[bdowling]

Hi all,

I'm trying to setup OTA install for an app but I'm not quite sure what I need. I've done OTA install for MIDlets before, using a JAD.

For a BB application do I use the ALX file, or do I still need a JAD, or is just the COD enough? If I don't need a JAD what MIME types do the ALX and COD files need?

TIA, Ben

[fbrimm]

Hi Ben,

You can either deploy the JAR/JAD files, or the COD/JAD files. If you are using the MDS, then you can go either route. If you aren't using the MDS, then you'll probably have to go with the COD/JAD files.

One note about the COD file. If your app has multiple COD files, you'll have to unzip the COD file into the individual files.

The web server also needs to set the following MIME types:

For .jad files, text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor
For .cod files, application/vnd.rim.cod

If you're using MDS, the MDS can automatically convert JAR files to COD files. If you want to allow BB users to download JAR files, you can set the following MIME type:

For .jar files, application/java-archive

fbrimm

[jfisher]

alx is just for desktop install, you still install ota with a jad which will reference the cod, the mime types are:

.jad - text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor
.cod - application/vnd.rim.cod

[jfisher]

oops. sorry, mustve been typing at the same time.

[bdowling]

Thanks for getting back to me. Do I change this line in the JAD:

MIDlet-Jar-URL: BBApp.jar

To BBApp.cod then?

TIA, Ben

[jfisher]

the jad should already be referencing the cod - did you develop in the jde? is it a native blackberry app or a midlet?

sorry, not come across that before.

[bdowling]

OK I changed that and and MIDlet-Jar-Size to the COD size but I'm getting a size mismatch error. Is there another property I need to use?

TIA

[bdowling]

Ahh I've got it working thanks to this article: Livelink - Redirection

I needed a RIM-COD-URL: and RIM-COD-Size: attributes!

Thanks

[bdowling]

Ok this is strange. I had it all working perfectly. I've since done a new build and uploaded it to the server with an updated JAD. Now when I try to download it it goes through the process and then says:

907 Invalid COD. Unable to import ZIP file

Any ideas?

[bdowling]

I don't know if this is relevant but the BB seems to be ignoring the RIM-COD-Size attribute now, and reports the size itself (incorrectly).

[bdowling]

It gets even stranger! I thought I'd unzip the .cod - and found two .cods inside - app.cod and app-1.cod (which was only a few bytes. I uploaded the app.cod that was inside app.cod and it all worked fine!

What is going on here? And why didn't it happen the first time I tried the OTA with the previous build? I built the new version using exactly the same ANT script!

[fbrimm]

If your app has grown to multiple cod files, then you have to unzip the cod file and put the individual cod files on your web server. You would think they could deal with unzipping the cod files automatically, but definitely not the case.

You shouldn't have to change the contents of any of the files (assuming you're using the RIM JDE). You simple build the app, unzip the cod file to your web server, and copy the jad file to the web server. That's it.

fbrimm

[bdowling]

Thanks for the reply. If certainly seems the case that it is now in multiple COD files (within the single COD file). Why does it do this? And what is the size limit at which is splits them into multiples?

I'm guessing somewhere around 66666 bytes, which was about the size of my initial build that was contained within a single COD.

[simon.hain]

according to the linked report 64kb of data and 64kb resources.

[bdowling]

Where's the link?

[bdowling]

Also how can I build an ant task to automatically generate the JAD for me?
I'm using a task to to unzip the .COD and modify a .JAD template, but the template obviously doesn't know how many .CODs there will be.

[egalexe]

Two points with which I had to deal on same situation:
907 Invalid COD
Hoppefully I have two browser available on my bb one from cinguler and one using a BES.
I get the error on the cingular side but the other side allows me to download it without problem ... .. .


I had to change add some lines on my httpd.conf:
AddType application/vnd.rim.cod .cod
AddType text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor .jad

I already had:
AddEncoding x-compress Z
AddEncoding x-gzip gz tgz

Hope it can help.

[egalexe]

Hum sorry a little bit quick.
The second part was already on the thread (twice ...)