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Symbian OS C++ for Mobile Phones, Volume 2

Programming with Extended Functionality and Advanced Features

This book is the successor to Symbian OS C++ for Mobile Phones, Volume 1, extending its predecessor to cover functionality introduced in a later version of Symbian OS, and to provide detail on aspects such as the multimedia framework.

Symbian OS C++ for Mobile Phones, Volume 1, covered application development using Symbian OS v7.0. Symbian OS C++ for Mobile Phones, Volume 2, extends its predecessor by covering the additional functionality introduced in Symbian OS v7.0s. The book covers the pivotal features of Symbian OS in more detail, and describes key new software features – such as the new Multimedia Framework.

Symbian OS C++ for Mobile Phones, Volume 2, describes the interaction between Symbian OS and applications, broadly following the application lifecycle. At each stage – for example, on application startup – it describes what actions take place in the operating system, what it does for the application and what it expects the application to do.
The book:

• aims to build a general understanding of Symbian OS, not just of a particular smartphone or user interface
• is packed with code and examples
• details advanced features such as user interfaces, files and views, multimedia services and communications, and messaging.

And includes:

• a colour pull-out of the Symbian OS system model
• a CD Rom containing the TechView Software Development Kit (SDK). An opportunity to get to grips with Symbian OS v7.0s yourself, using the TechView user interface emulator.