Java Tips, Tricks & Code

FM radio playback is supported from Java ME on Sony Ericsson's UIQ 3-based phones, the P990, M600 and W950, and radio playback is managed by the Mobile Media API (JSR 135). 

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The radio information is commonly stored in a .rad file which can be loaded from a server, the local file system using the File Connection API (JSR 75) or from a resource.

Here is the content of the file Station.rad used in this example.

RadioPreset
# Radio 1 preset
Name SRP3
Frequency 103300000

Note: the file should be saved in Unicode format. This can be done using the Notepad and in the "Save As" menu, the encoding can be set to Unicode.