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  • pit 1:02 pm on June 25, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , geotagging, , image thumbs, , rest api   

    FliKun: KuneriLite based FlashLite photo uploader for Flickr 

    Today, we’ll see how it’s possible to build a Flickr uploader in FlashLite using KuneriLite, geotagging our photos with the current GPS location.

    You can download the current FliKun version (for FlashLite 3.0) here: FliKun_3rd_edition_unsigned.sis (please read the notes at the end of this article).

    Flikun Screenshots

    So, let’s start from the beginning.

    Flickr API

    To upload photos to Flickr we’ll need to use Flickr API: this way we’ll be able to authenticate the user and upload/geotag photos using its REST services, all from within our application.

    First thing we should do is to setup an API key for our service, going on the request page. Here you have to fill out the application details, with special care to the authentication method we want to use: suitable choices for our needs would be both desktop and mobile application authentications:

    • With the first option the user will be redirected to a Flickr page, from within our application, where he should authenticate and grant necessary permissions to our application.
    • With the second option we can let the user generate a mini-token from a dedicated page, using his desktop browser, and then tell him to insert this mini-token within in our application.

    In both cases, we will get a token that will be used for all future uses of our application, so there would be no more need to authenticate the user after the first time.

    KuneriLite Plugins

    In our application, we will need to access these functionalities:

    • Retrieve photos stored in phone’s gallery
    • Make thumbs to show them in our application
    • Start the GPS and retrieve user’s current location
    • Upload stored photo on Flickr server

    So, we’ll need to use the following KuneriLite plugins:

    • GPS: we’ll use the start command to start GPS, and the read command to read current location
    • File: with dir command we’ll be able to list files in phone’s gallery folders. We’ll use this also to store textual infos, like the user token
    • Upload/Download: with this plugin we’ll upload the photos to Flickr website, using its API, and create the thumbs (with the resize command) to show them within our application

    Get a token

    We’ll use the desktop authentication method, so these are the steps required to authenticate the user, and to get his token:

    • Get a frob, with the Flickr flickr.auth.getFrob method
    • Generate the desktop authentication URL with the given frob
    • Send the user to the generated URL, using the phone browser, where he should authenticate and grand permissions to our application
    • When the user is back to our application, we will finally get his authentication token with the flickr.auth.getToken Flickr method

    All these Flickr API calls need to be signed with an api_sig parameter, that is explained here: Flickr Authentication API page (in the Signing paragraph). To generate it in our FlashLite application, we’ll use the following function:

    function getApiSignature(args:Object)
    {
    	var authSig:Array = new Array();
     
    	for(var key:String in args)
    	{
    		authSig.push(key + args[key]);
    	}
    	authSig = authSig.sort();
     
    	var apiSig:String = this._md5.hash(<API_SECRET> + authSig.join(''));
     
    	return apiSig;
    }

    where <API_SECRET> is the API Secret associated to your API Key (you can see both of them on Flickr API Keys page).

    If all has gone well, we will finally get the user token, that we must store somewhere (for example using SharedObject, or within a local file using KuneriLite file plugin).

    Show phone gallery photos

    Since we’ll use S60 3rd edition phones, we’ll search for photos in these folders: “C:\Data\Images\” and “E:\Images\”. Since on these phones photos will be stored in many subfolders, we’ll search within them, using “/s” argument within KuneriLite dir call. Also, we should avoid listing photo thumbs, that are stored
    in subfolders named “_PAlbTN”, so it’ll be easy to spot out and avoid to get them.

    Once we have the photo paths, we can use the KuneriLite resize command to resize them to our preferred size, and use those thumbs within our application. In doing this, we should care for the following points:

    • It’s not possible to load more than 5 resources at once, so we should generate and load thumbs in a progressive manner, otherwise we will have lost calls (without any feedback or exception) within our application
    • While loading a thumb in a MovieClip, we should take care not to remove the Clip while it’s loading (for example, because the user has navigated to another screen). Doing this we’ll avoid the issue described here.

