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:: SALATIMES
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:: CQF
:: CASS
:: CEMS
:: ENGLISH QUESTIONS
:: ENGLISH CURRICULUM
:: QUALIFY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is SalatTimes?

SalatTimes is a J2ME application for Java enabled mobile phones, it displays the times of the five prayers for Muslims in the different cities all ovethe r world with the possibility of changing the residence city, changing the daylight saving and changing the alarm settings at the prayers time.

Targets who?

All Muslims all over the world.

Technology?

Hardware requirements:

- Any Java enabled mobile phone with available memory for setup not less than 56KB.

- Colored screen and dimensions not less than 128x128

Setup:

1- Transfer the two files (SalatTimes.jad, SalatTimes.jar) to the mobile via IRDconnection, serial cable or USB cable from your PC

2- Open the messages then open the file (…… .jad)and accept the install confirmation
3- The application now will appear in the applications menu

 

Use instructions:

1- From the applications menu choose SalatTimes and choose Open from the options menu

2- The application will open at the main page with the default sitting for the city

Changing the default city:

1- From the options menu select Cities

2- Enter the first letter of the city you want to change to.

3- Select Search from the options menu

4- The application will display a list of all saved cities, from the World Cities list select your city

* Note: if the city you want is not displayed in the World Cities list you can add the city to the list. See (Adding new city) section

5- From the options menu select Set as default

* Note: after selecting Set as default the application takes few seconds to complete the process, this period depends on your mobile processor heap size, so please wait for the application to display the World Cities list again.

6- After displaying the World Cities list, select Back

* Note: after selecting Back the application takes few seconds to complete the process, this period depends on your mobile processor heap size, so please wait for the application to display the main screen again

7- The application will display the main screen again with the new city name and the date on the top of the screen, and the times for the five prayers of that day

Adding new City:

To add new city to the World Cities list:

1- Go to the World Cities list (steps 1 to 3 in the changing default city section)

2- From the options menu select New City

3- In the New City form, fill in the required fields with the directions data of the new city

In this manual we use Cairo as an example

a- Get the City directions data (Latitude and Longitude degrees and minutes / the north, south, east and west directions / the GMT offset)

* Note: the directions data available on the internet or one the Salattimes world cities page http://www.corsat.com/world_cities.htm

b- In this example Cairo information are as follows:

City                  Cairo

Country            Egypt

Longitude         31.25 (31 degrees, 25 minutes)

Latitude            30.05 (30 degrees, 05 minutes)

North

East

GMT offset      + 2 (0200)

c- Fill in the fields as shown:

d- Select Save.

e- The World Cities list will be displayed again with the new city added to it

f- To set the new city as your default city, follow the steps (5 to 8) in the (Changing the default city section)

Editing City:

You can change the directions data of an existing city in the World Cities List as follows:

1- On the World Cities list scroll to the city with the up and down arrows

2- From the options menu select Edit City

3- Fill in the form fields as mentioned in the (add new city section) step 3

Salat Settings:

Salattimes allow you to customize the settings to suit the different users from the different Islamic countries by allowing the change of:

1-The prayers time calculation method

2-The Mathhab for calculating the Asr prayer time

3- Day light saving use

4-Enabling Alarm

5- Setting the Alarm time before or after the prayer time and specifying the delay minutes

To change any of the settings:

1- From the options menu at the main page select Salat Settings

2-From the Salat Settings form, scroll to the settings you want to change by using the up and down arrows

3- To select a setting scroll to that setting with the up and down arrows and from the options menu choose Select ,then the selected button will be marked

4-For editing the number of minutes, choose Edit from the options menu

5-After setting the new settings select Save

Prayers time calculation method:

You can change the prayer times calculation method, the available options are the methods used in the Islamic countries:

- Egyptian Survey Authority

-Umm Al-Qura

-ISNA

- Karachi Islamic University

The Mathhab for calculating the Asr prayer time:

The options for calculating Asr time in the Islamic countries are

- Mathhab Shaf'ee (Mazhab Shaf'ee)

- Mathhab Hanafi (Mazhab Hanafi)

 Day light saving:

You can choose to enable the day light saving or not by selecting Yes or No from the Salat Settings form.

Alarm

- You can choose to enable the alarm or disable it by selecting Yes or No

- You can choose to set the alarm at the prayer time, before the prayer time or after the prayer time

- If you choose the Before or After prayer time, then you can specify the number of minutes before or after the prayer time to sit the alarm at

*Note:the alarm is one peep with alert on the screen. and the alarm will work only if the application is open

 

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