Android and BlackBerry setup considerations

There are UltraLiteJ API considerations to make before developing applications for Android or BlackBerry smartphones.

JAR resource files

When setting up an application for the UltraLiteJ API, make sure that your project is correctly configured to use the appropriate UltraLiteJ16.jar or UltraLiteJNI16.jar file.

The UltraLiteJ API for Android is stored in the UltraLite\UltraLiteJ\Android\UltraLiteJNI16.jar file of your SQL Anywhere installation. You must configure your Android development project to include the UltraLiteJNI16.jar file in the classpath. For more information, see Tutorial: Building an Android application.

For Android development, use the following statement to import the UltraLiteJ package into your Java file:

import com.ianywhere.ultralitejni16.*;

The UltraLiteJ API for BlackBerry and Java SE can be found in the UltraLite\UltraLiteJ\ directory of your SQL Anywhere installation. There is a subdirectory and UltraLiteJ16.jar file for each target platform. You must configure your BlackBerry development project to include the UltraLiteJ16.jar file in the classpath. For more information, see Tutorial: Building a BlackBerry application.

For BlackBerry development, use the following statement to import the UltraLiteJ package into your Java file:

import com.ianywhere.ultralitej16.*;

All coding samples and tutorials contained in this document assume that the above statement is specified and that you are familiar with developing Java applications in Eclipse.

Java SE applications

UltraLite and UltraLite Java edition databases

On Android smartphones, UltraLiteJ provides an interface to the same UltraLite database management system that is provided for Windows Mobile, iPhone, and Windows. On BlackBerry smartphones, UltraLiteJ provides an interface to the UltraLite Java edition database management system. UltraLite Java edition has similar features to UltraLite, but they are not identical. UltraLite Java edition databases are not interchangeable with UltraLite databases.

Android smartphones only support UltraLite databases. They can be created using Sybase Central or UltraLite command line utilities. For more information about creating an UltraLite database, see UltraLite database creation approaches.

BlackBerry smartphones only support UltraLite Java edition databases. For more information about creating or using an UltraLite Java edition database, see UltraLite and UltraLite Java edition database creation and connection approaches.