    Enter photo details and upload it!

    Once the user has selected a photo, we should let him enter photo data (title, description and tags), and then let him choose if he wants to tag with his location the photo itself.

    In this case, we can use the approach described in this other article to retrieve the current GPS location: Displaying gps position in flashlite using google static maps and kunerilite.

    Once we have the GPS location coordinates, we can finally upload the photo to Flickr website with the upload API. Since the upload API itself requires, apart from the file itself, to send the other params within the POST body, we should use some sort of server proxy, since KuneriLite upload command does not allow to post them this way. What we could do is to send the textual parameters within the upload URL, and then let our proxy POST them to Flickr server.

    Get FliKun!

    This first release of FliKun is very (very!) alpha, so try it at your own risk :) jokes apart, there are still many points open (like the horrible graphics!), so expect new versions as soon as I’ve got the time to work more on it!

    Download FliKun_3rd_edition_unsigned.sis (for FlashLite 3.0).

    Currently known issues/bugs are:

    • Sometimes upload fails, especially when using some special characters
    • There is no upload progress bar (but will be added very soon)
    • File upload fails (with error code -4) when photo size is bigger than approx 450 Kb (I’m currently working to solve this)

    For any other bugs you may encounter, please leave comment on this post! Thanks :)

    Finally note that, to use the GPS feature, you’ll need to sign the SIS file with a valid certificate.

     
    • Ugur 4:18 pm on June 27, 2008 Permalink

      Hey Ale, will you publish source code as well?

    • Nishant 7:13 am on June 30, 2008 Permalink

      Hey,

      Are you going to publish the source code sometime please?

      Nishant

    • pit 8:48 am on June 30, 2008 Permalink

      Hi Ugur & Nishant!

      I’ll publish the code as soon as I’m able to clean it up a bit, fix current bugs and remove some code parts that I cannot currently publish (since they’re part of another product).

      Anyway, my current plans are to make really soon another tutorial with main steps and code snippets taken from FliKun, to see how it was easy to build such an application using KuneriLite features.

      Pit

    • Yossi 11:00 pm on September 19, 2008 Permalink

      Hello, I’m not able to install the application on my Nokia N73-1. I have FlashLite3.0 installed on my cellphone.It says:” certificate error:referre to the application supplier” when trying to install the application.In addition,when I tried to sign the application at www. symbiansigned.com I got the following error: “FAILURE: Submitted .sis file uses a UID that is not allocated to the account holder matching this email address (0xaf161915 0xa0002443 0xa0002445 0xa0002449 0xa0002446 0xa000244c 0xa0002636 0xa0002637 )”.

      Thank you, Yossi.

    • Partha S Sadhukhan 5:56 pm on October 12, 2008 Permalink

      We would like to get a slightly customised version of Flicker photo upload software. Kindly send us your contact information for further interactions on this.

    • Symbian Blogger 8:38 pm on May 16, 2009 Permalink

      I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

    • boyama oyunları 9:38 am on June 22, 2009 Permalink

      We would like to get a slightly customised version of Flicker photo upload software. Kindly send us your contact information for further interactions on this.

    • Mirko Meier 8:30 pm on June 25, 2009 Permalink

      Hi,
      have you published the source code for FliKun yet or code snippets?
      I tried to install your sis file on a Nokia 5800 with FlashLite 3.1 but i always get “certificate error:referre to the application supplier”.

      Could you please contact me or send your contact information because I am very much interested in your FliKun solution.

      Thanks in advance.
      Mirko

    • pit 5:11 pm on July 1, 2009 Permalink

      Hi boyama,

      feel free to contact me by email, so we can discuss about the details of your idea. My email is: info [AT] jappit [DOT] com

      Thanks,
      Pit

    • medyum 11:53 am on July 27, 2009 Permalink

      Hello, I’m not able to install the application on my Nokia N73-1. I have FlashLite3.0 installed on my cellphone.It says:” certificate error:referre to the application supplier” when trying to install the application.In addition,when I tried to sign the application at ymbiansigned.com I got the following error: “FAILURE: Submitted .sis file uses a UID that is not allocated to the account holder matching this email address (0xaf161915 0xa0002443 0xa0002445 0xa0002449 0xa0002446 0xa000244c 0xa0002636 0xa0002637 )”.

