SCN June 2007
Bringing the Symbian developer community the latest news and resources for Symbian OS.
In this edition
The Symbian Smartphone Show website is now live Readying Symbian for Microsoft developers Sony Ericsson Developer World launches in China Take part in our NEW online poll London Metropolitan University offers a smarter mobile future Futuremark Debuts SPMark for Symbian OS v9 Symbian training courses Electric Cloud Brings Software Production Tools to Symbian Flash tutorial: Introduction to Carbide Flash tutorial: Preparing Carbide for on-target debugging Interview: Carbide - Q&A with Mike Trujillo of Nokia New Symbian Press booklet: P.I.P.S. in Japanese Symbian OS v9.5 product data sheet in Chinese Read the latest FAQs Partner and community updates - Forum Nokia Partner and community updates - UIQ
Heads up
The Symbian Smartphone Show website is live!
Visit the new site to see details of the activities planned for the next Symbian Smartphone Show on 16th and 17th October. The Symbian Developer Network is going live, quite literally, at the show and is your chance to meet the people producing the Symbian Developer Network content, as well as see the rest of the Symbian community in action on the show floor.
Stay tuned for more information on the dedicated developer area, training classroom and technical seminars that'll be offered at the show.
Visit the websiteReadying Symbian for Microsoft developers
Richard Bloor of SymbianOne talks to Dusan Babich, CEO of Red Five Labs, about .NET Compact Framework for S60, a technology that will allow Microsoft developers to bring their .NET applications to Symbian OS.
More informationSony Ericsson Developer World launches in China
The just-opened Chinese-language section on the Developer World web portal provides technical resources in Chinese, enabling developers to create attractive, localized content and applications for the Chinese variants of Sony Ericsson's UIQ 3 phones.
More informationTake part in our NEW online poll
This month we ask the question: What language would you like to see content on the Symbian Developer Network website translated into?
Make your choiceLondon Metropolitan University offers a smarter mobile future
London Metropolitan University has announced a new course in Mobile Applications Development (MSc). The new postgraduate course provides professional, industry-recognised smartphone development qualifications in collaboration with Symbian.
More informationFuturemark Debuts SPMark for Symbian OS v9
Futuremark Corporation, the industry-leading provider of system performance analysis software and services for cell phones, handhelds and PCs, announced the general availability of SPMark for Symbian OS v9. SPMark for Symbian OS v9 is the most comprehensive benchmark for modern smartphones.
More informationSymbian training courses
At Symbian we are constantly working to help the developer community upgrade and improve their Symbian OS skills by offering new and improved training courses. We are also scheduling more and more courses in India to keep pace with the growing developer base in the region, as well as running courses regularly in the UK and the US. Here are some of our upcoming international courses:
- 25-27/06/2007 - Symbian OS Internals course, Santa Clara, USA
- 28/06/2007 - Symbian OS Designing for Platform Security, Santa Clara, USA
- 29/06/2007 - Symbian OS Programming for Platform Security, Santa Clara, USA
- 18-20/07/2007 - Symbian OS Essentials course, Bangalore, India
- 23-25/07/2007 - Symbian OS Internals course, Bangalore, India
- 1-3/08/2007 - Symbian OS Essentials course, London, UK
- 06-08/08/2007 - Symbian OS Internals course, London, UK
- 13-15/08/2007 - Symbian OS Application Engine Development course, London, UK
Electric Cloud Brings Software Production Tools to Symbian
Electric Cloud announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to further support the growing Symbian ecosystem with Electric Cloud's award-winning software production management solutions.
More informationNew on SDN
Flash tutorial: Introduction to Carbide
The 'Introduction to Carbide' guide is SDN's first Flash-based content. It shows developers around the Carbide.c++ v1.2 IDE, reviewing the perspectives available, some of the preference settings that are of most use to developers and how to load, compile and debug a simple application.
More informationFlash tutorial: Preparing Carbide for on-target debugging
Continuing with our Carbide.c++ theme, SDN presents a Flash-based guide to 'Preparing for On-Target Debugging'. It shows developers using Carbide.c++ Developer and Professional versions how to set up Carbide to support on-target debugging, so that applications can be debugged when running on the phone.
More informationInterview: Carbide.c++ v1.2 Q&A with Mike Trujillo of Nokia
Symbian Developer Network interviewed Mike Trujillo, the new Product Manager for Carbide.c++ at Nokia. He told us all about the latest version of the tool, Carbide.c++ v1.2, its new features and benefits and what lies in store in future for Carbide developers.
