You can add a menu item to a BlackBerry® Device Software application by using the menu item API in the net.rim.blackberry.api.menuitem package. For example, you can add a menu item called View Sales Order to the contacts application on a BlackBerry device. When a user clicks View Sales Order, a CRM application opens and displays a list of sales orders for that contact.

The ApplicationMenuItemRepository class provides constants that specify the BlackBerry Device Software application that your menu item should appear in. For example, the MENUITEM_MESSAGE_LIST constant specifies that the menu item should appear in the message list application.