      Thank you, Medyum

  • pit 1:39 pm on June 23, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , , sliding animations,   

    How to add sliding transitions between Canvas in J2ME 

    Today we’ll see a simple way to add sliding transition between Canvas in a Java ME application. Just take a look at it in the emulator page to see how it performs: Canvas sliding transitions in action!

    j2me canvas sliding transition screenshot

    The source code

    FxBaseCanvas

    First of all, we know that Canvas paint() method is protected, so, to access it from the class we’ll build, we must extend its visibility by extending Canvas class itself. We’ll do it by defining our FxBaseClass in this simple way:

    import javax.microedition.lcdui.Canvas;
    import javax.microedition.lcdui.Graphics;
    import javax.microedition.lcdui.Canvas;
    import javax.microedition.lcdui.Graphics;
     
    public class FxBaseCanvas extends Canvas
    {
    	public void paint(Graphics g)
    	{
    	}
    }

    CanvasSlideFx

    Now, we start building our CanvasSlideFx class, that will extend Canvas itself. We start defining some useful properties:

    // time related properties
    long startTime = 0;
    long duration = 0;
     
    // current state of the transition
    boolean running = false;
     
    // direction of sliding
    int direction = LEFT;
     
    // the previous and next Canvas instances
    FxBaseCanvas fromCanvas = null;
    FxBaseCanvas toCanvas = null;
     
    // the current Display object
    Display display = null;
     
    // properties used to correctly place the 2 Canvas
    int deltaX = 0;
    int deltaY = 0;

    Now, we define our class constructor, that will initialize coordinate properties according to the specified transition direction. The detailed argument list is:

    • The current Display object, that will be used to retrieve the current displayed Canvas, and to set the next one
    • The destination Canvas, that will extend the previously defined FxBaseCanvas class
    • The transition direction (one of Canvas.UP, RIGHT, DOWN or LEFT)
    • The transition duration, in milliseconds
    public CanvasSlideFx(Display display, FxBaseCanvas toCanvas, int direction, long duration)
    {
    	this.display = display;
    	this.fromCanvas = (FxBaseCanvas)display.getCurrent();
    	this.toCanvas = toCanvas;
    	this.direction = direction;
    	this.duration = duration;
     
    	switch(direction)
    	{
    	case UP:
    		deltaY = - getHeight(); break;
    	case RIGHT:
    		deltaX = getWidth(); break;
    	case DOWN:
    		deltaY = getHeight(); break;
    	case LEFT:
    		deltaX = - getWidth(); break;
    	}
    }

    Now, we define a startTransition() method, that will actually start the animation. To implement the animation itself, we let our class implement Runnable.

    void startTransition()
    {
    	this.startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
     
    	running = true;
     
    	new Thread(this).start();
    }

    And here’s the run() method implementation, that we must implement from Runnable interface. As long as the animation is running, we will repaint our animated Canvas, with a given interval of 50 milliseconds (but you can freely change this). When it finishes (so, running is false), we will exit the main loop and set the current Displayable to our toCanvas.

    public void run()
    {
    	try
    	{
    		while(running)
    		{
    			repaint();
     
    			synchronized(this)
    			{
    				wait(50L);
    			}
    		}
    	}
    	catch(Exception e)
    	{
    		e.printStackTrace();
    	}
    	display.setCurrent(toCanvas);
    }

    Finally, we have our paint() method, that will actually paint our transition. It will do this by painting both the source and the destination Canvas, translating them according to the transition direction, and to the elapsed time.

    protected void paint(Graphics g)
    {
    	if(!running)
    		startTransition();
     
    	long diff = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
     
    	if(diff >= duration)
    	{
    		running = false;
     
    		diff = duration;
    	}
     
    	int perc = (int)(100 * diff / duration);
     
    	int dx = deltaX * perc / 100;
    	int dy = deltaY * perc / 100;
     
    	g.translate(dx, dy);
     
    	fromCanvas.paint(g);
     
    	g.translate(- deltaX, - deltaY);
     
    	toCanvas.paint(g);
     
    	g.translate(deltaX - dx, deltaY - dy);
    }

    How to use it?

