overriding parts of LCDUI

Speaking of things to collaborate on...

Before people get too excited, this idea won't get you a keyboard in Opera.

I've been investigating this concept for a while, but the implementation is beyond my capabilities due to my lack of OO training.  It would allow us to recompile J2ME MIDP apps for which source code is available to work in the Instinct.  (If we could override the default classpath for apps, it might work for other apps, but I doubt we can do that).

Premise: touch parts of low-level LCDUI (Canvas, GameCanvas) work fine, but needs key support;  high-level LCDUI (Screen) doesn't have Command or keyboard support.  SIWL's BasicFrame extends GameCanvas which extends Canvas.

So, would it be possible to override parts of LCDUI to replace "broken" parts with SIWL stuff that works?  For example, if we reserve the lower 1/3 of the screen for a keypad / soft keys, and tell LCDUI apps that they only have a 2/3-size screen (I think sizeChanged is made for that).  Then our replacement code keeps track of addCommand() calls, and when the soft key is pressed, draws the menu on the lower left or right part of the reserved screen.

Alert could map to Popup, Form maps to BasicFrame, List maps to ListFrame, TextBox maps to ListFrame.

Is this possible?  It would have a limited lifetime, because it would be obsoleted by Sprint/Samsung's LCDUI fixes, so maybe even if it's possible it's not worth the effort.  It's just that I have seen plenty of open-source / GPL MIDP apps that could be converted fairly easily with this technique.

If the idea can work you should go for it as many people aren't wiling to wait 5-8 weeks.

so your saying something similar to the dark night game in witch the controles for the game are on the bottom of the screen(up,down,left,right,ok). but insted it would be a keyboard?