu.

However, every time I open the app, it adds ANOTHER button in the menu, instead of adding the button when the app is open, and removing it when it is closed. Any ideas?

[hrbuckley]

This is an instance where you will need to create a global singleton and only register the menu item when the singleton is created. Have a read through the following link and get back to me if you still have questions:
Sentenced to Life on a Technicality: BlackBerrry Singletons, Application Context and Threads

[yahoopitz]

Thanks, hrbuckley. What I wound up doing instead was just making the app run on startup and then hiding the Application Icon so that the user would not click it again.

However, i`m not very familiar with RIM`s app policies. Is it alright to do it this way? Essentially, the menu item will not go away unless the app is uninstalled.

[hrbuckley]

That is a bad idea. You will be wasting resources that way. I think you need to educate yourself a little more on the BlackBerry system or you'll end up writing yourself a pile of problems.