Steps Performed for Phoney Ant Targets

This section describes the steps that Mobile Designer performs when you run the ++Run-Phoney, ++Run-Phoney-With-Activation, and ++Run-Phoney-With-Re-Activation Ant targets to run a mobile application in the Phoney simulator.

Note:

For instructions for how to run Phoney, see Running Phoney from Software AG Designer and Running Phoney from the Command Line.

Use the ++Run-Phoney-With-Activation Ant target to activate a device, then run Phoney. Use the ++Run-Phoney-With-Re-Activation Ant target to reactivate the last device, then run Phoney.

When you use the ++Run-Phoney-With-Activation or ++Run-Phoney-With-Re-Activation Ant target, Mobile Designer performs the steps in the following table. The table also indicates hook points where Mobile Designer can run custom Ant scripts that you provide. For more information about hook points, see Creating Custom Ant Scripts to Run at Predefined Hook Points.

Step

Description

Display the Activate Handset dialog (optional JPanel)

Mobile Designer displays the Activate Handset dialog, and also a custom JPanel for the build, if you defined one.

For more information, see Setting Properties at Build Time Using a Custom JPanel.

Note:

Mobile Designer only displays the Activate Handset dialog when you run the ++Run-Phoney-With-Activation Ant target.

Determine setting for target devices

hook point

Optional. Run a custom Ant script for the PreBuildResources hook point

Execute the resource handler

hook point

Optional. Run a custom Ant script for the PostBuildResources hook point

Prepare source (include Mobile Designer abstraction lib

Create .classpath for Eclipse

Compiles the Java source

Run Phoney

Mobile Designer starts Phoney for the last activated device. You can specify Phoney startup options using the phoney.base.params property.