Motorola maxx V6 manual Flip-Open, Flip-Closed Event Handling, Draft Subject to Change 191/201

Java ME Developer Guide

Chapter 30 - Motorola Secondary Display API

∙The secondary display API must not support any input elements like Choice, Item, Text-Field etc.

∙Secondary display API must support setting Ticker on secondary display.

∙The Secondary Display API must support key event processing. Key mappings will be supported for Voice and Camera/Smart keys. Extra keys shall be supported depending on device requirements.

∙Only one display, either primary or secondary shall be having focus at a given time. Primary display shall be active when flip is open and secondary display shall be active when flip is closed. Events including key events shall be delivered to the current active display only.

∙The secondary canvas must support full screen and normal modes. In full screen mode, the whole secondary display area will be available for the MIDlet. In normal mode, the status area won’t be available for display.

∙The secondary display API must support all Graphics class functionality.

∙Providing some game canvas functionality to the secondary display is not required first implementation, but will be taken up for future releases.

∙Multimedia resources must be available for MIDlets running on secondary display playing audio media and decoding images when the flip is closed.

∙Secondary Display API must support Flip open, Flip close event processing.

30.2Flip-Open, Flip-Closed Event Handling

A running MIDlet can continue to run on the secondary display when the flip is closed.

A MIDlet running on secondary display can switch to primary display if the flip is opened.

The MIDlet shall receive flip open, flip close events and can take appropriate action based on these events.

DRAFT - Subject to Change [191/201]