Preparing to distribute 

BlackBerry

 

Java

 Applications 

To send a 

BlackBerry Java Application

 to 

BlackBerry

 OS (version 5.0 to 7.1) devices, the application developer must create a .zip file that contains the necessary application files and an .alx file that contains information about the app. If a directory structure is described in the .alx file, that directory structure must be represented in the .zip file.

Before you distribute 

BlackBerry

 

Java

 Applications, you must specify a shared network folder for 

BlackBerry

 

Java

 Applications using the management console. For more information, refer to Specify the shared network location for storing internal apps. 

After you add an app to the shared network folder, you can add the app to a software configuration, specify whether the app is required, optional, or not permitted on 

BlackBerry

 OS devices, and assign an application control policy to the app to control the access permissions for the app. You assign software configurations to user accounts to install or upgrade 

BlackBerry

 

Java

 Applications on 

BlackBerry

 devices, or to remove 

BlackBerry

 

Java

 Applications from 

BlackBerry

 OS devices.