splash screen for J2ME

[wrappingduke]

Hello,

Attempting to create splash screen for Pocket Pc. I'm using JSR-62. I've been able to use this splash screen on J2SE using JDK 1.3. However, in the pocket pc emulator the frame of the splash screen is displayed but the window w/ the image is not shown until the splash screen is being disposed. That is, So, the frame is shown and then image flashes and go away as the frame is being disposed.

The Splash screen is a frame that contains a window and the window has the image. Here's the code I'm using:

import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.net.URL;

public final class SplashScreen extends Frame {

private final String fImageId;
private MediaTracker fMediaTracker;
private Image fImage;

public SplashScreen(String aImageId) {
/* Implementation Note
* Args.checkForContent is not called here, in an attempt to minimize
* class loading.
*/
if ( aImageId == null || aImageId.trim().length() == 0 ){
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Image Id does not have content.");
}
fImageId = aImageId;
}

public void splash(){
initImageAndTracker();
setSize(fImage.getWidth(null), fImage.getHeight(null));
center();

fMediaTracker.addImage(fImage, 0);
try {
fMediaTracker.waitForID(0);
}
catch(InterruptedException ie){
System.out.println("Cannot track image load.");
}

SplashWindow splashWindow = new SplashWindow(this,fImage);
}

private void initImageAndTracker(){
fMediaTracker = new MediaTracker(this);
URL imageURL = SplashScreen.class.getResource(fImageId);
fImage = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(imageURL);
}

private void center(){
Dimension screen = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
Rectangle frame = getBounds();
setLocation((screen.width - frame.width)/2, (screen.height - frame.height)/2);
}

private class SplashWindow extends Window {
private Image fImage;

SplashWindow(Frame aParent, Image aImage) {
super(aParent);
fImage = aImage;
setSize(fImage.getWidth(null), fImage.getHeight(null));
Dimension screen = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
Rectangle window = getBounds();
setLocation((screen.width - window.width) / 2, (screen.height - window.height) / 2);
setVisible(true);
}
public void paint(Graphics graphics) {
if (fImage != null) {
graphics.drawImage(fImage,0,0,this);
}
}
}

/**
* Developer test harness shows the splash screen for a fixed length of
* time, without launching the full application.
*/
private static void main(String[] args){
SplashScreen splashScreen = new SplashScreen("images/StocksMonitor.gif");
splashScreen.splash();
try {
Thread.sleep(2000);
}
catch(InterruptedException ex) {
System.out.println(ex);
}
splashScreen.dispose();
}
}

//Here is an example of a class which launches an application using the above SplashScreen
public static void main(String args[]) {
fSplashScreen = new SplashScreen("images/MyImage.gif");
fSplashScreen.splash();

try
{
Thread.sleep(2000);
}
catch(.....){ }

java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
fSplashScreen.dispose()
}
});




any help is appreciated

[muki_champs]

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[wrappingduke]

no, i haven't got around to finding a solution to this problem.

any help is appreciated.

[Danny]

Does the app throw any exception? Or is it just a delayed display?

[wrappingduke]

Hi Danny,

I rec'v the following error:

!!!!! ******* Severe ERROR. No memory virtMemory= 2086391808, phisMemory=35618816 width=-1, height=21
!!!!! ******* Severe ERROR. No memory virtMemory= 2086391808, phisMemory=35618816 width=-1, height=21
!!!!! ******* Severe ERROR. No memory width=-1, height=21