send sms j2me appear promt message

Question

When I am sending sms via j2me application, before message sent it appears question for can I use internet to sent message. Is it possible to exit this question to not appear?

Answer 1

J2ME by the platform design have the drawbacks in which users of the applications are asked to select yes or no for any attempt to use any of the secure API's. Some devices gives this alerts in such a way which will make the end user to think if he should go ahead or stop it there. By digitally signing the application, one can reduce the alerts to levels depending on the device KVM implementation and the number of secure APIs in use.

In some device having Symbian OS Feature Pack 1, the prompts continue even if the code is signed. This behavior of J2ME makes the applications less developer friendly and less user friendly. I think this is a wrong strategy and model adopted by SUN. There is some thing called Verified by Java in which you can get your application signed using a certificate which will make the application work seamlessly and without prompts in the end user device but unfortunately the process of getting that certification is expensive and not practical. The only advantage of J2ME platform is that it allows less chances of virus or malware code to be executed on the end user device. I think the trade off between security and ease of user use is not worked well and that is the reason we don't see very good apps in J2ME.

In contrast, Android for example, lets the user see all the permissions prior to installation of the app and the user is not bothered at run time when those secure API are used. That is the reason we see millions of apps there and not in J2ME. We can always say this approach had led to many malware types of applications in the end android user device but that is how it goes, people need to have smooth apps running and are happy with them.