Java Application Descriptor (JAD) files describe the

MIDlet A MIDlet is an application that uses the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) of the Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) for the Java ME environment. Typical applications include games running on mobile devices and cell phones which ...

s (

Java ME Java Platform, Micro Edition or Java ME is a computing platform for development and deployment of portable code for embedded and mobile devices (micro-controllers, sensors, gateways, mobile phones, personal digital assistants, TV set-top ...

applications) that are distributed as JAR files. JAD files are commonly used to package

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applications or games that can be downloaded to mobile phones. Java applications enable mobile phones to interact functionally with online web services, such as the ability to send

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messages via

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mobile Internet or interact in multiplayer games. Some

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devices use JAD files for themes, while on some mobile phones without memory cards it is not possible to download any apps. Recent midlets contain a manifest file in the JAR archive. This file contains much of the information stored in the JAD file, rendering it unnecessary in most cases.

JAD mime type

The

MIDP2 Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) is a specification published for the use of Java on embedded devices such as mobile phones and PDAs. MIDP is part of the Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) framework and sits on top of Connected Limi ...

specification instructs that web servers should serve JAD files with a MIME type of "".JSR 118 Expert Group,
Mobile Information Device Profile for Java™ 2 Micro Edition
', Version 2.1, May 26, 2006 If this MIME type is not correctly configured, many phones will fail to install the

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