    Now we’ll see how to integrate the CanvasSlideFx within an existing code that already uses Canvas.
    So, let’s assume that our application currently has, somewhere in its code, these lines:

    MyCanvas firstCanvas = new MyCanvas();
     
    Display.getDisplay(myMidlet).setCurrent(firstCanvas);
    ...
    //and somewhere else
    MyOtherCanvas secondCanvas = new MyOtherCanvas();
     
    Display.getDisplay(myMidlet).setCurrent(secondCanvas);

    where MyCanvas and MyOtherCanvas will likely extend Canvas.

    Now here are the required steps to integrate transitions in our code:

    1. First of all, we must make MyCanvas and MyOtherCanvas extend FxBaseCanvas instead of directly Canvas. So, we’ll have:
      public class MyCanvas extend FxBaseCanvas ...
    2. Then, let’s say we want to animate the transition between firstCanvas and secondCanvas, we will remove the code:
      Display.getDisplay(myMidlet).setCurrent(secondCanvas);

      and replace it with:

      CanvasSlideFx fxCanvas = new CanvasSlideFx(
      	Display.getDisplay(myMidlet),
      	secondCanvas,
      	Canvas.LEFT,
      	500L
      );
       
      Display.getDisplay(myMidlet).setCurrent(fxCanvas);
    3. and we’ve done it! :)

    Resources and download

    You can download the code explained in this article with the following links:

     
  • pit 12:03 pm on June 23, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: custom avatar, , , super contributor   

    I’m a Forum Nokia Super Contributor (with a custom Avatar :)) 

    Just a post with some self celebration :)

    I’ve recently hit the target of 500 posts on Forum Nokia Discussion Boards, and so I’ve acquired the Super Contributor title! Here’s the related post, but the best thing is absolutely the customizable avatar bonus, so here it is:

    Jappit Avatar

    My design skills are not that good, don’t you think? :)

    Meanwhile, also a new Forum Nokia Champion Champion of the Month has been proclamed, so kudos to Pankaj Nathani (already Forum Nokia Champion at the beginning of this year) for his great contributions and participation in Forum Nokia community! Keep up the good work!

     
    • Ugur 10:47 am on June 27, 2008 Permalink

      Congrats Ale!

    • pit 1:16 pm on June 27, 2008 Permalink

      Thanks Ugur! :)

    • Croozeus 5:44 am on June 30, 2008 Permalink

      Hi,

      Thanks !

      Jappit, Forum Nokia had selected me as a FN Champion in the the beginning of the year ! Its Just other title that they give me “Champion of the Month !” :-)

      Best Regards,
      Croozeus

    • Croozeus 5:45 am on June 30, 2008 Permalink

      btw, your avtar is cool !

      Congrats !

    • pit 8:51 am on June 30, 2008 Permalink

      Ooops, sorry for the mistake Croozeus.. I’ll modify the article as soon as possible, adding the double kudos for your great work! :)

      Pit

    • Croozeus 6:25 pm on July 1, 2008 Permalink

      He he :) Thanks !

  • pit 12:40 pm on June 18, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: colors, , fading, , , text,   

    How to create a color fading text in J2ME 

    It’s time for new effects! :)

    Today we’ll see how to implement and and use text that changes multiple colors with a fading effect. You can see it in action here: J2ME text color fade effect in action.

    Color Fading Text screenshot

    So, let’s start defining our ColorFadeText class.

