Java Development

[ibarrera]

I think we can't use that class... do you know how to format numbers to a certain number of decimal places?

[tbilisoft]

Check net.rim.device.api.i18n.MessageFormat class

It is compatible with J2SE MessageFormat class:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/api/java/text/MessageFormat.html

[ibarrera]

Thanks for your answer. I'm trying to format a Double and get 5 decimal precision, but it doesn't seem to work, i don't get anything... i'm doing this... 

    MessageFormat mf = new MessageFormat("{#.#####}");
    Object[] objLa = {new Double(latitud)};
    String latitudF = mf.format(objLa);

Any ideas?

[tbilisoft]

Check this link for custom formatting methods:

http://www.horstmann.com/corejava/Format.java

[lucidbee]

The link you ref (horstmann...) is for non-commercial use only.

I need this functionality for a commercial app. 

Any links, tips, pointers? 

thanks!

lucidbee

[edeandrea]

It seems that the MessageFormat class does not yet support numbers...See this post:

http://supportforums.blackberry.com/t5/Java-Development/Formatting-a-floating-point-number/m-p/31590...

[swiebertje]

It's really crappy RIM does not support these standard Java libraries, this makes development often very frustrating. When i look at the Android libraries for example it's just there.

[chengbang69]

hi ibarrera, what did you do to achieve Decimal formatting?