Preloading Data for Applet Game

Hey all!
I was wondering how I could go about preloading all of the images and sounds I use in my game (applet-form) before the user starts playing. It would be especially helpful to have a bar going across that would show the user their status.
It would be even greater to allow the JAR files (I would assume) that hold this data to be cacheable on the user's computer, so they do not need to redownload the data every time they wish to play. This most likely will be a setting they have to choose, but I'm not sure if anything extra would be needed on my part to enable that capability for my users.
I'm fairly advanced with Java; I simply cannot for the life of me figure out how to preload this data.
Any links, resources or tips would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
--Andrew

1. Have the applet load (basically do nothing during construction, init, or run other than get a very basic applet loaded). Have a timer go off to trigger #2 after it is created so it at least loads and the user sees something. A custom class loader might be good, but I don't know anything about them.
2. Then start a thread or threads to load the images and sounds. If you know what file sizes they are you can code a JProgressBar to keep track of how far along you are. (Annoying to maintain, but a good indication of what is left to load.)
3. Definitely use a jar file to bundle everything. The JVM will cache the jar file if the user doesn't modify the defaults.
4. http://sourceforge.net/projects/javoids/
The main problem with Javoids was that I didn't code it in a way so as to observe #1 and 2 above.
Good luck in your project. I hope this gives you some ideas to help you on your project.

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You didn't say what phone you have - but you can set it to update and backup and sync over wifi only - I'm betting that those things are happening "automatically" using your cellular connection rather than wifi.
I sync my email automatically when I have a wifi connection, but I can sync manually if I need to. Downloads happen for me only on wifi, photo and video backup are only over wifi, app updates are only over wifi....check your settings. Another recent gotcha is Facebook and videos. LOTS of people are posting videos on Facebook and they automatically download and play UNLESS you turn them off. That can eat up your data in a hurry if you are on FB regularly.

How can I sync app data (e.g. game status) from iphone to iPad using iCloud?

I just got the new iPad, and would like to continue some of the games from my iphone. I have downloaded these previously purchased apps from the app store, but is there anyway I could sync the game data from my iphone to m ipad using icloud? It only works for some games where I could sync games status with icloud (which means i can play on whichever device and progress is saved in icloud), is there a way for all apps to haave this? I dont want to restore my ipad as my iphone.

I have just started using game center on my iPad 2. I had previously been playing Temple Run on my iPhone, once I had logged in on both devices my achievements from my phone transferred to my iPad but not the points I had accumulated for power ups etc in the store.
If the only way to transfer game progress is to restore from a back up how come my achievements have synced across? Isn't there a way to sync store points across as well?
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Can I choose a different backup date / sync date for my iPad?

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HI Java Experts,
I have a very simple question applet game programming - jdk 1.02.
Let's say you have a player on the applet window. He can move right and left.
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Hi Thanks for the advice.
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have the widest possible audience.Use Java Web Start to deploy it as an application instead of an Applet. If your program is really cool, people will download the JDK 1.4 to use it. Then we will have more java users in the world :)
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Wow... Thats a really good analogy... I just thought that up :)

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please make stretched official instagram application for ipad -also whatsapp application for ipad we didn't buy ipad with cellular data for browsing only

Apple only makes/sells a few apps like iWork. Other apps like games, instagram, whatsapp are made by private developers, and are just sold by Apple.
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