    The code

    We start defining the necessary properties:

    //will hold the colors to fade
    int[] colors = null;
     
    //duration of a single fade
    int fadeDuration = 0;
     
    //effect start time
    long startTime = 0;
     
    //property used to check if effect has started
    public boolean started = false;
     
    //the text to be drawn
    String text = null;

    Now, we define the main constructor, that will accept the following arguments:

    • the text to be drawn
    • an int[] array containing the colors to fade into
    • the duration of a single fade
    public ColorFadeText(String text, int[] colors, int fadeDuration)
    {
    	if(colors.length == 0)
    	{
    		throw new IllegalArgumentException("You must define at least 1 color");
    	}
    	this.text = text;
    	this.colors = colors;
    	this.fadeDuration = fadeDuration;
    }

    The effect start() method will simply set the startTime value to current time and the started property to true

    public void start()
    {
    	startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
     
    	started = true;
    }

    Then, we have the paint() method, that will be used to paint the text on the given Graphics instance:

    public void paint(Graphics g, int x, int y, int anchor)
    {
    	if(started)
    	{
    		long diff = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
     
    		int module = (int)(diff % fadeDuration);
     
    		int colorIndex = (int)(diff / fadeDuration) % colors.length;
     
    		int midColor = midColor(
    			colors[(colorIndex + 1) % colors.length],
    			colors[colorIndex],
    			module,
    			fadeDuration
    		);
     
    		g.setColor(midColor);
    	}
    	else
    	{
    		g.setColor(colors[0]);
    	}
     
    	g.drawString(text, x, y, anchor);
    }

    The following utility method will be the one actually used to get the current text color:

    static int midColor(int color1, int color2, int prop, int max)
    {
    	int red =
    		(((color1 >> 16) & 0xff) * prop +
    		((color2 >> 16) & 0xff) * (max - prop)) / max;
     
    	int green =
    		(((color1 >> 8) & 0xff) * prop +
    		((color2 >> 8) & 0xff) * (max - prop)) / max;
     
    	int blue =
    		(((color1 >> 0) & 0xff) * prop +
    		((color2 >> 0) & 0xff) * (max - prop)) / max;
     
    	int color = red << 16 | green << 8 | blue;
     
    	return color;
    }

    How to use it?

    Using the ColorFadeText object is quite simple, since it’ll be very similar to use a common String. Just follow this plain steps.

    1. Create a ColorFadeText instance

    ColorFadeText text = new ColorFadeText(
    	"I'M A FADING TEXT!",
    	new int[]{0xff0000, 0x00ff00, 0x0000ff, 0xff00ff},
    	1000
    );

    2. Start it…

    text.start();

    3. And then, in your Canvas paint() method, paint it, using the same arguments used by Graphics drawString() method (adding a reference to the Graphics instance of course):

    text.paint(g,
    	getWidth() / 2,
    	2,
    	Graphics.HCENTER | Graphics.TOP
    );

    Just a side note: since it’s an animated effect, you’ll need to repaint it quite frequently, so, for example, you can use a Thread to periodically call Canvas repaint() method.

    Source code download

    You can download source code of ColorFadeText, and of a sample Canvas that makes use of it:

    This article is also available on Forum Nokia Wiki: How to create a color fading text in Java ME.

     
  • pit 12:46 pm on June 13, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: code challenge, contest winners, ,   

    Forum Nokia 2008 Code Example Challenge Winners announced! 

    2008 Code Example Challenge took place on Forum Nokia Wiki, and reached the goal of nearly 300 articles (code examples and applications) submitted by more than 50 developers around the globe.

    2008 Code Example Challenge winners banner

    And finally… here are the Winners!

    Also, special prizes (Nokia 6220 Classic Devices) were given to: Raheal Akhtar, David Caabeiro, Gerald Madlmayr, Felipe Andrade, Olympio Cipriano and… me :) I’m too happy!!

    If you want to take a look at the impressive list of all articles submitted by developers for the whole contest, take a look here: 2008 Code Example Challenge article list.

     
    • Croozeus 6:49 pm on June 13, 2008 Permalink

      Congrats Jappit!

