Announcing The Codename One/vserv.mobi Partnership

We are thrilled to announce a (non-exclusive) partnership we just signed with vserv (see their take on it here).

This partnership allows developers to instantly monetize their apps via highly effective full screen ads without writing a single line of code. These ads work seamlessly for all platforms and provide good fill rates for developers.

For more information you can check out our press release and integration guide.

Here is a short developer FAQ please feel free to ask relevant questions in the comments bellow:

Q: Does this mean I have to use vserv ads?

A: No.


Q: Can I use a competing ad network with Codename One?

A: Yes we make no restriction.


Q: Does payment go through Codename One or does Codename One take a commission from my developer payout?

A: No. You get paid directly by vserv at the same or better rates that you would get using their existing tools.


Q: What would happen to the existing Inneractive integration and what about future ad networks?

A: We still support other networks and intend to add even more choice. Part of our agreement with vserv includes setting vserv as the default and main ad network we work with. However, we believe in giving developers choice. Having said that we feel that vserv currently has a very strong value proposition for many of our developers and we are seeing pretty good results so far.

Find It In Codename One

The newest Codename One demo/theme is the mapper theme showing off our cross platform mapping support as well as a flashy new theme that adapts well to both phone and tablet form factors without too much of a hassle.

This theme joins the list of themes that we are publishing to help you get started with building cool Codename One applications that can compete on look with the top-tier apps on the various markets.

Social Boo Demo

A major crowd favorite: the social boo demo is landing soon. The theme and demo includes seamless adaptations for the tablet form factor and other niceties. Its effectively a partial demo since the source material was missing some UI tabs but its still a pretty great theme.

There are many ideas embedded within the theme and demo which you can quickly pick up and start working with:

1. Resizeable tileable multi-layered splash screen that seamlessly adapts to all resolutions.
2. Tablet landscape/portrait mode where a side element in a master-detail structure is automatically hidden in a menu when in portrait.
3. Rounded corners in images using the image mask API which we now integrated almost seamlessly into the Codename One designer.

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Chrome - Your top choice is now live

We just finished creating the Chrome demo and are working on updating the demos etc. with the new theme. We also have a brand new "new application wizard" in the NetBeans plugin (coming soon to Eclipse as well) which allows more elaborate starting point for your applications.

The Chrome demo took me less than a day to adapt and it works pretty well for all devices.

You can click the images to enlarge.

The Chrome theme isn't yet integrated into the New Application wizard at the moment but this will be landing with the next update!

Vegan Leather Coming To Codename One

Thanks for voting on your favorite themes, we are already hard at work incorporating the first theme into Codename One. In the meantime we also licensed the Pandora theme through design modo, from which we just completed the first extraction: the Leather theme.

This is a heavily textured theme that is strictly designed for smartphones (2mb in size), its worth it to create a remarkably immersive experience.

This theme will be integrated in our upcoming update coming your way soon. There are many subtleties within the theme from the textured backgrounds to the drop shadows and the tab behavior. Check out the additional screenshots bellow.