JIL Widget SDK Version 1.0 Overview

Welcome to Joint Innovation Lab (JIL)
The JIL SDK enables you to create application widgets for the JIL enabled mobile handsets. These
application widgets or simply widgets allow you to create an application that is loaded onto the
handset. JIL Widgets are portable to run on any JIL enabled handset. You are no longer
constrained to one handset manufacture or one operating system.
A JIL Widget is a composition of HTML, JavaScript and CSS combined as a package that is
installed on the handset. The widget package is self contained. It includes all the support files that
is needed by the widget. With this approach, the widget can become a complete standalone
application that does not require any external resources. Any access issue in running a widget can
be avoided.
The HTML is based on standard HTML 4.0. It supports a rich set of JavaScript with JIL extensions.
These extensions support integration with the handset device in the form of Email, SMS, PIM and
Device information. It supports a rich set of robust Network Resource API's. It provides widget
application access of device and network resources. With these capabilities, a widget can provide
access to internet based data, information, and services. A widget can also provide access to
existing enterprise applications.
JIL Widgets allow you to develop applications that can be used on various handsets. These
applications allow you to provide a simple and fast interface that resides on the handset. They are
easy create and can provide powerful capabilities. It is much more then a simple browser can
provide. These applications have access to the handset resources such as the Contacts, Email and
SMS system as well as other functions in the JIL Widget API.
Platform requirements
• Operating Systems
• Windows XP or Vista
• Development Environments
• Eclipse 3.4.1 (Ganymede)
• Eclipse WTP 3.0.2 plugin (included in most Webtools packages)
• JDK 6 (JRE alone is not sufficient)
Note: If JDK is already installed on your development computer, please take a moment to make
sure that it meets the version requirements listed above.