      Your work at the wiki was impressive.

      Best regards,
      Croozeus

    • pit 11:15 pm on June 13, 2008 Permalink

      Thanks Croozeus!

      I’m really happy to know that my articles are useful to developers… this gives me a lot of will to write more :)

      Pit

  • pit 1:46 pm on June 12, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , google static maps, , ,   

    Displaying GPS position in FlashLite using Google Static Maps and KuneriLite 

    Today’s tutorial is about using Google Maps static images, and GPS data, to display maps in a FlashLite application using KuneriLite.

    FlashLite KuneriLite Google Maps application screenshot

    Prerequisites

    Get your own Google Maps API key

    To use Google Maps services, you should have a Google Maps API key. If you do not have one, you can go here:

    http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html

    and signup for your API key.

    Download and install KuneriLite

    KuneriLite is a tookit that extends FlashLite capabilites allowing applications to access native Symbian functionalities, like file writing, or reading GPS data.

    To proceed in this tutorial, you must download and install KuneriLite: KuneriLite download page.

    Create FlashLite application

    Create your FlashLite movie

    In this example, we’ll use FlashLite 2.1, but porting it to other (older or newer) FlashLite versions will be quite straightforward. So, after you’ve created an empty FlashLite movie, follow this simple steps:

    • Create a Button by going to Insert -> New Symbol…
    • enter GpsButton as name
    • check the Export for ActionScript and Export in first frame checkboxes

    GpsButton properties

    • Now, design your Button as you prefer, for example placing a big “Find me!” label on it
    • After you’ve finished designing your Button, place it on movie root, in the lower part of the stage, as in the attached screenshot, and give it startButton as Instance Name

    Place GpsButton on stage

    Enter ActionScript code

    On movie root, create a new layer called Actions, and open its ActionScript editor. We’ll start defining some properties:

    // Enter your api key here
    var apiKey = 'API_KEY';
     
    //If you're using non-commercial version of KuneriLite, you'll not need to change this
    var kuneriPath = 'http://127.0.0.1:1001/Basic/';

    Now, we’ll define some useful functions that we’ll use in our code:

    //We'll call this function when some KuneriLite related errors occur
    function kuneriError(error:String)
    {
    	trace("KuneriLite error: " + error);
    }
     
    //This function will do all calls to KuneriLite servers
    //and call the given handler passing response values as argument
    function kuneriLoad(url, handler)
    {
    	var loader:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
     
    	loader.onLoad = function()
    	{
    		handler(this);
    	}
    	trace("LOADING: " + url);
     
    	loader.load(url);
    }

    Now, let’s code the Button-related logic. When the user presses the startButton we want to:

    • start the GPS
    • retrieve the current GPS position
    • display a map centered in the retrieved GPS position

    To get full infos about about KuneriLite GPS plugin, you can check the related Wiki page: http://wiki.kunerilite.net/index.php?title=GPS_plugin

    We begin starting the GPS on gpsButton press, using the start klCommand:

    startButton.onPress = function()
    {
    	kuneriLoad(kuneriPath + 'GPS?klCommand=start', gpsStarted);
    }
    function gpsStarted(res:LoadVars)
    {
    	if(res.klError == 0 || res.klError == -11)
    	{
    		trace("GPS started");
     
    		kuneriLoad(kuneriPath + 'GPS?klCommand=read', gpsDataRead);
    	}
    	else
    	{
    		kuneriError("Error starting GPS!");
    	}
    }

    The gpsStarted() handler will:

    • check if there is no error (klError = 0) or if GPS is already started (klError = -11). For full errors list associated with GPS plugin, check KuneriLite Wiki page: http://wiki.kunerilite.net/index.php?title=GPS_plugin
    • if there’s an error starting the GPS, call our kuneriError() function defined above
    • if GPS is correctly started, it will make a second call to KuneriLite, this time to retrieve current GPS position (klCommand=read)

