Mime-Types - Blackberry \ Windows Mobile Browsers

[text_connect]

Hi,



I'm about to upload some files for BlackBerry devices and wondered if the mime-type issue mentioned else where regarding Android has been resolved for these devices too?



According to our developers, the mime-type for BlackBerry install\application files should be:



.jad files: text/vnd.sun.j2me.app-descriptor



.cod files: application/vnd.rim.cod





At the moment it looks as if the .cod file may have to hosted else where as the Jad needs to know where it is. My plan is to host the .jad with you, and code it to look for the .cod file on our servers.



Also, can you confirm if your 'Add to Cart' buttons work with Win Mob browsers ? I'm getting reports that they are not working in IE in Windows Mobile.



Many thanks





David

www.text-connect.co.uk

[text_connect]

ok - I can report that the mime types are set incorrectly, so the phone doesn't recognise the .jad file as an install file and tries to save it to the SD card instead.



Is it possible to fix this ?

[E-junkie_Guru]

This matter rests in our Development team's hands, so I've brought your inquiry to their attention and can only wait on a response from them.

[text_connect]

Thanks for that.



The upshot is that it's not possible to distribute to BlackBerry devices so it would be cool if there is fix.



David.

[text_connect]

Any progress on this ?

[text_connect]

please ?

[E-junkie_Guru]

Development says they've laid the groundwork for this in a new Uploader script that includes other updates, but there's some other kinks that need to be worked out yet before we can go live with that. Your request has been implemented in code and will take effect as soon as safely possible for the larger project in which it's included.

[text_connect]

Cheers, good news.



Do you have an estimated time frame for this ?

[E-junkie_Ninja]

We do not currently have a timeline of when this update will be rolled out. However, it is the main feature our development team is working on and they are hoping to release the update soon.

[text_connect]

Hi, Any news on this ?



How would I know if the update has been applied ?



Cheers.

[ellen]

After sitting on this for entirely too long (we were waiting to roll it out with some other related code, which hasn't happened), we have finally incorporated it into the existing system.



The system will not automatically assign the new MIME types to existing files--we didn't want to trigger a sudden, unexpected change in behavior. To get the system to assign them the new MIME types, you'll need to do one of two things:

1. re-upload the .jad/.cod files in question

2. (if you have enough files for that to be a pain) send us a support request and we'll tickle the system to make the change.



Sorry for the wait!

[text_connect]

Thanks - that's good news. I'll host the files shortly.



Can you tell me if people have successfully hosted both elements for a Blackberry App on E-Junkie yet ?



There appears to be an issue with the variable download link where the COD file needs to be in a known location, but we should be able to host that on our server, hosting only the .jad file with you guys.



Unless it's possible to host both with you ?

[E-junkie_Guru]

We're not real familiar with how the JAD/COD file scheme works, but if I understand your earlier description, the JAD file just needs to have the static URL of the COD file hard-coded into it? If that's the case, then it sounds like you'd use us to host and deliver the JAD file, which would reference the COD file hosted elsewhere such as on your own Web site hosting server or dedicated file hosting provisions such as Amazon S3 (which we'd recommend as very robust and affordable if you didn't want to just host the file on your site's server).