BlackBerry - Exception when sending SMS - networking

Question

The code below should send a text message to a mobile number. It currently fails to work properly.
When the program attempts a message, the following error is reported:
Blocking operation not permitted on event dispatch thread
I created a separate thread to execute the SMS code, but I am still observing the same exception.
What am I doing wrong?
class DummyFirst extends MainScreen {
private Bitmap background;
private VerticalFieldManager _container;
private VerticalFieldManager mainVerticalManager;
private HorizontalFieldManager horizontalFldManager;
private BackGroundThread _thread;
CustomControl buttonControl1;
public DummyFirst() {
super();
LabelField appTitle = new LabelField("Dummy App");
setTitle(appTitle);
background = Bitmap.getBitmapResource("HomeBack.png");
_container = new VerticalFieldManager(Manager.NO_VERTICAL_SCROLL
| Manager.NO_VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR) {
protected void paint(Graphics g) {
// Instead of these next two lines, draw your bitmap
int y = DummyFirst.this.getMainManager()
.getVerticalScroll();
g.clear();
g.drawBitmap(0, 0, background.getWidth(), background
.getHeight(), background, 0, 0);
super.paint(g);
}
protected void sublayout(int maxWidth, int maxHeight) {
int width = background.getWidth();
int height = background.getHeight();
super.sublayout(width, height);
setExtent(width, height);
}
};
mainVerticalManager = new VerticalFieldManager(
Manager.NO_VERTICAL_SCROLL |
Manager.NO_VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR) {
protected void sublayout(int maxWidth, int maxHeight) {
int width = background.getWidth();
int height = background.getHeight();
super.sublayout(width, height);
setExtent(width, height);
}
};
HorizontalFieldManager horizontalFldManager =
new HorizontalFieldManager(Manager.USE_ALL_WIDTH);
buttonControl1 = new CustomControl("Send", ButtonField.CONSUME_CLICK,
83, 15);
horizontalFldManager.add(buttonControl1);
this.setStatus(horizontalFldManager);
FieldListener listner = new FieldListener();
buttonControl1.setChangeListener(listner);
_container.add(mainVerticalManager);
this.add(_container);
}
class FieldListener implements FieldChangeListener {
public void fieldChanged(Field f, int context) {
if (f == buttonControl1) {
_thread = new BackGroundThread();
_thread.start();
}
}
}
private class BackGroundThread extends Thread {
public BackGroundThread() {
/*** initialize parameters in constructor *****/
}
public void run() {
// UiApplication.getUiApplication().invokeLater(new Runnable()
UiApplication.getUiApplication().invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
MessageConnection msgConn =
(MessageConnection) Connector
.open("sms://:0");
Message msg = msgConn
.newMessage(
MessageConnection.TEXT_MESSAGE);
TextMessage txtMsg = (TextMessage) msg;
String msgAdr = "sms://[phone]";
txtMsg.setAddress(msgAdr);
txtMsg.setPayloadText("Test Message");
// here exception is thrown
msgConn.send(txtMsg);
System.out.println("Sending" +
" SMS success !!!");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
}
} // run
});
}
}
public boolean onClose() {
System.out.println("close event called, request to be" +
" in the backgroud....");
UiApplication.getUiApplication().requestBackground();
return true;
}
}

Answer 1

Dec 14, 2009 Stella answered their own question:
I resolved this issue by creating a separate thread and then not using Port etc.
Here it is:
SMSThread smsthread = new SMSThread("Some message",mobNumber);
smsthread.start();
class SMSThread extends Thread {
Thread myThread;
MessageConnection msgConn;
String message;
String mobilenumber;
public SMSThread( String textMsg, String mobileNumber ) {
message = textMsg;
mobilenumber = mobileNumber;
}
public void run() {
try {
msgConn = (MessageConnection) Connector.open("sms://+"+ mobilenumber);
TextMessage text = (TextMessage) msgConn.newMessage(MessageConnection.TEXT_MESSAGE);
text.setPayloadText(message);
msgConn.send(text);
msgConn.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Exception: " + e);
}
}
}