    This second call to KuneriLite will call gpsDataRead() handler, defined below:

    function gpsDataRead(res:LoadVars)
    {
    	if(res.klError == 0)
    	{
    		if(res.klPosLatitude != undefined)
    		{
    			var lat = res.klPosLatitude;
    			var lng = res.klPosLongitude;
     
    			trace("POSITION: " + lat + ", " + lng);
     
    			loadMap(lat, lng);
    		}
    		else
    		{
    			kuneriLoad(kuneriPath + 'GPS?klCommand=read', gpsDataRead);
    		}
    	else
    	{
    		kuneriError("Error retrieving GPS position!");
    	}
    }

    This handler, as above, will check if there is any error raised by KuneriLite and, if not, will check if latitude and longitude coordinates are available, by checking response klPosLatitude and klPosLongitude property values. If they’re not available, a new call to read klCommand is done, otherwise the following loadMap() function is called.

    function loadMap(lat:Number, lng:Number)
    {
    	var mapClip:MovieClip = _root.createEmptyMovieClip('mapClip', _root.getNextHighestDepth());
     
    	mapClip._x = 0;
    	mapClip._y = 0;
     
    	var mapWidth = 240;
    	var mapHeight = 280;
     
    	var loader:MovieClipLoader = new MovieClipLoader();
     
    	var mapUrl:String = 'http://maps.google.com/staticmap?center=' +
    		lat + ',' + lng + '&amp;format=jpg&amp;zoom=8&amp;size=' +
    		mapWidth + 'x' + mapHeight + '&amp;key=' + apiKey;
     
    	loader.loadClip(mapUrl, mapClip);
    }

    The above function:

    • attaches a new empty movie clip to movie root
    • places it to coordinates (0,0)
    • use a MovieClipLoader to load a 240×280 map image, in jpeg format, in the empty clip

    Done that, you can actually test your FlashLite movie

    Test your FlashLite application

    Test on PC

    To test your application without deploying on real device, you must follow these simple steps:

    • Start KuneriLite emulator with default settings (port: 1001, key: Basic)
    • Start your FlashLite movie
    • Press Find Me! and wait for your image to be loaded (of course, being an emulator, the GPS position will be not real :))

    For more infos about KuneriLite Emulator, you can go here: KuneriLite Emulator Wiki page

    Test on real device

    To test your app on real device, you must package your SIS application using KuneriLite Wizard, following these steps:

    KuneriLite Emulator screenshot

    • Export your FlashLite movie
    • Create a new KuneriLite project
    • Enter application name and other data, checking GPS from the available plugins
    • Check “Use external player” option if you developed for a development player (2.x or 3.x) and would like to launch the application using one of those players
    • It is also recommended to always check “Use stub” option
    • Select the exported SWF as project Main SWF

    Note: to use GPS you should sign your application, specifying certificate, key and password in KuneriLite Wizard interface. Otherwise, your application will not be able to access GPS functionalities.

    For more infos about KuneriLite Wizard, you can go here: KuneriLite Wizard Beginner’s Guide

    Source code and resources

     
    • Ugur 2:16 pm on June 12, 2008 Permalink

      Great tutorial Alessandro, kudos!

      FYI – couldn’t get the ZIP file, gives 404

      cheers,

      Ugur.-

    • Pit 2:20 pm on June 12, 2008 Permalink

      Thanks Ugur!

      I missed a letter in the ZIP name… now It should work :)

      Pit

    • Pasi Manninen 6:49 am on June 14, 2008 Permalink

      Great Tutorial!

      Br,
      Pasi Manninen.

    • senthil kumar 1:55 pm on June 15, 2008 Permalink

      Hi am trying to get microsoft virtual map into my flash lite. How i can get the virtual map into flash lite?

    • Hudarsono 6:40 pm on July 19, 2008 Permalink

      This tutorial uses Symbian, how about android?

    • java.padawan 11:53 pm on February 10, 2009 Permalink

      I created a simple GPS tutorial using android.

      http://www.androidph.com/2009/02/app-10-beer-radar.html

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