More informationNew Symbian Press translated booklet: P.I.P.S. in Japanese
In order to further reduce the development time of mobile applications, Symbian is providing developers with a quality C/POSIX/C++ environment. This translated booklet will explain how developers can easily port projects written in standard C and POSIX (e.g. common open source projects) by using this environment.
Download the bookletSymbian OS v9.5 product data sheet in Chinese
Read the first in a series of documents translated into Simplified Chinese. First up is Symbian OS v9.5.
Download the data sheetThe Latest Symbian FAQs - P.I.P.S. special
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How do I test IrDA on the Emulator?FAQ1479
How do I specify EPOCROOT-relative PKG files for language dependent installation?From our Partners & Community
Forum Nokia
Blog: track development projects from start to finish
Developers can now share their project experiences with a new Forum Nokia blog, Start2Finish. The blog will take a highly structured approach to the process of creating mobile experiences. Each Start2Finish blog will follow a particular project from start to finish. The entries will begin with the spark of an idea in a developer's imagination, end with the realization of that dream in executable form, and, in between, walk through every step along the way. The first project to be blogged will be a multimedia journal about wine tasting, using pictures and video clips.
View the Start2Finish BlogForum Nokia reaches out to universities
Forum Nokia for universities is a new section on the Forum Nokia public website designed to provide support and information for university faculties and students who are developing mobile applications on Nokia platforms. This new area of the Forum Nokia site includes educational materials, development tools, certification programs, discussions, and news. Among the many items of special interest to academic developers are university prices for the Carbide Developer Edition and Professional Edition development tools.
Learn more about Forum Nokia for UniversitiesWiki: view Symbian C++ code examples
Are you looking for Symbian C++ code examples? The Forum Nokia Wiki has more than 125 code examples, with more being added on a weekly basis. Code examples currently available include adding a bookmark, dynamic menu, implementing animation, and using Bluetooth GPS. Logged-in users can also post comments and edits, using the interactive features of the Forum Nokia Wiki.
Visit the wikiUIQ
OutBank: banking on UIQ (interview)
Porting from S60 3rd Edition to UIQ 3 can be straightforward; that's the experience of Tobias Stoeger. He reveals his approach in this interview with Richard Bloor, of SymbianOne.com. OutBank was first developed for S60 1st and 2nd Edition devices. It has since been ported to all Symbian OS phones with UIQ 3 being the latest release. Several features of UIQ 3 were found to be an improvement over S60, with the building blocks approach to resource file creation a significant advantage. Porting OutBank to UIQ 3 not only ensured complete coverage of all Symbian OS phones, it also helped improve the quality of the code and made it easier to add new functionality.
Read the interviewUIQ 3 tutorial series: part 5, releasing an application
Part 5 of Sony Ericsson Developer World's UIQ 3 tutorial series guides you through the release of your first Symbian OS, UIQ-based application. Using a step-by-step approach with helpful tips and screenshots, this tutorial describes how to customize the installation and sign your application using the Symbian Signed process.
Read the latest tutorialC++ Standard Template Library (STL)
The C++ Standard Template Library (STL) is a library that is part of the ISO/IEC C++ Standard that is not included natively in the Symbian OS platform. The STL eases the porting to UIQ 3 of a wide range of existing C++ code. Marco Jez and Charles Weir have each ported an implementation of the STL to Symbian OS and UIQ 3:
- STLPort - full featured port of STL. This implementation has a dependency on the Standard C library that is provided by the P.I.P.S. library. Ported by Marco Jez.
- uSTL - subset of the STL, along with some features to improve usability for Symbian OS (e.g., easy interchange between Symbian OS descriptors and std::string UTF strings and Using User::Leave for memory errors). Ported by Charles Weir, Penrillian.
New UIQ 3 FAQs and tips
The UIQ Developer Program and Sony Ericsson Developer World publish many new FAQs and tips to help you make better use of the UIQ 3 APIs and functionality; the latest include:
Round and square brackets are both used to indicate dependencies in PKG files. Do you know the difference between them and when to use each? Find out or check your knowledge by visiting the FAQ section.
Find the answerImplementing StoreL() and RestoreL() in the application's document is a very convenient way of storing your UIQ 3 application data using streams. Understand how CQikAppUi::SaveL() and CQikDocument::StoreL() work with an example.
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