Java Development

[petritis]

Is there some way I can map an address that is not in the Address Book?

All the methods I can find to Invoke the map application either take latitude and longitude or they take a Contacts object from the Address book.

I just have an address that I would like it to display for me.

I guess I can use google maps instead, but would rather not have to.

Thanks 

[MSohm · Accepted solution]

You could create a contact object with your address and pass it to BlackBerry Maps.  The contact does not need to be stored in the Address Book.

[petritis]

Here is some code showing how to display an address:

    void showMap() {
        Contact contact = MapShow.getContactFor();
        Invoke.invokeApplication(Invoke.APP_TYPE_MAPS, new MapsArguments(contact, 0));
    }

    static Contact getContactFor()
    {
        try {
            ContactList contactList = (ContactList)PIM.getInstance().openPIMList(PIM.CONTACT_LIST, PIM.WRITE_ONLY);
            Contact contact = contactList.createContact();
           
            String[] name = new String[5];
            try {
                name[Contact.NAME_OTHER] = "Disney World";
            } catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
                return null;
            }
           
            if (contactList.isSupportedField(Contact.NAME)) {
                contact.addStringArray(Contact.NAME, Contact.ATTR_NONE, name);
            }
           
            String[] address = new String[7];
            try {
                address[Contact.ADDR_COUNTRY] = "United States";
                address[Contact.ADDR_LOCALITY] = "Lake Buena Vista";
                address[Contact.ADDR_POSTALCODE] = "32830";
                address[Contact.ADDR_REGION] = "Florida";
                address[Contact.ADDR_STREET] = "1675 N Buena Vista Dr";
            } catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
                return null;
            }
           
            if (contactList.isSupportedField(Contact.ADDR)) {
                contact.addStringArray(Contact.ADDR, Contact.ATTR_NONE, address);
            }
           
            return contact;
        } catch(PIMException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }

[petritis]

Dang it didn't work with that name, instead you need more parts of a name, this worked:

                name[Contact.NAME_OTHER] = "Disney World";
                name[Contact.NAME_PREFIX] = "Mr.";
                name[Contact.NAME_FAMILY] = "Shepard";
                name[Contact.NAME_GIVEN] = "Solx";